Large Format Landscapes

[Jeff Dexheimer]

Attachment 120205 Battle Ground 8x10" tranny fall

I used to live in Lafayette. Drove through Battle Ground everyday on my way to work. I recognize the scene, and your rendition is lovely.

[D-tach]

I had a go with making a wet print of the photo I shot Sunday. This is a direct scan from an 8"x10" wet print I made today. I used a #4 contrast filter and exposed the paper for 55 seconds. I then burned the sky in for 20 seconds to get definition in the sky.

Printed on some cheap variable contrast RC paper and developed in Illford Multigrade developer. I then brewed some strong coffee and stained the print for 20 minutes in the coffee solution to get somewhat of a sepia tone.

I think I got pretty close to the directly scanned negative. I am EXTREMELY new to wet printing though, so I have a huge amount to learn.

Beautiful!

[Steve M Hostetter]

I used to live in Lafayette. Drove through Battle Ground everyday on my way to work. I recognize the scene, and your rendition is lovely.

Thank you Jeff, it's a special place for me and I visit often

[Andrea Gazzoni]

an image I took two years ago on 8x10 Provia, the print on Endura Metallic looks much better

[StoneNYC]

an image I took two years ago on 8x10 Provia, the print on Endura Metallic looks much better

I agree, I love my metallic chrome prints

[JaZ99]

Yet another CDU-II image:


Głodówka by JaZ99wro, on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
CDU-II with 85A filter
Caltar 150/5.6
Geotagged

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Another nice trio, Nana. Jeez, you have a master's eye and the technique to carry out your vision. Bravo!

Thanks, Jim.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Another stunning set of images!

Thanks, Jon.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Wow a testament to your skill. Well hopefully I'll learn how to do that in school.

I know you can "make" a film look the way you want, but I always found with my workflow that each film is easier to get a certain look "out if the camera" without having to adjust the EI and dev times/techniques much.

I tend to like to shoot films at box speed etc.

Anyway, really great. Thank you.

Stone, I hate developing films. I develop ALL my 50 and 100 asa films with Rodinal 1+50, continuous agitation. I'm not a lab rat. I always shoot at half the speed anouced by film manufacturers, just for improved shadow details. I use to do reciprocity failure tests with each film I use, and then I make my own reciprocity failure charts and, that's it. I do it because, sometimes, film manufacturers ar too much optimists, as is the case of Fomapan 100.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Nice series, but this one really captivated me. Excellent.

Thanks, Harley.