Large Format Landscapes

**Reinhold Schable** · 25-Dec-2017, 13:43

Mount Hood, Oregon...
An afternoon sunset, moments before the weather system suddenly clouded the mountain.

. . Mt. Hood, Oregon by Reinhold S., on Flickr

Mount Hood (11,240"', view from Larch Mtn lookout, Oregon.

Mount Hood is considered the Oregon volcano most likely to erupt, though based on its history, an explosive eruption is unlikely. Still, the odds of an eruption in the next 30 years are estimated at between 3 and 7 %, so the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) characterizes it as "potentially active", but the mountain is informally considered dormant.

Neg # MTOR 080b. KB Canham 8x20" camera, 600mm Fuji lens, O2 filter, HP5 film.

Reinhold
www.classicBWphoto.com

**Colorado CJ** · 1-Jan-2018, 19:06

A few days ago I bought a few boxes of 4x5 Technical Pan from Ebay. I LOVE Tech pan in 35mm format and wanted to try my hand at using it in 4x5.

Today I shot a couple of shots to see if the Technical Pan was still good. It was just a quick shot a couple minutes down a local trail, so nothing special. But, from this exposure, I can see that I'm going to LOVE shooting the rest of the 4x5 Tech Pan I have. The same great emulsion that I've come to know in 35mm, just on a much larger scale.

Shot on a Zone VI 4x5 and Fujinon SW 124mm F5.6 lens and developed in Rodinal 150:1 for 7 minutes.

4x5 - Technical Pan - Test 1 by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr

**Corran** · 1-Jan-2018, 19:13

Looks pretty good - what was your EI?

At some point I may be getting a large lot of 8x10 Tech Pan from a friend, as it is just sitting in his freezer...

**Colorado CJ** · 1-Jan-2018, 22:35

Originally Posted by Corran

Looks pretty good - what was your EI?

At some point I may be getting a large lot of 8x10 Tech Pan from a friend, as it is just sitting in his freezer...

Metered and shot at 25 ISO.

8x10 Tech Pan is pricey!

**David Hedley** · 2-Jan-2018, 01:47

Originally Posted by Reinhold Schable

Mount Hood, Oregon...
An afternoon sunset, moments before the weather system suddenly clouded the mountain.

. . Mt. Hood, Oregon by Reinhold S., on Flickr

Mount Hood (11,240"', view from Larch Mtn lookout, Oregon.

Mount Hood is considered the Oregon volcano most likely to erupt, though based on its history, an explosive eruption is unlikely. Still, the odds of an eruption in the next 30 years are estimated at between 3 and 7 %, so the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) characterizes it as "potentially active", but the mountain is informally considered dormant.

Neg # MTOR 080b. KB Canham 8x20" camera, 600mm Fuji lens, O2 filter, HP5 film.

Reinhold
www.classicBWphoto.com

That's excellent, Reinhold. I like the luminescent clouds, and also the shadow of the looming weather front.

**ericantonio** · 2-Jan-2018, 10:11

[QUOTE=Reinhold Schable;1421942]

. . Mt. Hood, Oregon by Reinhold S., on Flickr

I like to think that you are hiking through the woods for 3 days with a travois, a trusty dog, a flint rifle, a pack of film, grisly beard, and a raccoon hat and you stumbled upon this majestic scene and said "god is good, I will take a photograph".

Please don't say you just parked your Land Rover and this was the site and there was a sign in the parking lot like that have in Disney "Picture Spot".

This is an amazing photo!!

**Corran** · 2-Jan-2018, 10:25

Originally Posted by Colorado CJ

Metered and shot at 25 ISO.

8x10 Tech Pan is pricey!

Thanks for the info! If things go well, I'll get it free...

**Reinhold Schable** · 2-Jan-2018, 11:59

That Mount Hood photo was taken from Larch Mountain (Oregon), on a platform where a former fire lookout stood.
It's a short half mile uphill stumble on a rocky trail from a seasonal road end parking lot.
A half mile of any kind of trail is a grunt with an 8x20 camera, four massive lenses, and the usual beast of a tripod.
We (with Judy, my faithful, tough, seasoned wife formed the "expedition" ) arrived that lackluster, cloudless afternoon.
Great view, but uninspiring lighting. Grrrrr.
Chatted with some folks who were awestruck with the camera.
(We always invite people to look thru the camera and explain things.)
We shot one film holder, packed everything up and started back down.
Stumbling back down the trail, I glanced back at the mountain and saw that clouds had suddenly moved in...
We urgently clawed back up to the top and shot the last film of the day.
Sometimes things work out nicely...
Reinhold (& Judy)