Large Format Landscapes

[Meekyman]

Thanks Heroique.

I'm curious if that's the "Hidden Valley" they're looking down into. Nice Scottish series.[/QUOTE]

Unfortunately not...the trees are looking down into the main Glencoe Valley. The "Hidden Valley" is further up, over my left hand shoulder as I took the image.

Graham

[mono]

Images from a few days spent around the Glencoe/Fort William area of the Scottish Highlands back in April (Please click to see larger):

1) View along Lairig Gartain, as showers pass in the distance.
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Chamonix 045N-2, Caltar 90mm f6.8@f32 and 2/3, 2s, Ilford Delta 100, Red Filter.

2) Binnein Beag, as seen from a tributary of the Water of Nevis, Glen Nevis.
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Chamonix 045N-2, Caltar 90mm f6.8@f16 and 2/3, 1/8s, Kodak Ektar 100, 81A filter.

3) Trees, Gearr Aonach as seen on the hike to "The Hidden Valley", Glencoe
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Chamonix 045N-2, Nikon 300mm f9@f45, 1s, Fuji Velvia 50.

4) Sgorr a Choise, as seen whilst walking along Gleann Fiodh, Kinlochleven
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Chamonix 045N-2, Nikon 300mm f9@f22 and 2/3, 1/2s, Fuji Velvia 50.

Nice series!
How I´d love to be there again ...

[paulbarden]

Cape Perpetua old growth forest, on Bergger Pancro 400 processed in BER49 stock solution.
Wide Field Ektar on the Deardorff.



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[Bill Poole]

Lovely, Paul. My wife and I were lucky to get to Cape Perpetua maybe 15 years ago. A magical place, and your photo captures the magic. Wonderful work.

[Peter De Smidt]

Paul, that has a wonderful feeling of soft light.

[kenj8246]

Love this shot, Paul. I have some Bergger Pan in 4X5. Planning to shoot some out in Big Bend NP in the next day or so.

[paulbarden]

Lovely, Paul. My wife and I were lucky to get to Cape Perpetua maybe 15 years ago. A magical place, and your photo captures the magic. Wonderful work.

That's very kind of you to say, Bill - thank you. That forest is a remarkable place, yes. I was especially aware of how quiet it is when you get up into the old growth section of the forest. It was almost spooky.

Paul, that has a wonderful feeling of soft light.

Thanks Peter, I think so too. I get the distinct impression that these subtle values in the upper range are especially well presented when the Pancro 400 is processed in BER49. Last year I used Rodinal exclusively for this film, and now that I've used BER49 for a while, I think I did myself a disservice using the Rodinal :-(

Love this shot, Paul. I have some Bergger Pan in 4X5. Planning to shoot some out in Big Bend NP in the next day or so.

Thanks, Ken! Is this your first time working with the Pancro 400? I would recommend using the Bergger developers with it to get the best from it, or a Pyro developer, if that's your thing. For this film, I think Rodinal is a poor choice; it seems to result in too harsh a rendering.

[jon.oman]

Cape Perpetua old growth forest, on Bergger Pancro 400 processed in BER49 stock solution.
Wide Field Ektar on the Deardorff.



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Very nice! It seems to glow....

[chassis]

Cape Perpetua old growth forest, on Bergger Pancro 400 processed in BER49 stock solution.
Wide Field Ektar on the Deardorff.



See it bigger here.

Remarkable, Jon. Among the best images of this thread, in my view.

[Corran]

Went out shooting today with fellow LF users esearing and Kerosene Hat. Shot all of one sheet before the tripod mount decided to strip out on me. Have to fix that now.

Anyway...another try with soft focus. Wehman UL 8x10, 8 3/4 Verito at f/5.6, Fuji HRT x-ray film, Rodinal 1:100 for 4 minutes at 75F: