Large Format Landscapes

[Vaughn]

Interesting image, Daniel! The way you focused seems to have enlarged the foreground relative to the rest of the image -- giving us a place to stand and look across the water.

[Daniel Unkefer]

Thanks Vaughn!

[Corran]

I was just pointing out that the 4x5" circular image with these lenses can be cropped to its original, rectangular 6x7 format -- it's still a 180° fisheye image, just FULL-FRAME, not CIRCULAR. Which to use? Depends on the subject and the photographer.

Ah, I understand what you mean now. I did notice the 35mm Pentax barely covers the nominal 6x7 image size.

Here's a sheet of Velvia 50 I developed last night, from way back in June. It was agonizing waiting for a family to get out of my frame. I specifically avoided where they were, taking family snapshots, to stay out of their frame. And then just as I got ready to shoot they looked right at me and walked into my shot. They wandered around for almost 30 minutes before finally moving behind the tufa enough for me to bang out a quick color image. The light went from sunset reds to blue post-sunset but there was nothing to do but wait, unless I wanted 4-5 random folks in the midground

Blue Hour at Mono Lake
Shen-Hao 4x5, Nikkor 90mm f/8

[Daniel Unkefer]

Old Man's Cave Falls by Nokton48, on Flickr

Old Man's Cave Falls 8x10 Sinar Norma 240mm Norma Symmar, 8x10 HP5 (not +) D76 1:1 fibre 8x10 print Fortezo Dektol

[newtorf]

I feel your pain!

Ah, I understand what you mean now. I did notice the 35mm Pentax barely covers the nominal 6x7 image size.

Here's a sheet of Velvia 50 I developed last night, from way back in June. It was agonizing waiting for a family to get out of my frame. I specifically avoided where they were, taking family snapshots, to stay out of their frame. And then just as I got ready to shoot they looked right at me and walked into my shot. They wandered around for almost 30 minutes before finally moving behind the tufa enough for me to bang out a quick color image. The light went from sunset reds to blue post-sunset but there was nothing to do but wait, unless I wanted 4-5 random folks in the midground

Blue Hour at Mono Lake
Shen-Hao 4x5, Nikkor 90mm f/8

[Maross396]

Abandoned Air Force Space surveillance system known as "Space Fence" Wisner 4x5 Delta100 XTol

[John Layton]

Ha! Years ago I had a similar "interference" issue at Mono Lake...and while I always try to respect the rights of others to move freely about areas in which I'm otherwise attempting to make photographs, in that particular instance it became obvious to me that the culprit was truly attempting to hinder my work - and after I called him on this he reluctantly walked off in a huff! (hmmm...maybe my camera was bigger than his )

[Michael R]

Abandoned Air Force Space surveillance system known as "Space Fence" Wisner 4x5 Delta100 XTol

Very nice, and an interesting subject.

[xkaes]

Ha! Years ago I had a similar "interference" issue at Mono Lake...and while I always try to respect the rights of others to move freely about areas in which I'm otherwise attempting to make photographs, in that particular instance it became obvious to me that the culprit was truly attempting to hinder my work - and after I called him on this he reluctantly walked off in a huff! (hmmm...maybe my camera was bigger than his )

I've mainly had the opposite experience where people don't want to walk in front of my camera -- not realizing that: #1 - I've already taken the picture or #2 - It's going to take me at least 15 minutes to set everything up. So I have to assure them that "Everything is OK!".

[Daniel Unkefer]

Rocky Mountain National Park 1992 by Nokton48, on Flickr

4x5 Sinar Norma 240mm F9 Norma Apo Ronar Norma Yellow Glass Disc HP5 D76 1:1 8x10 fibre Fortezo Dektol.