Large Format Landscapes

[Steve M Hostetter]

Homemade P&S 4x5" camera, Schneider SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter.

This one is a great shot for me Nana,,

Did you tilt the camera forward much for this incredible depth of sharpness?

also, I am curious what your lens board to film plane distance is for this camera? also how many feet away is the focus point

regards
steve

[creep]

here comes a colder sea:

Cold fog rising,Baltic sea near Palanga, Lithuania, 2011

[Nana Sousa Dias]

This one is a great shot for me Nana,,

Did you tilt the camera forward much for this incredible depth of sharpness?

also, I am curious what your lens board to film plane distance is for this camera? also how many feet away is the focus point

regards
steve

Steve, this camera has tilt or any movement for lens or back standards. I don't remember what the distance from lens to film plane is. As the camera has a GG, I made some tests to have the lens focused to about 10 feet. This lens is equivalente to a 12mm lens, on 35mm format, it has a 120º angle so, it has a enormous DOF even at f11. I shoot, usually at f16 or f22 so, I don't bother about the distance to first plane, if it isn't at less than 3 feet.

This is the perfect camera for me. I shoot a lot coastal images, during winter, many times, I have to run fast from waves so, this camera, as it has an external viewfinder, let me run between waves, put the tripod on place, compose, shoot and run away, stil dry!

You can see the camera here:

http://home.online.no/~gjon/dias.htm

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Thank you, Leon, El Rooster and Lordmint.

[NicolasArg]

Great work Nana, I never get tired of your wide seascapes.

[Ken Lee]

here comes a colder sea:
Cold fog rising,Baltic sea near Palanga, Lithuania, 2011

- Excellent -

8x10 ?

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Great work Nana, I never get tired of your wide seascapes.

Thank you, Nicolas.

[Donald Miller]

Wind River Wyoming

5X7 - 305 G Claron

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

[mdm]

Love the clouds. Dark like an ink blotch.

[Frank Petronio]

You know, there are a few good ones in this thread. But don't you guys ever get freaking bored of empty rocky places devoid of life? It's kind of creepy and apocalyptic, all these lonely B&Ws look like the end of the world... scenes from Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" or a MadMax movie.

I mean a little litter would be nice, a person, an animal even... it would break the spell. Otherwise it feels like that Twilight Zone episode where there is nobody left on Earth except for the one guy, who happens to be a photographer.

People and critters are part of the landscape too! Thank goodness Peter did something like this: