Large Format Landscapes

[Gabe]

Lovely, Gabe.

+1

I'm kind of with Alan, but it is up to you to render the scene as you see fit.

Great composition - I know from personal experience that photographing groups of trees is NOT like shooting fish in a barrel, although it seems it should be...

Thanks both.

[Gabe]

In the cold light of day I realised you guys were right. It was too dark. That's what happens when you edit late at night when you're tired. I've replaced the original with a half stop brighter version.

[Daniel Unkefer]

Abandoned Orchard Apple Tree HRU Maki 210 Heliar by Nokton48, on Flickr

n my neighborhood there are remnants of the apple orchard that stretched for a good distance many decades ago. At the back of my property is one of the original trees, now gone wild.

Plaubel Makiflex Standard, 210mm Makiflex Auto Iris Heliar, Fuji XRAY HRU 4x5" cut from 8x10. Grafmatic Film Back, Sinar 103mm Glass Disc Yellow Green. 1/15 at F5.6 Legacy Mic-X 18 minutes at 60C. Aristo #2 8x10 Omega DII Omegalite Diffusion Head Multigrade dev

[Robert Langham]

5X7 in Utah. This was one of my images in Guggenheim portfolio.

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Scheider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, Heliopan CPL, Lee 0.6H GND, Portra 400.

A Wind on the Heath by atomstitcher, on Flickr

[Alan Klein]

Nice photo Gabe. It looks about a stop too dark.

[Martin Aislabie]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Scheider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, Heliopan CPL, Lee 0.6H GND, Portra 400.

A Wind on the Heath by atomstitcher, on Flickr

Very lovely

Where is it ?

Martin

[Gabe]

Nice photo Gabe. It looks about a stop too dark.

Thanks Alan. I tend to favour a slightly darker rendering of images than most, but again I think that in staring at the image for hours I had lost perspective slightly. I sometimes fall foul of posting images immediately, when leaving and coming back to them with fresh eyes might benefit. A whole extra stop is too much IMO, but I have tweaked it up about a half stop again and replaced the original. I get the feeling that my method of inverting colour negs artificially depresses the mid-tones in order to avoid clipping, which then needs compensating for to varying degrees.

Another possible factor is your monitor's output may be set too dark. This is the problem with digital presentation; everyone's screens are different.

Very lovely

Where is it ?

Martin

Thanks Martin. It's on Owler Tor in the Peak District.

[Salmo22]

Wonderful image Robert. I’ve always enjoyed your ‘shadowscapes’ and admired your exceptional capacity to see these projected forms and resulting compositions. Congratulations on your Guggenheim Fellowship.

5X7 in Utah. This was one of my images in Guggenheim portfolio.

[Edison]

Fuji HR-U
D76 1:6 12 minutes