Large Format Landscapes

[John Power]

Gabe, the birches is making me thinking hard about some E6 chemistry. E100 looking totally superb, and your shooting, too

[ALVANDI Camera]

Like!

Thank you.

[Gabe]

Gabe, the birches is making me thinking hard about some E6 chemistry. E100 looking totally superb, and your shooting, too

Many thanks. I've still only shot one box of 4x5 and a roll of 120 of the new E100, but yes early impressions are it's a superb film. Slightly warmer toned than Provia 100F, especially with shaded greens.

[tgtaylor]

Late Fall View in the Diablo Range From Wente Vineyards ~ California.

Toyo Robos, 150mm Apo Sirona-S, Delta 100. I also shot this with the 8x10 and got what I consider a better negative and will be printing it as a platinum-toned kallitype.

Thomas

[otto.f]

Fall color along the Cliff Range in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Toyo 45AII, Fujinon CM-W 150mm, Kodak Ektar in CineStill C-41.

Great image! I like the subtle, pastel colors, which are remarkable from an Ektar film (in my experience).

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, Provia 100F.

Padley Beech by atomstitcher, on Flickr

[_tf_]

I have been after this image since the autumn of 2019, but the light wasn't there, and I din't manage last year either. I finally got lucky this year, I really lost all hope that day, but after six hours of steady rain the skies started to break for a few minutes at a time just at the right moment.

S-K Symmar S 150/5.6, f/16 @1/2s on Ektar 100. Home developed with Fuji-Hunt C-41 kit. Front swing and tilt. I shot two more sheets either side of this one at f22, but the rodenstock calculator reckoned f16 was enough, so I tried, lost little bit of sharpness from the second tree here, but this one got the best light. All in all, quite happy with how that came out.

Colours of Scottish Autumn by tthef, on Flickr

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, CPL, Ektar 100.

Three Oaks by atomstitcher, on Flickr

[otto.f]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, CPL, Ektar 100.

Three Oaks by atomstitcher, on Flickr

I liked most of your former Provia images, beautiful colors. Now I see this one made on Ektar and I realize that it feels much more natural and real, as if this is nature and the Provia is the image of nature how we make it up.

[Gabe]

I liked most of your former Provia images, beautiful colors. Now I see this one made on Ektar and I realize that it feels much more natural and real, as if this is nature and the Provia is the image of nature how we make it up.

Thanks for the comments.

I actually shot this exact scene on Provia too, albeit without the polariser. The slide looks good, still very natural, although in this case turned out a little bit too cold and unsaturated (because of all the reflections off the foliage), which was not what I was hoping for. My fault of course, so I can't blame the film for that. The polarised Ektar version matches my memory of the scene more closely. Memory can be a funny thing though, and heavily influenced by emotional responses. I think that's why people often react so favourably to seeing slides "in the flesh", as the extra punch of contrast and saturation perhaps keys in to that emotional memory state more readily. Typically however I find some part of that magical quality of an original slide is lost on translation to print or digital presentation.

Ultimately all photography is artifice to some degree or another. I'm just glad to have both options in the tool box.