North Lake

Nice. Did you use a center filter as well?

Dan,

The colors give a lot of tension red is exciting, and blue is calming, I like it. I also like the subtle hint of clouds in the sky.

Just out of curiosity, how do you hold the NDs on a LF lens? Same P-holder and ring adapters?

Very cool. Great light.

Youssef Ismail wrote:Dan,

The colors give a lot of tension red is exciting, and blue is calming, I like it. I also like the subtle hint of clouds in the sky.

Just out of curiosity, how do you hold the NDs on a LF lens? Same P-holder and ring adapters?

I could have used the Cokin Holder and Singh-Ray filters but it is not big enought to fit on the center filter that I got for the 75mm. I got a set of Lee filters that I now use all the time. I'm not using the center filter here but I now just carry the Lee filters instead of two sets. I'll show them to you if you come up to see my camera.

- Dan.

I also find the Lee system indespensible for ND-grads. Watch out though, they scratch easy. I should really replace mine...

Very nice!!! You really handled that much ND grad density really well.

Hey, I remember that place! It has been a while, though. How were the colors there, compared to 2 years ago?

Dan, that's very nice. Great work with the gradating exposure. I've been visiting that area and that lake for 20 years. Thanks for the memories!

Very nice. I really like the color contrasts here!


Anders

E.J. Peiker wrote:Very nice!!! You really handled that much ND grad density really well.

The Lee grads have softer edges than the Singh-Ray which makes them much more difficult to place, especially at f/32, but the line of the grad is much less obvious.

- Dan.

abiggs wrote:Hey, I remember that place! It has been a while, though. How were the colors there, compared to 2 years ago?

They were a past their prime at North Lake but they were very good a little further down the mountain. There was a lot of wind this year which made things difficult. Thank God for Provia 100F pushed 1 stop. Your fallen tree is still there. You can see it on the right edge in the middle of the frame.

- Dan.

Just when I was feeling proud of my digital images, along comes something so great that reinforces the ability of classic photography. I'm not sure how many megapixels on a digital back could hang in with this. Wonderful. Scanning details?

dbarthel wrote:Just when I was feeling proud of my digital images, along comes something so great that reinforces the ability of classic photography. I'm not sure how many megapixels on a digital back could hang in with this. Wonderful. Scanning details?

I was contemplating cameras like the Canon 1Ds or the Kodak DCS 14n when I walked into the Joseph Ashcraft Gallery in Oakhurst, CA. There I gazed on large prints by Charles Cramer, William Neil, Joseph Holmes and others. After that I knew I'd either have to shoot large format or forever be dissatisfied. One day they'll have an affordable portable digital back for 4x5 and I'll be happy to use it. In the meantime I'll shoot film.

This was scanned with an Epson 3200 flat bed scanner. I use it for making "work" prints. When I've ready to make "serious" prints, I rent time on an Imacon scanner from a lab near me. The quality is almost as good as drum scans and it costs me a lot less money.

- Dan