Originally posted by ffking great stuff - particularly considering it's film, so more done in camera - very impressed
Thank you! Personally, I find the limitations of slide film very liberating.
Originally posted by sergeremy Nice subtle images there
Thanks much!
Originally posted by KC0PET Very good! And a variety of P/S digital to large format film at that. The Shen Hao camera is very interesting, this is new to me, looks like a pano camera using 120 film and large format lenses? I lusted over large format gear back in the day, but never pulled it together. I'm afraid I am too entrenched in digital now to do any film work.
Yep, a 6x17 format camera, with all the same movements as a 4x5 field camera. 4 exposures per roll of 120. Since I already had a 4x5 with lenses I didn't have to buy new lenses, nor even lens boards (I have everything on Technika-type boards). I barely used the 6x17 in 2017 (just one roll) and didn't use the 4x5 at all, but I intend to correct that this year (indeed, I've already had the 4x5 out for a weekend). It did seem odd to go "backwards" from digital to film, but it's just another set of photographic tools and I enjoy it all. Prices might not be quite as rock-bottom as a few years ago, but much large-format gear is still amazingly cheap compared to what it was in the film era.
Originally posted by Des A wonderful collection. I agree with @KC0PET - I hope you will add another two at some stage. The fact that you posted only 10 in previous years is a poor reason to confine yourself this year!
Thanks! OK, when I get those last two rolls back I'll see if I can find two more to add, whether from those rolls or elsewhere.
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Originally posted by Des 3. The magnificent snow-gum woodland in the Victorian high country is still recovering from major fires in 2003 and 2006, but it is heartening to see some of these old giants living on. Bryce's Plain, Alpine National Park, January. K-S2 + DA 18-135.
Our one visit to Australia was in 2006. We planned to spend time among the snow gums but had to change plans because of those fires. This is a wonderful image.
Originally posted by Des 8. I've taken this spectacular vista (looking from our place towards Corner Inlet and Wilson's Promontory) many times, but the sight of the inlet and valleys coated in fog in the early-morning light in March was still special. K-S2 + DFA 100.
We stayed a couple of nights in a cabin somewhere just outside the park entrance, probably out there in the fog somewhere. Again, beautiful, brings back memories.