Large Format Photography Australia

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54135561342_406fdb6c22_c.jpg Tree and Moon, Isla Gorge Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic VC FB photographic paper, image size 24.7cm X 19.3cm, from a 8x10 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD field view camera fitted with a Fujinon-W 300mm...

Barry , that is a fine shirt with a nostalgic dimension to it. In years past Kombi vans were everywhere when the surf was up. Board riders would drive in from all over and sleep in them at the National Park. This to hit the waves at first light and get lots of good rides before the lazy locals arri...

Thanks Mick for the Google Maps link. It gets me to a spot very close to your actual camera position. The question for me is by what convolution of eye and mind caused you to set up there and produce an evocative and idiosyncratic Down Ramping.
Can't be luck, you've been at the game too long!

If this was a painting it would have been done by that famous Australian artist Jeffrey Smart noted for his implicitly surreal urban landscapes. Mick , your photograph raises question. See the white Beemer slightly blurred as it accelerates under the shadow of the big black portal. What's the portal...

An entertaining balance of opposites, Mick . Starting with the bright far-ground contrasting with the shaded foreground. Then a distant band of rippled water adjoining a nearby plane of mirror water. Look at the sedges on the right, white stems against a dark background, and then observe the sedges ...

Thanks Mick for your kind comments. The stone and sand were in the wave zone and my tripod got wet feet; not timid me though. Your Japanese flag comments reminded me that there are actually two Japanese flags. The civilian version, a red disc on a white field, is not controversial like the Rising Su...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54095134117_feeb6b4b91_b.jpg Black Stone in Beach Sand Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford Classic FB VC photographic paper, image size 21.5cm X 16.3cm, from a 4x5 Kodak TXP negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a Nikkor-W 210mm f5.6 ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/3857/14470408768_5219f66ae3_b.jpg Fall, University of New England Campus, Armidale Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic VC FB photographic paper, image size 24.7cm X 19.3cm, from a 8x10 Kodak Tri-X negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD field view camera fitted wit...

Simple, subtle, perfect! The vertical subject and the soft vertical pattern in the background resonate nicely together. In the big big versions of this picture the fine strands of webbing become visible and lend a reassuringly organic touch to this piece of natural sculpture. Mick , consider taking ...

Thanks for your insights Mick . The lighting for this one was high bright overcast so the usual blue sky going to black in infrared didn't happen. Nice even light made for an easy-to-work negative that printed straight except for the lower left corner and edge. That area was pretty blank so a slight...