Large Format Photography Australia

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...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50020867693_9c5cb632b5_c.jpg Charlotte Pass Snow Gum, Infrared Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.3cm X 21.5cm, from a 4x5 Efke IR820 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a Sch...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50076891228_9325503b4c_c.jpg Beached Boat, Lake Cootharaba 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 3...

Thanks Mick for your kind comments. Moonrise pictures are often attended by adversity. The moon moves its own width across the sky in two minutes so exposures that are too long deliver a sausage shaped moon. The sky at the horizon is very pale blue so a red filter doesn't have much to work with but ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/1648/24857351271_0163919ea1_c.jpg Full Moon, Sunshine Beach Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa VC FB photographic paper, image size 21.5cm X 15.0cm, from a 4x5 Tri-X negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a Fujinon-W 300mm f5.6 lens and #25 r...

It could be that this forum will get its LAST POST and maybe it will merit such by way of ceremony. I've been putting up pictures to keep the forum ticking over so that it is obviously not totally moribund. A forum that looks dead will never attract (fingers crossed) a last minute rescuer.

Thanks for your insights, Mick. The few times I get to a big city I become a rubber-necking yokel made dizzy from lookin' at this 'n that.

https://live.staticflickr.com/1534/24832818512_1b14b3fcba_c.jpg Lake Weyba, Evening Storm Advancing Gelatin-silver photograph on Freestyle Private Reserve VC FB photographic paper, image size 19.6cm X 24.4cm, from a 8x10 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field vi...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50020865968_8f3514d587_c.jpg Surry Hills Roofscape Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.3cm X 21.5cm, from a 4x5 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF camera fitted with a Nikkor-W 210mm f5.6 le...