Large Format Photography Australia

I have to agree with RoganJosh about the composition. It evokes memories of Paul Strand's pictures at the Gaspé Peninsula; everything in a still and luminous equilibrium. But Mick , you have a "kicker". Look at that little wave half way up the left side that broke at exactly the right time...

Thanks Mick for your kind words. I got lucky with picture sharpness on this one. The deep forest is breeze-less so minimal leaf movement, Efke IR820 has less focus shift than good ol' Kodak HIE, and the wide lens at f22 swallows lots of focus ambiguity. The Efke IR820 I still have is 11X14 so it's a...

https://live.staticflickr.com/8012/7539375960_f29d51cf69_b.jpg Deep Forest, number 3 Gelatin-silver photograph on Freestyle Private Reserve VC FB photographic paper, image size 19.5cm X 24.5cm, from an 8x10 Efke IR820 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted w...

Thanks Mick for your kind words. I got that 21cm Heliar lens for free from Eric Owen the camera repair guy. The compound shutter was bad and the repair quote was high so the original owner (fool?) abandoned it; much to my gain. I cleaned the shutter and it now runs with repeatable but ludicrously in...

https://live.staticflickr.com/8012/7648664170_b2b862684b_c.jpg Swamp Sedge, Alexandria Bay Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC III VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.3cm X 21.3cm, from a 4x5 Tmax 100 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with ...

Thanks Mick . The shadows were the first thing to catch my eye. The second thing was the bright corrugated roof at the top of the scene that was pitched at precisely the glare angle from the afternoon sun. So ignoring the "never crop" rule the roof was eliminated at the printing stage. And...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52496403023_1ff26e912a_c.jpg Mulga Posts, Sheep Mustering Yards Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic photographic paper, image size 16.3cm X 21.5cm, from a 4x5 Kodak TXP negative exposed in a Linhof Super Technika camera fitted with a Schneider Symmar-S 150m...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53286614819_f319e5fe92_c.jpg Nude in Surf Backwash 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 f5....

Nice sentinal (sic) indeed. Nature presents as chaos but there is order in it. Look behind the sentinel. There is a frieze of six trees spaced about equally apart starting frame left and finishing frame right. That cadence elegantly supports the prominence of the big tree. Well seen and subtle, Mick .

Nice surprise Mick . No, it's not the composition; that's perfect as usual. The spoonbills are nicely side-on so they look like birds rather than blobs. And the 250mm f6.3 lens delivers an impeccable image. It's the two little white birds lower left that counterpoint the arrangement of the spoonbill...