Large Format Photography Australia

A very calming landscape (waterscape?) I don't see anything negative about the slight divergence from the nominal 8x10" negative format, in fact I see a positive..... :o All jokes aside, I like the layout of the window through the tree limbs to the water, with the distant land in the background...

dpattinson,
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Mick.

I think the top vignetting is perfect; having that whole top area dark, then as though you had a graduating filter; everything lightening up as you come down, is perfect. I didn't think the bellows intrusion was that bad, but stuff happens. Did you slant the bed upwards slightly? Regardless, this wo...

Hmm, in business quite a few people seem to have luck all of the time, I prefer to think they seize an opportunity when it becomes available or apparent, then switch some or all of their business into another direction. I cycle around my local area quite a lot and I'm always looking for certain angl...

I'm not sure if this will work, but this goes to maps and shows one of the entrances to Southland in Marvellous Melbourne, where I took the exposure. https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.95719,145.0494532,3a,75y,217.89h,85.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2xJyOAnS5Byn6HEd4XBUqg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpix...

Maris, the reference to Jeffrey Smart, I'll take that as a compliment. About two weeks before I exposed this sheet of film, I was viewing two Jeffrey Smart paintings. Subliminal influence, perhaps? Regardless, once I viewed the negative on the lightbox, and saw the simplicity of the automobiles comi...

Oooh, Barry, nice shirt; your daughter has taste.

Nothing like a VW Type 2 Kombi Flat Bed vehicle, to cart your photographic gear around, a Linhof Super Color Monorail, no less.

As for the X-ray film, why not, unless you're afraid we'll see right through you!

Thanks Maris. I agree about the possibilities of dropping into a bottomless abyss. I walked from my campsite to the historical Whroo reservoir, checked out the photographic possibilities then started hotfooting it back to the camp via a shortcut to get my camera; not a great idea as there were holes...

Taken at my local shopping centre complex. Wondering whether I would be checked by a security guard, I assembled everything ready to go in the shade of one of the wing doors on the truck, then all I needed to do was walk over, compose, focus, and wait for an appropriate amount of automobiles moving ...

Taken early in the morning before cyclonic winds started for the day, and thereby making any image on the water opaque.

Shen Hao HZX45-IIA
Fujinon f/6.3 150mm
Ilford FP4+ f/22 at 1/30 second
10mm front fall
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