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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Paul Ozzello on April 02, 2013, 03:55:03 pm
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Time to focus on what's important - photographs !
If you're about to reply to another D800 comment - REFRAIN YOURSELF and post an image to this thread instead :-)
(Hasselblad SWC/M / Kodak TMAX-100)
(http://paulozzello.com/ExternalImages/incinerator1.jpg)
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Beautiful!!
Guillaume
www.guillaumeperret.com
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Excellent Plan.
Ice Cave, Iceland. - IQ1680, Cambo WRS-AE, Rodenstock 32mm HR.
(http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=76994.0;attach=78590;image)
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Singer: Kameka in Miami Florida for Essence Magazine
Camera: DF Phase camera w/ P40+ LS 80mm
(http://www.jefferysalter.com/FTP/Salter_112210_A_565_fnl.jpg)
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FWIW, I feel that someone else made a better suggestion: a space for professionally-made images, past or present, from any format, but the emphasis being on the professional genesis.
Why? because many photographers produce great shots on various formats and I'd rather see them than not, which is what tight pigeonholes can't help but restrict.
For myself, I don't care what camera anyone uses: it's the picture that counts. Always has been. I can imagine such tight threads as this here turning ever more inwards to themselves: one day it'll be X-brand only. That will be fun.
Rob C
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Hi,
A while ago I started a thread where anyone is welcome to post any images.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=74835.0
Best regards
Erik
FWIW, I feel that someone else made a better suggestion: a space for professionally-made images, past or present, from any format, but the emphasis being on the professional genesis.
Why? because many photographers produce great shots on various formats and I'd rather see them than not, which is what tight pigeonholes can't help but restrict.
For myself, I don't care what camera anyone uses: it's the picture that counts. Always has been. I can imagine such tight threads as this here turning ever more inwards to themselves: one day it'll be X-brand only. That will be fun.
Rob C
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FWIW, I feel that someone else made a better suggestion: a space for professionally-made images, past or present, from any format, but the emphasis being on the professional genesis.
Then take the ball and run with it - no one's stopping you. In the meantime if you have some MF images you'd like to share...
Why? because many photographers produce great shots on various formats and I'd rather see them than not, which is what tight pigeonholes can't help but restrict.
why even bother with a medium format forum ?
For myself, I don't care what camera anyone uses: it's the picture that counts. Always has been. I can imagine such tight threads as this here turning ever more inwards to themselves: one day it'll be X-brand only. That will be fun.
Rob C
I hate it when I go to an Italian restaurant and have to eat Italian food...
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Rob, thanks for emphasising what I said. It is just needed. We deserve a place for professional creative photography regardless of format.
The technical part of the forum is already there.
ACH
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Hows about, not derailing a new thread on one topic, with a wish for another topic ?. It seems we are incapable here of sticking to the point of any given thread topic.
Rob's point is a topic, fine, so make it a NEW TOPIC. The constant derailing of every thread into something else, gets old, fast. If you don't like a topic about MF shots, don't read it. But also respect those who do.
To that end. Another MF Shot for those interested in MF shots as per the threads point.
Glacial Ice on the Beach Ice, Jokusarlon Lagoon, Iceland. - IQ160, Cambo WRS-AE, Schneider 60mm Lens.
Regards
Mark.
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Hows about, not derailing a new thread on one topic, with a wish for another topic ?. It seems we are incapable here of sticking to the point of any given thread topic.
Rob's point is a topic, fine, so make it a NEW TOPIC. The constant derailing of every thread into something else, gets old, fast. If you don't like a topic about MF shots, don't read it. But also respect those who do.
To that end. Another MF Shot for those interested in MF shots as per the threads point.
Glacial Ice on the Beach Ice, Jokusarlon Lagoon, Iceland. - IQ160, Cambo WRS-AE, Schneider 60mm Lens.
Regards
Mark.
Beautiful images Mark.
Guys, Mark makes a good point. This thread is supposed to be fun, can we just stick to photographic content ? If you want to post from another format fine - just please don't turn it into another format war.
Posted this in another thread but it got locked because of inappropriate comments...
(http://www.paulozzello.com/ExternalImages/Chelsea1Framed.jpg)
Chelsea NYC/Hasselblad SWC/M/T-Max 100
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Hi,
I like that image. In a sense I feel it is a bit too quadratic, and I think I would prefer a more rectangular crop, but that would require a different cloud shape.
Very nice image anyway.
Best regards
Erik
Time to focus on what's important - photographs !
If you're about to reply to another D800 comment - REFRAIN YOURSELF and post an image to this thread instead :-)
(Hasselblad SWC/M / Kodak TMAX-100)
(http://paulozzello.com/ExternalImages/incinerator1.jpg)
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Then take the ball and run with it - no one's stopping you. In the meantime if you have some MF images you'd like to share...
why even bother with a medium format forum ?
I hate it when I go to an Italian restaurant and have to eat Italian food...
Paulo, if you read more carefully, you'll observe that I am not suggesting this current thread close nor that I have any problem with it existing for the pleasure of other diners snappers; I am simply agreeing with an earlier suggestion that a dedicated space might be created for professional photographs from any format from any era where the poster operated, which should not impact on devotees of MF or their special picture gallery.
Don't be so defensive or see threat where non exists.
As Keith highlighted, there is a problem as to where such an open thread might fit. There doesn't appear to be an appropriate space within the more or less professional corner of the site.
Should you be able to conjour up a workable solution, then I'm sure we would all appreciate your input.
Rob C
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Paulo, don't be so defensive or see threat where non exists.
Rob C
If you must - It's Paolo ;)
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Photo
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...Baloney
Pffff...
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Pffff...
How about posting some of those great images from your website or do I have to do it for you ?
;)
You can see more of Keith's work at http://www.keithlaban.co.uk (http://www.keithlaban.co.uk)
(http://www.keithlaban.co.uk/A_1389_Ch12.jpg)
Great Works keith's images.
Nothing lasts, everything is destined to be transformed and there is a beauty in the decadence process. (and also something somewhere threatening)
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Great idea, show some images. Here’s one I did not intend to take. I was photographing some migrating waterfowl today. None of those shots was interesting, but I saw a monoclinc-shaped piece of shale next to a typical smoothed stone on the shore. I find the contrast of stone shapes and the movement of water fascinating. Not a lens I would normally choose for this shot: 645D, 600mm +1.4x (very heavy crop). Any comments welcome.
PS Look at Keith's Found Paintings
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Here's a disaster in genre - both non-professional and non-medium format. But it is kind of on topic anyway, because it would have been medium format if Leaf had been able to fix my digital back so it works in the winter. Whenever I need reliability I have to leave my Linhof/Leaf back home and bring my Canon instead :(.
It's from January this year in Abisko in northern Sweden. A popular location for foreign photographers too because it's an excellent location for photographing aurora borealis. I like to use longer focal lengths and cut out small sections of the landscape, sometimes minimalistic like here. I had already captured the two peaks some minutes earlier and was shooting in other directions when I saw the small cloud appear between the peaks, and then I made another shot.
The other image is from my Linhof/Leaf combination though (but still non-professional, photographing is my favourite hobby not my profession), from nearby Abelvattnet also in northern Sweden, but in the summer when the Leaf back behaves better. I was tagging along on a fishing trip in the mountains, out a few days with kayak, living in a tent and hiking on the days looking for images, while the others were out fishing. I often combine hiking and photographing and thus need reliable gear. The location was chosen for excellent fishing rather than for grand photographic views, the mountains there are more like hills than monumental peaks. I don't need grand scenes though, just being at a new place awakens inspiration.
This one is shot with 120mm with tilt. I manipulated the scene a little by removing a few conspicuous straws of grass in the foreground to get the pure grass triangle underlined with the tree. At 100% one can see quite a lot of motion-blurred mosquitos, I'd probably retouch the image to remove the worst before a print. Or keep them so those that watch close will understand that this is shot during the worst mosquito season :)
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If you must - It's Paolo ;)
Being part-Italian myself, I shouldn't have written so quickly; I should have taken a second breath first.
Rob C
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;D
I knew this exact post with those exact words was
Going to happen.
Paul is rather new here.. he didn't know, now he knows.
Gosh, when I have time I will do a cartoon animation on
This forum. I already have the characters very studdied.
Schewe, Rob, Keith, CB, MR, the list is long.
It's going to be more realistic than the real life.
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;D
I knew this exact post with those exact words was
Going to happen.
Paul is rather new here.. he didn't know, now he knows.
Gosh, when I have time I will do a cartoon animation on
This forum. I already have the characters very studdied.
Schewe, Rob, Keith, CB, MR, the list is long.
It's going to be more realistic than the real life.
I knew... What did Einstein say about expecting a different outcome ?
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Keith, if it makes you feel better, a Lula member once downloaded one of my images, altered it in Photoshop, and then re-uploaded it here. Took an email from a mod to get it down.
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Paul, thanks, the point is I have more than enough angst controlling where my images appear without having to worry about it here on LuLa.
Didn't mean to cause you any grief - saw your website and liked your pictures :)
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Keith, if it makes you feel better, a Lula member once downloaded one of my images, altered it in Photoshop, and then re-uploaded it here. Took an email from a mod to get it down.
Lol - did FredBGG draw a big red circle on it ?
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Lol - did FredBGG draw a big red circle on it ?
No, it wasn't FredBGG. I've never known him to do things like that. This individual was trying to make a totally legitimate and worthwhile point about the styling in a photo (which I've taken to heart), but which could have been made very effectively with words alone. I felt that the Photoshop alteration was a bit disrespectful. The altered version was eventually removed, but I never got a response from the individual defending his action, or apologizing for it. Disappointing. Not exactly the crime of the century, but I don't think I would have done it, and I'd have at least responded directly to someone who complained about my actions.
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If you must - It's Paolo ;)
The confusion seems to come from your (anglicized?) LuLa handle: Paul Ozzello. Easy to see how a quick reading can transform it into Paulo.
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Lol - did FredBGG draw a big red circle on it ?
If you keep baiting, he will bite.
You've started a decent thread; do not ruin it by unnecessary provocations.
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If you keep baiting, he will bite.
You've started a decent thread; do not ruin it by unnecessary provocations.
Since we're on the verge of getting nuked, i have a confession to make:
I love FredBGG. There, i said it. Now back to pictures.
Fred - i hope you know I'm teasing :)
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I really like this image. Was it taken with your Pentax ? I often shoot 15-30 minutes exposures but with film. How does the pentax handle long exposures ?
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... Here’s one I did not intend to take. I was photographing some migrating waterfowl today. None of those shots was interesting, but I saw a monoclinc-shaped piece of shale next to a typical smoothed stone on the shore. I find the contrast of stone shapes and the movement of water fascinating....
Now, that's the type of nature/landscape photography that I like very much: when the scene transcends apparent reality, and turns into a metaphor, a world of its own, shapes and forms, colors and tones. Well seen, Sir!
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I really like this image. Was it taken with your Pentax ? I often shoot 15-30 minutes exposures but with film. How does the pentax handle long exposures ?
Yes, this is with the 645D and old manual focus A 35mm lens. I have not had to make exposures over 5 minutes, but those exposure times are very good with the Pentax. The down side is you cannot turn off the dark frame subtraction, exposure time is always doubled--it of it as digital reciprocity. The image I post is also at ISO 800.
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................. sometimes minimalistic like here. ................................
I understand completely what attracted you to that scene. I love images with simple abstract graphic qualities. I've been working on a series inspired by Mark Rothko paintings. My most recent, if least succesful:
Tom
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Now, that's the type of nature/landscape photography that I like very much: when the scene transcends apparent reality, and turns into a metaphor, a world of its own, shapes and forms, colors and tones. Well seen, Sir!
Thanks Slobodan.
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Hello,
Found this old image I took last century.
Sinar P2
Rodenstock 210mm f/5.6 Apo-Sironar-S Lens
Light FX light brush
Fuji Vevia
Cheers
Simon
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http://www.modernpictorials.com/bay%20images/BAY/D554%20framed.jpg
Pentax 645D,45-85 lens at 45mm, monopod
Dave in NJ
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Nice, David!
It's good to see that you're behind the lens again after Sandy wreaked havoc on your life.
Best Regards,
Ed
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MFDB here (Arca rm3di / 40mm HR / IQ160)
few words, just pics ;D
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Nice, David!
It's good to see that you're behind the lens again after Sandy wreaked havoc on your life.
Best Regards,
Ed
Hi Ed: thanks for your post and PM. We are presently on the road nearing the end of a two week trip to the mid west to see grand kids graduate from high school and college. We will return home to LBI this Wednesday. After 6 months and 9 days, we were able to move back home. Still a lot of work to do, but it is habitable!
I was an early adopter with the Pentax 645D. I imported mine from Japan, through Hong Kong ( international warranty, keep your fingers crossed about break downs, repairs, etc). It is a fabulous camera, with such easy, intuitive controls, that all makers should study it. Mirror lock up is a simple external knob. Turn it, and you get lock up. Turn it the other way to cancel it. HDR is a snap. Legacy lenses dirt cheap. I have manual focus lenses that I snapped up, used, the same week the camera was announced, long before I actually had the camera in hand. I have 35mm, 75 mm, 120 macro (Famously sharp!), 150 mm, 200 mm, 300mm EDIF f4, with brand new old stock,matched 1.4x multiplier, and 45-85 AF zoom. The average price I payed was about $150 to $175, except for the 300mm which was, as I recall, about double that.
I have some really amazing images taken post Sandy of the surreal skies, and repaired dunes. I hope to start printing when I get home. My Epson 3800 and 7890 were idle, and subjected to freezing temperatures for 6 months. Getting them up and running was a different story.
Nice hearing from you, my friend.
Dave
Beach Haven, NJ
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Here is another Pentax 645D image, heavy wind, monopod.
Dave in NJ
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Dave, is that a single capture? No compositing involved? If so, it is simply spectacularly good.
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>Here is another Pentax 645D image, heavy wind, monopod.
>Dave in NJ
Very nice! Did you add the rain in post?
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The image is two captures. The forground and angry bay were one shot; the sky was another; same general direction and time of year. It was raining, but the image did not show it very well, so I enhanced it using a plug in.
Thanks all for comments.
Dave in NJ
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Another 645D image. I think it was a 35mm lens and polarizer, tripod (very windy), mirror lock up.
Thanks
Dave
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Same as above
Dave
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Time to focus on what's important - photographs !
If you're about to reply to another D800 comment - REFRAIN YOURSELF and post an image to this thread instead :-)
(Hasselblad SWC/M / Kodak TMAX-100)
(http://paulozzello.com/ExternalImages/incinerator1.jpg)
Very Michael Kenna (http://www.michaelkenna.net)
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Mamiya C220 TLR. Probably 50mm lens, but maybe 80. Don't remember for sure. WAG at the exposure because the battery in my meter had died, but about 3" if I recall at, likely f8 or f11. This is, largely, a melt runoff stream and the water was VERY cold.
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Mamiya C220 TLR. Don't remember the lens or aperture. If I recall the film was APX 25.
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Here is another Pentax 645D image, heavy wind, monopod.
Dave in NJ
I love this image. It looks like a cg movie still (I mean that in a good way).
Where were you standing?
BC
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Hasselblad H4D-40 with 50mm II lens
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Pentax 645D 35mm A lens, polarizer, monopod
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617 film camera, 55mm lens, Fuji Pro 160
(http://HK TAXI STREET.jpg)
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Fitz Roy mastiff Patagonia, early morning. Pentax 645D 35mm AF CPF
Falls on the Fitz Roy river Pentax 645D 35mm AF Three stacked soft GND filters CPF
small things suite of four Pentax 645D 120mm Macro CPF
April 2013
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oops
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now i see the "more Attachments...
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I was hoping to get this photo out for yesterday for the anniversary of D-Day but I ran out of time. This is from a shoot last summer while we were in Nova Scotia. Robert "Whoopee" (don't ask about the nickname, trust me) Wentzell was there for the D-Day landing as well as other mission along the coast. He has fought with the Canadian and American marines. Despite being a happy go lucky guy now you can feel the sadness in his voice and see that he is continually sad in his eyes. Of all the stories he told us the one that hurts the most is the fact that he can't feel true joy anymore. Everything in his life is shadowed by the things he has seen and done during the war. Take a moment to remember the men and women who have fought for us and sacrificed their lives so we can have what we have today. Whoopee signed up at the age of 15, can you imagine your children, or their children doing the same? The thought of that is terrifying.
These were shot with a combination of a Nikon, Canon and a 501cm with aptus 65 back.
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Horseman SW-D II Pro
Phase One P45+
Rodenstock APO-Sinorar 35mm
3 Images vertical stitched
The picture shows Airolo in Southern Switzerland
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/86495652/Bilder%20Foren/Airolo_2.jpg)
best regards
Kabraxis
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Northern daylight, P20, Hasselblad V, Makro planar, Modest split tone in capture One 7.
I toy with updating this venerable back, then wonder why.
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It's a convincing argument for Series 500!
How nice it would be to be able to turn the master clock backwards and start my personal digital trip again...
Rob C