Upper Forge 2

Lovely printing Ian.

Looks really nice, very smooth.

Michael R 1974 said:

Ian, a technical query if I may (part of my ongoing survey on view camera focusing for near-far compositions): Where did you focus? Tilts (front/back)? How did you determine the degree of tilt? How did you determine depth of field and the aperture you needed if tilts were used? Everything based on ground glass viewing?ThanksMichael

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Everything is always based on Ground Glass viewing after a quick mental calculation, that determines the degree of tilt. An advantage of a few years experience with studio work makes this pretty intuitive. This is part of a series that I began shooting in the late 1980 which I've never show npublically, I can't remember the exact tilst I used but I do remember there were severe issues, using tilts to keep the the top of the dam wall sharp is easy but then there was quite a drop and the tree branchestop right. I remember I had to compromise I was also very close so had to use f45 (possibly f64) to help with the extremes of DOF. Ian

Very beautiful scene. It feels like a birds eye view. I like the tone the MCC has give you.

yummy