New LF images posted on my website

Mark Pope · Aug 18, 2006

Hi,

I've just added some new shots taken. One's a portrait taken with a recently acquired 210mm Nikkor-W. The others are architectural shots of a 14th Century (I think) Tithe barn about 10 miles from where I live.

They can be viewed at Dead Link Removed

Comments/feedback welcomed.

Cheers

timeUnit · Aug 18, 2006

Mark,

this might be scanner/monitor related... but the portrait to me is way to contrasty. A lot of the whites are washed out, and it seems like the midtones are quite compressed. Of course, this might be exactly how want it to look, but from a "conservative" standpoint, that type of contrast isn't desired for a portrait. Also, I think the background could be a bit more out of focus, or maybe a calmer one.

scootermm · Aug 18, 2006

those tithe barn shots are gorgeous.
nicely seen and captured.

Mark Pope · Aug 19, 2006

Thanks for the feedback Timeunit. The conditions weren't ideal when I took the shot - very strong sunlight. It was a 'spontaneous' shot - well as spontaneous as you can be with a large format camera and I was desperate to try my new lens
The print is much nicer than the scan indicates. I'll try rescanning it sometime.

Mark Pope · Aug 19, 2006

Scootermm,
thanks for the feedback. I'm pretty pleased with the shots as they are my first real successes with LF, which I started using in late June. I've still got a lot to learn and loads of mistakes to make

Tom Kershaw · Aug 19, 2006

Mark,

Can you recommend a decent book about large format camera movements etc? Did you find that you needed one (a book)?

Thanks,

Tom.

timeUnit · Aug 19, 2006

Tom Kershaw said:
Mark,

Can you recommend a decent book about large format camera movements etc? Did you find that you needed one (a book)?

Thanks,

Tom.

I'm not Mark, but "The Camera" by Ansel Adams is pretty good, and quite funny too, here and there.

Capocheny · Aug 19, 2006

Tom Kershaw said:
Mark,

Can you recommend a decent book about large format camera movements etc? Did you find that you needed one (a book)?

Thanks,

Tom.

There's lots of great books out there on Large Format Photography... here's a couple of the more popular authors to look for:

1. Jim Stone
2. Steve Simmons
3. Jack Dykinga

If you google their names... the titles of their books will come up. I'd suggest you read all three books since they explain different concepts differently.

Another great source of information is QT-Luong's website, which can be found at:

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/

Good luck.

Cheers

Tom Kershaw · Aug 19, 2006

Thanks for those author's names, I have had a look in my local library at the Stroebel book, View Camera Techniques, but wanted to get some opinions on what books worked for other people. The lfphoto.info site is really useful, and complementary to APUG.

roteague · Aug 19, 2006

My recommendations: http://www.visionlandscapes.com/Resources.aspx?Resource=Books

Mark Pope · Aug 20, 2006

Tom Kershaw said:
Mark,

Can you recommend a decent book about large format camera movements etc? Did you find that you needed one (a book)?

Thanks,

Tom.

Hi Tom,

I don't think you'll go wrong with the books that have been recommended here. I particularly like Jack Dykinga's book 'Large Format Nature Photography'

The Large Format photography has lots of good information on it too.
Bear in m ind that this site is currently being rebuilt after a server outage, so may not be working as well as it normally does.

Regards

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