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Fun with MF images 2024

mristuccia

mristuccia

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bags27 said:
What fantastic composition. That horizontal entry line, then the 4 parallel lines (including the bench), and then the mysterious guy in red pulling us toward the building and going from sunlight into shadows.
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@bags27, thank you for your kind words!

Indeed I have many shots of this very same image without persons in the frame, and I had to wait a lot in order to capture the moment without people!.
But as soon as I've seen that single person wearing that shiny orange t-shirt, I couldn't help but wait just before he entered the shadow and make the shot.

In the end I prefer this one to the original idea I had in mind. That's the magic of photography. Conditions change in the field and one must be always ready to adapt and change his mind. :)
 
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bags27

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mristuccia said:
@bags27, thank you for your kind words!

Indeed I have many shots of this very same image without persons in the frame, and I had to wait a lot in order to capture the moment without people!.
But as soon as I've seen that single person wearing that shiny orange t-shirt, I couldn't help but wait just before he entered the shadow and make the shot.

In the end I prefer this one to the original idea I had in mind. That's the magic of photography. Conditions change in the field and one must be always ready to adapt and change his mind. :)
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Trying not to prolong a discussion (rather than posting a photo), but I imagined how difficult it was to resist taking the picture just as he entered the frame. As you say, it's the magic of photography. Sometimes we plan these things, and sometimes we think they just happened--but really our best aesthetic instincts have taken over.
 
rdeloe

rdeloe

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R. de Loe GFXC1288.jpg

I've been working in and around Crawford Lake all summer for a project. The site is significant for several reasons, including its connection with Indigenous peoples who lived next to the lake starting in the 14th century. A large village of the Attawandaron people was discovered when cores taken from the lake bed revealed corn pollen in sediments dating between 1310 and 1535 AD. Conservation Halton (CH), which owns the property, recreated three longhouses characteristic of the structures the Attawandaron villagers would have lived in near the spot where the original village was located. These longhouses are an important part of the education and outreach work Conservation Halton does, and for Indigenous peoples in the area.

The importance of this place for Indigenous peoples, in the past and present, is part of the story of the site. I am also making more literal images to tell that story. However, the ceiling of one of the longhouses would have caught my eye even if I were just an ordinary visitor. The textures, tones and light were irresistible; I did not resist. ;)

Mamiya G 50mm f/4 on GFX 100S via Arca-Swiss F-Universalis. A bit of reverse tilt brought the scene together the way I wanted it represented.

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These benches have been worn smooth by the bottoms of thousands upon thousands of school children who visit this place every year. The scent of wood, fur and smoke in the longhouse is unlike anything most of these children will have experienced.
 
Ed Hurst

Ed Hurst

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Early this year, I returned to my home country of England for family reasons. While there, I took the opportunity to shoot when possible. That included reshooting this scene with my Laowa shift lens (which I didn't own when I was last in Oxford), to get the verticals nice and straight. Sadly, the sky wasn't clear when I was there so I had to do something I usually avoid - I shot the sky on a separate occasion and combined it with the terrestrial scene. There was also a little jiggery-pokery to get rid of unsightly scaffolding. Since I'm in the UK so seldom these days, I didn't have the chance to go back. At least not yet...

Fuji GFX100S with Laowa 20mm lens - 10mm of upwards shift.
_DSF8613_ACR_Step15CropSpotSMALL by Ed Hurst, on Flickr
 
Greg Haag

Greg Haag

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I love shooting at Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley. I want to photograph the dunes again this January or February is there a better place in the US to photograph dunes?
This was a 2 image stitch from just after sunset.

Cambo 1600 IQ4 150 Rodenstock 32mm
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abruzzi

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Greg Haag said:
I love shooting at Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley. I want to photograph the dunes again this January or February is there a better place in the US to photograph dunes?
This was a 2 image stitch from just after sunset.
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Not better, but I'd reccomend checking out:

White Sands National Park - near Alamogordo, New Mexico. I live 40 minutes away so I'm there frequently. I went there for last year's annular eclipse and got some photos on 4x5 film with my F-Metric.
Great Sand Dunes National Park - In Colorado near Alamosa. I've been a few times, and enjoy it, once you hike far enough from the parking lot.
 
darr

darr

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Ebony RW + Nikkor W 150/5.6 + II CFV 50c​

I recently acquired an Ebony RW and wanted to test out its bellows. I shot three sheets of Polaroid 55 and, while in the studio, decided to try out my digital back for a few shots as well. It was a joy to experiment and have fun with the process. Photography and all its gear truly bring me joy. I love seeing all the work in this thread! Thank you to everyone who participates.
 
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