Please share your 4x5" photos!

[jsrockit]

Some truly beautiful work here...

[graywolf]

As I promised the stand developed shots:

http://graywolfphoto.com/journal/?p=910

That is a link to one of my blogs where I posted an article about them. I look at the other photos posted here and realize I really have to learn to do better scans. None of mine come out with that eye blinking contrast the other posters are showing. However, I am glad my post seems to have restarted this nifty thread.

[Shac]

90/6.8 Angulon - TriX


180/5.6 Nikkor - TriX


Both Linhof Technika IV 4x5 - stupidly sold!!

[paulfish4570]

hey matt s: fine shot and i noticed your Jen is a knitter, as my bride is.

this thread makes me think 4x5 makes more sense to me than 6x6, 6x7 or 6x9 ...

[xwhatsit]

Holy crap, impressive stuff, hate you guys, always making me move up formats. 35mm feels cheap after MF, hope I don't end up doing 4x5!

[spkennedy3000]

[monochromejrnl]

Dr. A. Chan - my uncle, Retired Professor of Biochemistry and Nutrition and cancer survivor

[ZorkiKat]

Originally Posted by xwhatsit

ZorkiKat: I love all the shots, but the first one especially has me intrigued. Almost looks like a split toning effect! Is that a property of using paper negatives? I wish I could get my Fomaspeed prints to look like that

@xwhatsit: Thanks! Split-toning was indeed what I had in mind. But this set got their tones from photoshop. I hope your impression. I imagined what this photo would be like if its print was split-toned and aged.

What I did was basically think what happens in split toning, and then did a similar virtual procedure in photoshop. In real split toning, certain parts of the silver grey image gets to be converted into various shades of another hue. The same can be done (almost!) in PS by picking certain shades of grey and then giving them different shades of brown. Then opacity of each layer is tweaked.

I can PM you the PS method if you want.

This is more or less mimicking the action of the bleach as it selectively acts on the silver densities of the print in the tone/bleach/tone method.

[Shac]

monochromejrnl - lovely portrait

[xwhatsit]

Originally Posted by ZorkiKat

@xwhatsit: Thanks! Split-toning was indeed what I had in mind. But this set got their tones from photoshop. I hope your impression. I imagined what this photo would be like if its print was split-toned and aged.

What I did was basically think what happens in split toning, and then did a similar virtual procedure in photoshop. In real split toning, certain parts of the silver grey image gets to be converted into various shades of another hue. The same can be done (almost!) in PS by picking certain shades of grey and then giving them different shades of brown. Then opacity of each layer is tweaked.

I can PM you the PS method if you want.

This is more or less mimicking the action of the bleach as it selectively acts on the silver densities of the print in the tone/bleach/tone method.

Ha! You had me fooled It's a very subtle effect you've produced, though, most of the PS split toning I've seen has been pretty garish and over the top.

I'm trying to wet print more and more, so the PS method wouldn't be much use -- it'd just love to replicate it in the darkroom!

Cheers.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by paulfish4570

hey matt s: fine shot and i noticed your Jen is a knitter, as my bride is.

this thread makes me think 4x5 makes more sense to me than 6x6, 6x7 or 6x9 ...

I think the pleasing ratio that 4x5 offers is quite unique and 6x7 is very close to it. As soon as I saw a 6x7 image from my P67 I realised it was my perfect MF camera.

[Matus]

One more colorful from me:

[Merelyok]

(added grain in this one)



All shot on a Toyo 45CF with either a 210 Fujinon or 150 Caltar..

[graywolf]

Why would one want to add grain to a 4x5 shot? If I want grain I would use a smaller camera.

[Sjixxxy]

[PatrickT]

I've recently started using a SpeedGraphic a little...been happy with the results so far!


Anne on 4X5 by Patrick Trautfield, on Flickr


Claire by Patrick Trautfield, on Flickr

[philosomatographer]

I currently have a love/hate relationship with large format, but I suspect that, when my skills improve, it will be a love-only relationship. These were all shot with a Linhof Technika V:

(1950s convertible Symmar 150mm @ f/5.6, Ilford technical Line Film @ ISO6, scanned 8x10in darkroom print on Ilford MG IV)


(APO-Symmar 150mm @ f/32, Ilford HP5+ @ ISO400, scanned 8x10in darkroom print on Ilford MG IV)


(APO-Symmar 150mm @ f/5.6, Ilford HP5+ @ ISO400, scanned 8x10in darkroom print on Ilford MG IV)



(1950s Convertible Symmar 150mm @ f/22, Ilford Technical Line Film @ ISO6, scanned 8x10in darkroom print on Ilford MG IV)

P.S. The resolution of Line Film is absurd, this is a small crop from the above 8x10in print:

For all my big prints, I also make 8x10in "proof" prints which I end up scanning to post online. But you can imagine the impact of this level of detail on a large print. This is what makes the "pain" of large format worthwhile.

I really laugh when people make claims (such as in a thread I read recently in the Digital Leica M sub-forum) that a print from a 10MP Leica M8 or a 18MP Leica M9 "looks as good, or better than, large format".

4x5in film and larger is completely in a league of its own when it comes to resolving power. And I love the simplicity (and yet, precision) of the cameras - As we speak, I am busy repairing my Technika V (a broken-off screw in the drop-bed strut, must be due to age, 50+ years, and this part takes a lot of strain), and I am not a master repairman if you catch my drift...

[rjbuzzclick]

Both scans from contact prints:

[Todd.Hanz]

4x5 Polaroid type 55 (which I miss alot)





Todd

[chrishayton]

t202tiff by chrishayton, on Flickr

[Todd.Hanz]

Osaka 4x5 (Tachihara)







Todd

[sykotec]

I'd love to hear how that went - I've got a Technika III with an unknown 135mm cam, and a Nikkor-W 135mm lens. It's close, but needs work. Well, that, and the rangefinder really could stand to be rebuilt....

Originally Posted by CNNY

I have only one (150mm Symmar) cammed lens for my Technika IV. I have recently cammed a lens for my a Technika 70, and I plan to get more lenses working for it. Basically what you need to do is get an old cam for your focal length on ebay and then file it down to match your lens. It is a slow process but it is not that hard to do. Once I get round to it I will start a thread explaining what I did. If you are lucky you could get a cam that already comes close to matching your lens.

[meven]

My first LF shots of 2012:




And here are the ones from 2011: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=7259870@N06&q=chamonix

[richardhkirkando]

I need to get my Technika cams figured out too, hand-held 4x5 is lots of fun.

This wasn't hand-held though:

Scan-110921-0007.jpg by richardhkirkando, on Flickr

[healyzh]

One of my main goals for 2012 is to shoot a lot more Large Format. Primarily 4x5, but also some more 8x10 (if the opportunity presented itself I'd shoot other formats). I've finally gotten things setup so I can develop and print my own 4x5 B&W photo's (I picked up a nice enlarger last year). I also want to shoot some 4x5 Tintypes this year.


2009-07-03 Cyanotype #3 by Zane's Photography, on Flickr


20090816-2009-08-14 Fujifilm FP-100c45 4x5--3 by Zane's Photography, on Flickr


2009-08-14 Ilford FP-4 125 i3 by Zane's Photography, on Flickr


2011-12-10 Ilford FP-4 125 in Ilford DD-X i2 by Zane's Photography, on Flickr