A few shots from the great smokey mountains

[jj_golden]

<p>Here are a few that I back in the fall and late summer, these were shot with the rittreck view 4x5 back</p><div></div>

[jj_golden]

<p>number 2</p><div></div>

[jj_golden]

<p>number 3</p><div></div>

[jj_golden]

<p>number 2 was actually taken last spring, anyway number 3</p><div></div>

[jj_golden]

<p>number 5 (im getting my numbers mixed up)</p><div></div>

[jj_golden]

<p>last one</p><div></div>

[jj_golden]

<p>wait! one more</p><div></div>

[jj_golden]

<p>found another : )</p><div></div>

[Tony Evans]

<p>JJ, Lovely images illustrating LF uniqueness. Thank you.</p>

[Robin Smith]

<p>I think you would need to see these in the flesh to see the LF uniqueness. I think a touch less exposure on the waterfalls would help bring out the water textures. Number 1 is my favorite.</p>

[rick_drawbridge]

<p>Absolutely classic ; love "just a tree' and the last one. Superb tones and textures. What's your film and process, <strong>JJ</strong>?</p>

[AlanKlein]

<p>The 2nd and last are my favorites. Nice shots all. What film, scanning and post processing did you use?</p>

[jj_golden]

Thanks for the comments all. My film is

fp4 processed in a tray with ilfosol3 1

to 14 . Post as far as post goes lots of

deee dusting. Contrast control a bit and

a little dodging and burning pretty much

basic darkroom stuff thanks again

[JDMvW]

<p>Hard to beat large format, and you make the most of it.<br>

Thanks.</p>

[Andrew in Austin]

<p>Lovely images - The format really brings out the tones of wood and old stonework. - Kudos for shooting the interior of the old church.</p>

[GerrySiegel]

Brought back some memories I will now share one.

 

Cades Cove in mist. Well that do call it Smokey NP. Stereo Realist I think but chrome slide. Can't beat Kodakchrome in the day for sharp. This was about 1968 when we camped out there.<div></div>

[jj_golden]

Nice shot I know that cabin very well

been there many times. In 1968 I was

probably a year or two younger than the

child in the shot I had the big 5 0 last

week

[chuck_foreman1]

<p>Wow.. Loved them all especially the Homesteads.. The last one was excellent</p>

 

[tony_lockerbie]

<p>Love some LF B&W, really nice work JJ. I like the first road picture and the "just a tree" shot the best. Thanks for showing these.</p>

[Tony Evans]

<p>Robin,</p>

<p>You can see it in the use of Tilt & Swing </p>

[jj_golden]

Yes tony I was either

tilting swinging shifting

or rising in most of them.

The road picture IIRC I

did a little bit of every

thing :)

[Robin Smith]

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<p>You can see it in the use of Tilt & Swing</p>

</blockquote>

<p>They could also have been taken with a smaller format stopped down. At this size we cannot really tell.</p>

[James G. Dainis]

Tilts, shifts and swings are used to keep parallel lines parallel. The last photo of the cabin looks like it may have been taken with the camera pointing up from a road on a lower level than the ground on which the cabin rests. Yet, the sides of the cabin are parallel to the sides of the photo, not keystoning or making the cabin look like it was tilting back.

[James G. Dainis]

Just a quick and dirty tutorial on tilts and swings with large format.<P>

 

<center><img src=http://www.jdainis.com/viewc1.jpg width=350><BR><img src=http://www.jdainis.com//viewc2.jpg width=350></center><P>

 

 

In the above photos, the first (A) was taken with the camera aimed at the window with no back swing adjustment. Notice the convergence of the horizontal lines, particularly noticeable near the bottom of the ground glass. <BR>

In the second photo (B), the view camera was kept aimed in the same direction but the back was swung so that it was parallel to the window. The lines no longer converge but remain parallel to the top and bottom of the ground glass. This is what would be captured on the film.