single photos First Light, Spiekeroog

(best viewed large, thank you !)

Carsten, Is this a crop of a 6x7 negative? I really like the colors. The detail in the sand is awesome. This has to be somewhere in Northern Germany, correct? I spent about a month in Bremerhaven, guarding a ship. It was quite a place. - Sean

Sean, thanks for stopping by. Yes, this is cropped from 6x9 - I got a Fujica GSW690III from Ebay, an old rangefinder with a quite decent wide angle lens. When I got my first slides back, my jaw dropped. I will get my first large prints soon... Spiekeroog is a North Sea Island, small, no cars allowed, breathtaking nature. A paradise for photographers

Super shot - a beautiful blue color with that faint strip of pink in the distance. Good luck with the 'new' camera.

Superb shot,Great use of atmosphere and attractive tonal color , I love the blue in it for alot.

 

Best Wishes

I had to save the file and switch to 1600x1200 to fully enjoy the large version, but it was worth it. The tones and detail are wonderful. I bet you never regretted going for medium format. Without the touch of pink this would be less interesting, IMO, but it would still convey the sense of space and the spirit of the place. Perhaps I am going against your intention, but I would like to see a bit more of the sky - could you show the full frame ? Best regards. Peter

Excellent "monotone" motif. Interesting near rectangular cloud formation. I am awed by the foreground tonality and detail, above all.

I love the abstract feeling of this shot, great work.

Carsten, this is lovely. All that detail in the FG and the patch of pink to draw me through really works well. My only nit is the sky. I would crop down a little more as there is no detail there, and it detracts from the beauty of the beach.

Thank you all for your thoughts ! Peter and Jeff, it was hard to decide how much sky should be sacrified. Peter, here is the scan

Good blue sky, the first light used to be special, this is the proof. Well done! Best Regards

Most appealing shot! Like the small tint of pink at the left...it seems like it could be a person standing there...Regarding the comp..i like the format of the original as much or even better than the pano version.

Thank you for the full frame. Now the rectangular cloud formation is placed almost according to the rule of thirds. I like the pano, but at least for my eyes, the full frame is better.

Fabulous shot Carsten! Loove the detail you captured, and the wonderful range of subtle blues. Excellent composition.

All the best,

Neil

It is so delicate, really has the nature spirit.Looks like the down of creation, when the line of light started to light the space and earth. The soft texture takes the viewer in to that line of ligh which is a warm touch in the blue monochromatic whole. Has to be seen large in order to enjoy the details. Has your soul.

Thank you all for your thoughts !

Nice to see you playing with that beast of a camera :-) I thought you could only transport it by car?

 

Best wishes, Hans

 

Hans, well, I kind of changed my mind... (BTW, Spiekeroog is an island without cars, so I had no choice.) The Fujica is for real men :-) But if you are able to lug around a 5D with 17-40/4L you will carry the Fujica also: 5D is 1300 g, Fujica 1500 g. Not the big difference. With good light, you can work handheld but for DOF reasons stopped down you need a tripod.

 

Cheers

 

Carsten

This one really sings the larger it is viewed. The overall blue tone makes the pink of the sky stand out, especially in the larger version. I agree with your decision to crop half the sky out. The tighter composition seems to keep the eye coming back to the horizon and the warmer colours there. Beautiful fine details throughout the foreground, and enough sky showing to indicate the type of morning it was. You sure do seem to get the most out of a landscape which, at first glance, seems bland and featureless. Keep 'em coming. Best, lm.

Len, thank you !

Carsten,

This is a photo that sounds like a minimalist symphony. A real pleasure to look at.

I have a neglected medium format (Pentax645N) sitting at about my hand's reach. It is even loaded with a color negative film. I have a very poor experince in having my earlier films scanned. That is why I stopped shooting using my film cameras. How was yours (couldn't be better on the screen) scanned ?

Bulent, thanks for your thoughts ! Scanning is the rub, indeed. I have two methods, one @home and one by a professional scan service. A simple solution, and not bad, is to use your own digital and make a digital copy from the slide from a light table (see this link ) A B&W neg is also easy to copy, but for digital copies of color neg the best solution is probably the ColorNeg plugin for PS .

 

For selected slides or negatives I use a professional scan service, cheaper than buying a high-end scanner. They use a Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED, and a 4000 dpi scan of a 6x9 costs 2,30€, additional costs for DVD and shipping. Not cheap, and time consuming. But for an amateur like me, time is secondary, I have no clients, can wait (ok, I have my 5D and DP1, when I want a photo now...).

 

And: you need a fast PC for the large scan files.

Beautiful work with great Tonal color.Best wishes

Thank you, Afshin !