Rowsley Sweet Chestnut Tree º
More amazing detail and tonality. This was in fact the first shot I took on 5x4, so nice to see that it worked (in the end)!
17/2/16, 11.15am
Linhof Technikardan S45
Nikkor SW75
Ilford Delta 100 (N+1)
11" f/32, 14mm front rise and 5º of rear backward tilt.
Totally thought this shot was ruined, since I misread the meter as indicating 4 seconds rather than 1/4"(!!), and so shot it at 11 seconds to take reciprocity into account. But it came out perfectly well, it seems, though obviously there's little to no detail in the sky.
Ironically, the second shot I took some minutes later, when I realised my error, isn't so great. I used much too much front rise (I went about 5mm over), so the shot has some vignetting; it's also not quite in focus, and the composition is different. But the exposure is a lot darker and more moody.
Updated edit using 4 frames shot onto lightbox with D800E and 60mm micro stitched in CS6.
Rowsley Sweet Chestnut Tree º
More amazing detail and tonality. This was in fact the first shot I took on 5x4, so nice to see that it worked (in the end)!
17/2/16, 11.15am
Linhof Technikardan S45
Nikkor SW75
Ilford Delta 100 (N+1)
11" f/32, 14mm front rise and 5º of rear backward tilt.
Totally thought this shot was ruined, since I misread the meter as indicating 4 seconds rather than 1/4"(!!), and so shot it at 11 seconds to take reciprocity into account. But it came out perfectly well, it seems, though obviously there's little to no detail in the sky.
Ironically, the second shot I took some minutes later, when I realised my error, isn't so great. I used much too much front rise (I went about 5mm over), so the shot has some vignetting; it's also not quite in focus, and the composition is different. But the exposure is a lot darker and more moody.
Updated edit using 4 frames shot onto lightbox with D800E and 60mm micro stitched in CS6.