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k-h.a.w wrote:
Thanks Rich, much appreciated.
Well your images are distinctive enough for me to guess "Rich" most of the time.
You have some absolutely stunning wildlife shots of deer and such.
In regards to landscape shots you don't seem to be particularly attracted to grande scenery.
So let me please ask again, how do you decide on a particular landscape shot?
Which characteristics make it interesting to you?
To me it seems you like to prefer environmental portraits.
Am I wrong?
Thanks again, Karl-Heinz.
Hi Karl-Heinz,
Actually I do like and have often taken many images of the "Grand Landscape". But, here in the east and in particular around eastern Pennsylvania, much of New Jersey, New York, and Virginia, we don't have the size, scope and distances of the West. With some exceptions, in the east, the mountains are much more eroded, softer, and much older as in the case of the Adirodack Mountains, Catskills, Appalachians, etc. We don't have the larger higher, more rugged mountains of the Rockies, Sierras, Cascades, or the Coastal Range. We also don't have the grandeur, size, distance and scope of the Grand Canyon, Canyonlands, Monument Valley, etc. So, as a result, since I have normally been staying to the east for sometime I have taken to shooting the more intimate landscapes or environmental portraits.
In years past, when I was traveling further west, as in 1995 and 1996 when I photographed in Canyonlands, Dead Horse Point State Park, Arches, Rocky Mountain National Park, and the Maroon Bells, Oregon, to name some locations, much of that was a combination of Grand and more intimate landscape. But that material was all shot on transparencies with 35mm Leica R, Mamiya 7, and Large Format Linhof Technikardan 45S and Toho Shimo 4" X 5" field cameras. So, those image have not been posted in the Sony Galleries, and only to a limited extent on FM.
Some more Grand images have been posted in this thread and elsewhere on FM from time to time from the Adirondacks, Shenadoah NP, and Acadia NP from 2015 and 2016. But, those were taken when the opportunity was presented.
In any case, I try to look at the scene and try to look to see what catches my eye and to then fine tune what I am seeing deciding on which lens and or/camera body lens combination. I normally carry a battery of lenses with me at least in the car and depending on how far I hike (less and less as I am getting older) and carry less and smaller equipment.
I would normally carry an assortment of lenses that include my WATE, my Leica R 28mm f2.8 Elmarit, V2, and probably my Leica R 50mm f2 Summicron V2 or my Minolta CLE MC 40mm f2 M-Rokkor. I may also swap in or out my Leica R 100mm f2.8 Apo-Macro-Elmarit or my Leica M 90mm f2.5 Summarit, Leica R 180mm f3.4 Apo-Telyt. I used to also frequently carry and use my Leica R280mm F4 Apo-Telyt, but I am more often carrying my Sony 100-400mm GM or my Sony 200-600mm G lenses which are more flexible than the Leica R 280mm f4 Apo-Telyt.
For many of my landscapes, I am drawn to the lighting, color, pattern, reflections, etc. I like warm lighting and often am drawn to bright colors of reds, yellows, and strong greens, and blues. So, in many cases the blues and greens that Fujichrome Velvia in particular were known. I guess the reds and yellows would be those of either Kodachrome or Velvia.
For my landscape work I will often try to have that stong foreground subject that will add to the information in the midground and distance. I also like to use strong depth of field though not always, so as a result, I would rely on smaller apertures and/or front and/or rear tilt of my LF cameras or now when I use my Cambo Actus (which was updated last year with the full Tilt standard capabilities).
If you want more, I will have to think more about the question.
Rich
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. It fits nicely in the overhead bin. Not very light of course and I still manage to lift it up there for storage. 
