p.1 #1 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
I escaped the Texas heat for a long weekend of exploring a pocket of the Rockies. This particular gallery is all medium format and was my first time shooting medium format out in the field in earnest. I fell in love with the X-Pan crop as I shot, as it was great for highlighting slices of the range.
For the colors I tried to retain some of that Velvia magic without it being heavy-handed as Velvia often can be...and for the mono, I settled on something close to Ilford Delta. I tried to capture both vistas and details using 65:24 as a creative constraint and loved what I came back with and hope you enjoy these as well.
p.1 #3 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
Seabassius wrote:
Great series. Shameful that I live an hour from there and haven't been in close to 10 years and that was only because a wedding.
What was your overall take on 'usability"? Did you ever want to not take it and take something smaller like your 100v or Zf?
Thanks! Yes, definitely get out there...I don't know how people actually live so close to stuff like this
I don't find a single aspect of "using" the GFX particularly enjoyable, but there is really nothing standing in the way of "usability". All of these shots were handheld, and I took shots down to around 1/100 without issue. The tilt screen does its job nicely for portrait orientation work, and in general the camera stays out of your way.
The real magic with GFX of course happens at home at the computer. If you're someone that doesn't like post, GFX ain't it
I took my ZF along as well, and it was on me the entire time...usually on my Peak Capture while the GFX was slung over the other shoulder. Not ideal, but worked well enough for this exercise. I only took a single lens per camera to really get me into a particular mindset with each and to avoid lens swaps.
This was the first trip the X100 hasn't come on in a long time, and I didn't particularly miss it. Kind of surprising to find that out!
p.1 #5 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
RoamingScott wrote:
Thanks! Yes, definitely get out there...I don't know how people actually live so close to stuff like this
I don't find a single aspect of "using" the GFX particularly enjoyable, but there is really nothing standing in the way of "usability". All of these shots were handheld, and I took shots down to around 1/100 without issue. The tilt screen does its job nicely for portrait orientation work, and in general the camera stays out of your way.
The real magic with GFX of course happens at home at the computer. If you're someone that doesn't like post, GFX ain't it
I took my ZF along as well, and it was on me the entire time...usually on my Peak Capture while the GFX was slung over the other shoulder. Not ideal, but worked well enough for this exercise. I only took a single lens per camera to really get me into a particular mindset with each and to avoid lens swaps.
This was the first trip the X100 hasn't come on in a long time, and I didn't particularly miss it. Kind of surprising to find that out!...Show more →
Appreciate the response. Mine 100s shows up Thursday and this was a little ‘fix’ til then . I always think the in camera jpeg is a nice feature but then invariably shoot raw+jpeg and almost always use the raw. The nerdy side of me actually enjoys processing.
p.1 #7 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
JadedWriter wrote:
So are you keeping the GFX or is it going to be another bunch of letters and numbers on your used camera gear epitaph?
No clue! Like I've always said, I can shoot literally anything and get results I'm happy with, it's more about what I enjoy shooting with. I'd probably never tell the difference between my full frame and medium format shots if I wasn't looking at them on a 5K monitor.
p.1 #10 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
bobby350z wrote:
So what magic was needed for these shots? Would be nice to know. Thanks.
Edited:- I do like them but IMHO you can get almost the same straight from the camera.
Well I can only speak for myself and my own experience as to why that single comment resonated with me: In my case, the point was most of what we post here due to typical net throughput would be difficult to tell if we took the original with a 12mp cell phone or a 100mp MF camera. But on my workstation with high resolution calibrated monitor, I can see nuances that are lacking in smaller formats, including some of the best that Fx has to offer.
p.1 #11 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
brianbeatty wrote:
beautiful work! I'm one of those people that live an hour from here... haha. This is some great inspiration to head back soon with my 50S!
It's amazing how different the metro and Estes/RMNP are given the short distance from each other. It's like you're in another world when you get up there.
p.1 #12 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
I feel like I can almost say the same thing, but I shoot wide open portraits way more than you do and tend to enjoy the natural fall off of the GFX system. I can probably shoot on M43 and nobody would notice, but I feel like that's a system I'd never enjoy. RoamingScott wrote:
No clue! Like I've always said, I can shoot literally anything and get results I'm happy with, it's more about what I enjoy shooting with. I'd probably never tell the difference between my full frame and medium format shots if I wasn't looking at them on a 5K monitor.
p.1 #15 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
The Rat wrote:
Great shots! RMNP is the nearest national park to me and I'm up there very often. I like the chipmunk shot the best.
Thank you! The chipper was up on Prospect Mountain, where they are almost obese from people hand-feeding them...not a practice I approve of, but it does make them a touch friendlier than most.
p.1 #20 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
Al Trujillo wrote:
Great images, all of them! But how on earth did you get an image of St. Catherine's Chapel without a whole bunch of people hanging off its sides?
Thank you Al!!
I met a gentleman on top of Prospect Mountain who saw me shooting and suggested the Chapel to me. We went out there at about 10am on Monday morning, perhaps that helped. I'd never heard of it before, very very cool that Pope John Paul II visited and blessed it.
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