p.2 #1 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
RoamingScott wrote:
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.
I was part of a security detail at Cherry Creek State Park when Pope John Paul II visited there. His motorcade drove slowly past me and we made eye contact with each other. I still can't describe what that felt like.
p.2 #3 · 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?
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.
Very much enjoyed the images! Interesting to read the above because I wouldn't have guessed it based on the posts on the gear-centric boards.
In this respect I agree: it's very much about what I enjoy shooting with.
p.2 #5 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
nightfuryz wrote:
I am very much a b&w person and always have my eye drawn to that...but for some reason the crop on picture number #2 just really stands out to me.
It could be symmetry that is happening (lean toward architecture for this reason) based on the crop, but thats is just a fantastic image.
Great series and shots!
I thought the same thing about #2. Living out here in Colorado, the deadfall forests always make for such striking visuals, but I stuggle with pictures of them because there is so much to include they can be overwhelming. I liked that the second image distilled it down to just a few elements to tell the story.
p.2 #6 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
nightfuryz wrote:
I am very much a b&w person and always have my eye drawn to that...but for some reason the crop on picture number #2 just really stands out to me.
It could be symmetry that is happening (lean toward architecture for this reason) based on the crop, but thats is just a fantastic image.
Great series and shots!
Seabassius wrote:
I thought the same thing about #2. Living out here in Colorado, the deadfall forests always make for such striking visuals, but I stuggle with pictures of them because there is so much to include they can be overwhelming. I liked that the second image distilled it down to just a few elements to tell the story.
Thank you...I couldn't make much out of that scene until I tried it with the X-Pan crop and that actually set off this whole series
I also liked how it was still blooming despite its unorthodox orientation
p.2 #10 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
Cool series, thanks for sharing!
I love the X-Pan crop and I'm so frustrated that Fuji refuses to put it in their 40mp X-series cameras.. I know I can eyeball it and crop later (which also has some advantages like applying 'digital' rise/fall), but seeing the crop applied in the viewfinder helps a lot with composing in this format.
At this point I'm even considering buying a used Panasonic S1R + 20-60mm just to shoot this format, but so far sanity has prevailed
p.2 #11 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
fjablo wrote:
Cool series, thanks for sharing!
I love the X-Pan crop and I'm so frustrated that Fuji refuses to put it in their 40mp X-series cameras.. I know I can eyeball it and crop later (which also has some advantages like applying 'digital' rise/fall), but seeing the crop applied in the viewfinder helps a lot with composing in this format.
At this point I'm even considering buying a used Panasonic S1R + 20-60mm just to shoot this format, but so far sanity has prevailed
Thanks! You may or may not know, but you can turn on the Grid 24 framing under Wrench>Screen Setup>Framing Guidline and the two middle rows are the 65:24 crop
p.2 #15 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
Nice series. Number 13 is my favorite. I like B&Ws for one and for two I really like B&Ws of mountains. Great details and structure there that really highlights those stratified layers.
Makes me tell myself a few times that "I am not going to be traveling/hiking around with MF gear"
p.2 #17 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
Gabe13 wrote:
Nice series. Number 13 is my favorite. I like B&Ws for one and for two I really like B&Ws of mountains. Great details and structure there that really highlights those stratified layers.
Makes me tell myself a few times that "I am not going to be traveling/hiking around with MF gear"
Thanks Gabe! I'll probably work on turning a few more of these into B/W, but I'm a color guy so I don't really have the inherent "eye" for monochrome.
I went with the 100S and single zoom to minimize weight and bulk and was very pleasantly surprised by what a nimble kit it wound up being in the field. Plenty of battery for the day, pretty light compared to my normal 45mp setup, and even though the focal range was limited, lots of cropping latitude in post. I think my pics that I cropped to 40ish MP looked better cropped than my FF images without a crop. A lot to like in this setup! Don't be afraid to take it hiking!!
Scott, I think these two added on might be my favorites! That pano crop mode was one of the best things about the GFX100S when I owned one, it is just a joy to have the framing inside the viewfinder to help guide the eye for creative compositions (so superior to stitching blindly and then trying to crop later in post, for my tastes). And you still end up with a meaty 50mp file for printing, so cool. Thanks for sharing!
p.2 #19 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
Ross Martin wrote:
Scott, I think these two added on might be my favorites! That pano crop mode was one of the best things about the GFX100S when I owned one, it is just a joy to have the framing inside the viewfinder to help guide the eye for creative compositions (so superior to stitching blindly and then trying to crop later in post, for my tastes). And you still end up with a meaty 50mp file for printing, so cool. Thanks for sharing!
And the fact they come into post in the X-Pan crop is so nice too. I did not expect to have this much fun with what was a lark at the time...I'll definitely be doing this more in future locations! Thanks for the comments.
p.2 #20 · Slices of the Rockies - medium format/image heavy
RoamingScott wrote:
Thanks Gabe! I'll probably work on turning a few more of these into B/W, but I'm a color guy so I don't really have the inherent "eye" for monochrome.
I went with the 100S and single zoom to minimize weight and bulk and was very pleasantly surprised by what a nimble kit it wound up being in the field. Plenty of battery for the day, pretty light compared to my normal 45mp setup, and even though the focal range was limited, lots of cropping latitude in post. I think my pics that I cropped to 40ish MP looked better cropped than my FF images without a crop. A lot to like in this setup! Don't be afraid to take it hiking!!...Show more →
You should definitely experiment with mono more!
I would be lying if I said I haven't been interested in Fuji's MF cams. I've always liked the the MF look and at one time in the past almost jumped on a Pentax 645z. Now that gear is massive (1550g) ...so you're right a 900g 100s is not bad at all for MF and is decently compact too. Honestly it's only a matter of time, maybe a one lens kit for fun...I can see it.
