6x7 Portra 800 shots

[Katastrofo]

Yesterday, I got up at 4:30am, threw down a pint of coffee and drove 35
miles over to Decatur before sunrise so I could catch this light:







Horizons corrected, finally.

I think I like the second bridge shot better than the first, curious to hear
others' opinions.

Scans @ 1200dpi, Epson 4490
Koni Omega Rapid/Hexanon 60mm wide lens

[Attila]

This scene cry for slide... please.... great captures!

[hexi]

The light on the last one is quite superb... ah soon come autumn and the best color range ! i think its the best season for photo so far.... digressing

great shots

[Jesito]

I do prefer also the second one, better light. But both are nice and well composed. I like also the second one, I love the water reflections.

Thanks for sharing!

Jes.

[Katastrofo]

Attila, I tried the best of the tripods I have and it is not strong enough to
support the Koni, got to find a stronger tripod. Thanks for your comments.

Hexi and Jes, thanks, I hope to try slide on this area this fall with a better
tripod. I'm checking areas right now that will be good fall scenes.

Thanks again,

Bill

[Nesster]

Really nice shooting, and 4:30 AM, that's the spirit. The middle one with the trees in the bog is classic, could have been a photo mag cover in the '70s.

[Katastrofo]

Thanks, Nesster, my next roll is going to be either Efke 50 or some expired
Provia 100F, so looks like sunny days for shooting until I land a tripod.

[Orio]

The river photos are simply stunning, Bill.

I really love the colours you got from the film.

For the bog photo, in addition to using a tripod, I would lower the shooting point. This will give more drama, and will allow you to use a lesser pitch of the camera.

Does the Koni allow to raise mirror before shooting?
I ask because mirror in medium format cameras are really heavy and produce big vibrations.
And it's not just the big vibration per se, but you have to add that the medium format records more of those vibration than a simple 135 format film.
My major complaint with my MF camera (Pentacon 6) is precisely that I can not raise the mirror before shooting.
For this reason, rangefinder MF cameras are preferable if the mirror in the reflex MF can not be raised.

[Katastrofo]

Orio, thanks for the advice, the Koni is an RF, so no mirror to worry about.
I don't think focus is all that bad in the bog shot, but stopping down would
have been better. Early morning is a good time to shoot bogs and swamps
as the water moccasin are not about, then.

I was thinking about lowering the shooting point, too, should have gone
for it.

Thanks, again.

[Katastrofo]

Here's one from a roll of Portra 400VC using the Koni Rapid Omega 100
and Super Omegon 90mm lens. This was taken at a very small Japanese
garden, Ned Frazier Park, Decatur, Alabama:



I think it captured some nice details for a print film.

[Jesito]

[Katastrofo]

Thanks, Jes. I just saw another Rapid Omega 100 (all black model) go for
$170 with Omegon 58mm wide lens and VF.

[Laurence]

[Attila]

[Katastrofo]

Laurence and Attila, thanks! All shots here were scanned with my Epson
4490. Hope you guys get lucky in finding a Koni! I'm done for awhile, got
just about all I need for the system.

Still don't have the horizons exact in the first ones. Tried to do this on
my laptop at work and it is not happening, will wait to get home.

[tobbsman]

You catched some great light indeed!
I love how the 3rd woods-shot is done; great reflections there.

Cheers
Tobias

[Katastrofo]

Thanks, Tobias, I'm looking forward to some fall pictures.

[tobbsman]