Hiking in the Snowy Range, Wyoming -- Samyang 35mm F1.4

[Colorado CJ]

All of the recent floods has nearly cut off mountain access from the whole of northern Colorado. Needing to get my mountain fix and a little photography in on the side, I headed up to Wyoming for the day. The Snowy Range is a mountain range in southeast Wyoming, about 30 miles to the west of Laramie. These mountains rise abruptly from the high plains and are nearly all BLM or national forest, so there are a lot of areas open for exploring. Yesterday I decided to head for the peaks though and the trails that weave through the alpine lakes and boulder fields.

Another reason for wanting to get to the mountains is to try out a medium format film camera I got over the weekend, a Mamiya RB67 Pro S. I've been wanting to get into film for a while, and what better way than with 6x7 medium format! I might add a few photos from that camera later once I get my developing chemistry in (I'll be developing and enlarging in my own darkroom soon!)

On to the photos. The day was very overcast with rain and sleet falling throughout. It was just what I needed though, can't be away from the mountains for week or more without getting itchy


Snowy-Range-1 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr


Snowy-Range-2 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr


It's already fall above timberline. The grasses and brush are all reds and yellows.


Snowy-Range-3 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr


Snowy-Range-4 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr


Snowy-Range-5 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr


Thought I'd post a couple photos of my new camera as well. It is very different shooting with it, but I really think I'm going to like it! Looking through that large waist level finder was somewhat of a revelation, coming from looking through a small viewfinder all these years.


RB76-Pro-S-1 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr


I got this whole setup for $150.00 off ebay. SOOO cheap to get into medium format film photography now.


RB76-Pro-S-2 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Thats it! Like I said, I am getting my chemicals in today. I might be able to process the film and scan it in a couple of days, then post a few photos from the medium format camera.

[miran]

Wow, amazing landscape yet again and extremely high quality output from the Samyang!

And yes, medium format is quite different experience when coming from 35mm format digital.

[SonicScot]

Mother Nature sure had fun in your corner of the world
Beautiful place, well captured.

I want that viewfinder on my 5D2

[yinyangbt]

Great looking landscapes !

[Nordentro]

Unusual landscape for sure, really interesting color mix, thx for sharing

[poilu]

beautiful landscape, I hope the Mamiya film will develop nicely so we can enjoy it

[Colorado CJ]

[Colorado CJ]

[Colorado CJ]

[Colorado CJ]

[Colorado CJ]

[Colorado CJ]

Here are a few more photos from the hike



I just finished developing my first roll of film ever! It is also the first roll of film out of my new medium format camera, a Mamiya RB67 Pro S. The film is hanging up to dry right now.

I am hoping to get an enlarger in a few days, so I can try my had at printing as well. This could become a serious addiction [BD]

For those interested, the film is 120 roll film Delta 100. I developed it in Xtol 1:1 and fixed it using TF-4


First-6x7-Roll-Developed by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

[Colorado CJ]

This photo is from my first roll shot through my new Mamiya RB67 medium format camera. It is shot in Delta 100 and developed using Xtol 1:1.

To digitize this photo, I shot the negative using a lightbox and my Nikon D600 with a 50mm F4 macro lens. It is stitched from 12 separate images making the native (cropped) image 127 megapixels, or roughly 40" x 50".

Using a DSLR with a good macro lens and a light box, you get better images at much larger scales than you do with a high dollar drum scanner.

Can't wait to get more processed!


22-Sept-2013----RB67-First-Roll by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

The above was my first go at it and I am using a jerry rigged setup. I don't have a real light box yet, so I am using my tablet, with a piece of plate glass as the light box. Seems to work well, but probably isn't near as good as the real thing since the light is wrong.

Here's my setup. I have a longer lens hood screwed onto a Maro-Takumar 50mm F4 lens and I focus using live view at 100%. So far, it is working incredibly well.


Digitizing-Medium-Format-Negatives by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

And one more from my first roll on the RB67


22-Sept-2013----RB67-First-Roll-2 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

[RSalles]

Keep shooting! I like both pics: the first was taken in a strong overcast or haze scene, but I like the tone of the image a lot. The 2nd shot seems to have been underdeveloped or exposed but I have a strong tactile sensation from the rocks in the foreground.
I'm sure that with a more technically accurate lightning setup of the scanning process you'll get far better results.

Cheers,

Renato

[Colorado CJ]

[Colorado CJ]

Bought some old darkroom stuff from CSU the other day. One piece was a contact film printer. I'm using it instead as a lightbox for digitizing my medium format negatives with my camera.

Works much better than the jerry rigged tablet I was using. Here's one of my negatives I digitized today. Ended up being 80 megapixels

Shot with my Mamiya RB67 Pro S and 90mm F3.8 lens. Delta 100 developed with Xtol at 1:1


22-Sept-2013---RB67-7 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr