We have some lovely black and white landscape photos today courtesy of reader Bill Zorn. His captions are indented.
Here are a few landscapes. I made these photographs with a Linhof Master Technika 2000 camera, a variety of Kodak 4×5” films, which I processed and printed on Ilford paper using Ansel Adam’s technique.
Great Wall from Sumatai:
Great Wall at Jiankou:
Teahouse, Dachang Village, China:
White Mosque, near Isfahan, Iran:
Acadia National Park, Maine:
Somewhere in North Carolina:
Linville Falls, North Carolina:
Sheikh Lotfalla Mosque dome, Isfahan, Iran:
Winery, Three Gorges, China:
Two Boats, Scottish Highlands:
Old man of Storr, Westeros, near Winterfell:
Spellbinding
Is Westeros [a] that place in Game of Thrones and [b] also a real place?
might be the isle of skye, or, if you squint, is that a dragon?
As bill says, it’s on Skye, but in a location called Trotternish. Westeros doesn’t really exist.
Bill Zorn’s a lucky guy, though. The couple of times I’ve been to Storr it’s been completely shrouded in thick mist and rain.
PS: all the pictures are utterly stunning.
Lovely stuff! Magnificent composition and technique. Thank you so much for sharing!
I love that the definition of “wildlife” has expanded. Lovely photos.
I agree. Thanks PCCE for giving us more to see & admire. Interesting compositions.
+1
Beautiful tones! Particularly the teahouse.
Ditto. Teahouse and white mosque particularly blew me away.
Beautiful pictures! The turn that ReadersWildlifePhotos has taken is so much fun.
I well remember developing 4×5 negatives in the darkroom when I was in gradual school. And then making prints and seeing the picture appear the developer tray. Then rinse. Then stop bath. Then fixer. Then wash. It never got old.
I agree. lots of good conversation, too.
Wow
That’s all I had to say as well!
Great pics. Good to see somebody out there still goin’ at it old-school.
i heard they came out with color film, amazing. but i don’t keep up like i used to.
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Bill, which films do you use? Any trouble obtaining film and chemicals these days?
How do you develop the films (developer/concentration/temperature)?
Cheers! Beautiful work!
haven’t made a photo in over 10 years. want to buy a darkroom? camera?
i used tri-x and pyro; sometimes tmax films.
i followed adam’s zone system, taking notes for each exposure, and developing the film to maximize the dynamic range. a high contrast scene would get much less development than a low contrast scene. see adam’s ‘the negative’ for details.
Excellent images!
A real delight. Thanks for posting these.
-evan
All are great finds and well executed. The White Mosque is very peaceful. It doesn’t strike me as particularly Islamic. My impression is mosques tend to be ornate. Were there ornate areas of the building, or was it all in this subdued style?
depends how rich the community is. this mosque was small, in the desert.
the baroque period mosques are incredibly intricate; up till vasco de gama, persia had tons of money.
the sheikh lotfalla (women’s) mosque didn’t allow testicles inside till recently.
didn’t allow testicles inside till recently.
A real breakthrough.
Beautiful photos, thanks Jerry and Bill.
Beautiful pics. Winter is coming!
If only Mr Trump would build a beautiful wall like that one. I’m sure the patent has expired.
Thanks for sharing your breathtaking work, Bill!