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PaulCowan · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 4182 Location: Evolving

I have no idea who this person is, but she (I suppose it is she) produces some of the most fabulous photography I have ever seen.

I dream of being this good.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23209605@N00/sets/72157594555324132/

That's her medium format portfolio, the others are worth seeing, too.

ruxpriencdiam · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:19 pm

She is the rightful owner correct?

Lots of flicker people are using other peoples photos as theirs.

They are nice.

PaulCowan · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 4182 Location: Evolving

Rightful owner? I don't know, I do know the images are superb and are identical in quality and style. It's hard to imagine that level of work going unchallenged for years if it is stolen.

So, for now, I will stick with my opinion that she is an undiscovered genius.

dlovely · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 626

I know very little about landscape but these are truly spectacular.... f/45?? 3 secs?
Wow.

PaulCowan · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 4182 Location: Evolving

mikenorton · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:00 pm

These are nice. I had no idea that Europe looked like that, at first I thought she was shooting in Patagonia. F45 at 3 seconds is not an uncommon exposure for 4x5. I regularly shoot at f32.8 for 1, 4, 8, 15, or 30 seconds.

PaulCowan · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 4182 Location: Evolving

It's the Alps, Mike, one of the world's great mountain ranges. Europe is a big place.

dlovely · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 626

PaulCowan wrote:

dlovely wrote:

I know very little about landscape but these are truly spectacular.... f/45?? 3 secs?
Wow.

You can only do that on a medium format or large format camera, and she is probably also tilting the lens to place the plane of focus over the near-ground objects.

And for anyone doubting the originality - she does seem to stick to a restricted (if spectacular) number of locations.

These are nice. I had no idea that Europe looked like that, at first I thought she was shooting in Patagonia. F45 at 3 seconds is not an uncommon exposure for 4x5. I regularly shoot at f32.8 for 1, 4, 8, 15, or 30 seconds.

Ah, thanks for the clarification.... told you I knew little about landscape and obviously even less about medium and large format cameras!!! :)

mikenorton · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:30 pm

I've been to Switzerland twice, all I ever saw was rain! ;)

rudyumans · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:14 pm

rinder99 · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:56 pm

Thanks paul, always nice to see dedication to craft.

hansenn · Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 818 Location: netherlands

fantastic photo's.
But would they also get a chance here if submitted?
They are all from the analogue age

PaulCowan · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 4182 Location: Evolving

I've had quite a few medium format film negative pictures accepted here, these are probably transparencies and they are 4x5 large format, so they probably have more resolution than the supposedly amazing gigapixel digital camera that has recently been cobbled together. They would EASILY pass inspection (assuming she has used the camera properly).

hansenn · Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 818 Location: netherlands

yes, agree Paul, but they all look so overfiltered

PaulCowan · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 4182 Location: Evolving

I put the look down primarily to Velvia, ND grads and late afternoon/early morning light, though some seem to have a coral filter thrown in.

Do any old-timers recognise what exactly is going on? Is this "in the camera" work or has it been heavily photoshopped?