Well.... this picture is not medium format, but future landscape photos will primarily be medium format. I have made this decision since trying to blow some of these great digital format pictures into posters that I can enjoy on some bare walls. When I enlarged Green Falls to about an 8 X 10 (or the Japanese equivalent) the detail in the foreground leaves went away and all blended into a green blob. I retried the print, thinking that I had requested fitting and/or color adjustments, but even a second try did not improve things.
This took me to a look into which format will best get me anything from an 8X10 up to something that can fit a small wall - 40" X 60" - I settled down to two potential systems that I have spent the past month evaluating. Those two systems are the Pentax 67 and the Mamiya RZ67. Last night I broke down and picked up a Mamiya RZ67 and think I am going to enjoy the ride. It has a bellows that will allow you to extend the lens for close-up work with any mid-range or long-range lens available. I picked up one with 90mm lens and just did a few shots of some table fruit - how cliche! But just a few minutes ago I realized that I need a much greater exposure with the bellows extended. Doh!
Back to the picture. The flat area that flows off of the middle and left side of this photo is where I pitched my tent this past Friday. This camp site is at 1800 meters (5,900 feet), just as the colors started to change. It was taken with a Nikon D60 at 18mm at f10. HDR processed in HDR pro, then shadows pulled from the path and middle tree area in Photoshop.
Enjoy! My next blog entry will have the sunrise from the next morning.
Mt Hiura (日浦岳)
3 か月前
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