Hello /p/, I've got time for a quick dump so I'm going to post a few images from the last few months. I'm now fully self employed which just as everyone said means that I have less spare time than ever.
Also, I've given in to the lure of square format. For this recent trip it was the only camera I carried into the dunes and it was wonderful to be able to compose them differently. I think this will be a nice change of pace, mostly something I'll just use for those incredibly long backpacking trips or when I want to try something new. Don't worry, I'm just going to start off with some squares I have some other rectangle stuff too.
Starting a thread with the only image with a border just to get you guys riled up. It's not so much a cheesy border as it was a mock-up so my lab can see how I want these mounted and framed. I'm excited to see this one finished.
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>>2881673
More purple dunes. All of the dunes images were Provia with an 81b warming filter if anyone is curious.
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These scenes were a delight to scan and had great colors right away. Clean dust, quick levels adjustment, maybe a curves mask to fix vignette on the wide lens, and resize.
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Hi Alex,
your photos are unique! Nice to see you are posting here on /p/
you've mastered your tone very well! grazie
This is just the right image in the triptych but it's possibly my favorite so I'll post it alone.
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>>2881676
I appreciate it, sir.
Ok I think I'm done with squares.
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>>2881674
>Provia
I like this one.
From a recent trip to the Flint Hills taken while killing time and exploring between shows. This place was outstanding and far more open than the plains of Colorado.
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Do you ship your prints internationally?
The exposed flint makes them a very unique area. It also means the roads have incredibly sharp rock that go right through van tires.
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wow I really love the ones with the dunes, minimal with stunning colours. great job man!
>>2881684
I sure could if you're interested. My lab gets pretty great rates with FedEx because they ship so much. Email me the details if you want a quote, you can find my info on my website.
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>>2881687
Thanks, glad to hear it.
I feel like I took tons of trip to Utah this spring, but most of them were just kicking around with the girlfriend and having a good time before show season so I only have a few images to share.
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Are you still using that Jobo? What do you think about some of those new totally automatic systems that have been popping up?
Also thanks for the tutorials on your website, the film post-processing ones are my standard process now, not sure how I managed to get anything decent from scans before.
>>2881690
I'm really glad to hear you enjoy the blog posts. I can't wait to get some more time to work on new stuff like that after the busy season. I love that Jobo, mine is pretty automated so I haven't looked at any other systems that have popped up. The one I got does all the timing of filling and draining for me. And it was free.
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How come you shoot slide if you scan and color correct them anyway?
Also, which 6x6?
>>2881693
Slide compared to negative? Because they have completely different looks and I use both for different scenes. In my experience, negative looks not-so-great for low contrast scenes like dunes at twilight. It's a Mamiya 6.
I can't remember if I posted this one.
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>>2881693
Also I'll mention that the White Sands images were the first I took on that camera, I only got it days before the trip. It's just a brilliantly easy tool to pick up and use.
>>2881673
Man. I really fucking love the way those three shapes flow together. I do kinda wish that the dune in the third one didn't have that little bit on the left frame. I'm not sure how I feel about the transitioning sky colors, though.
>>2881675
Absolutely delicious.
>>2881688
will do thank man! Will there be prints on the sand dunes available for sale as well?
>>2881701
Thanks man. I ended up liking it more with the little part of dune so it keeps it from looking like just one image that was split up. Each day there had a slightly different hue to the light that also changes as you look just a little bit in another direction. Definitely an amazing place to study light.
>>2881709
They sure will be! And if you ever see something on /p/ that isn't on my website just let me know, they're all available.
These are excellent photos and have been awarded the /p/ Award!
*Thank you for giving awards that provide feedback for your fellow photographers.
*If you receive 5 awards go to Level 2--found in the discussion threads. (scroll to the catalog)
Could you link your blog for us newcomers? Amazing photos.
>>2881747
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexburke/
http://www.alexburkephoto.com
>>2881748
oh wait, I just sort of posted the links without thinking. is that rude?
>>2881692
Is this all in one exposure? How much did you have to edit to balance the dynamic range? I can imagine originally it would've been a tad over exposed in clouds yea? Correct me if I'm wrong obviously.
Lastly, what focal length was that shot on? No need to convert to 35mm eq. LF numbers will do.
Great shots m8.
>>2881767
It's film, mang
>>2881776
Yes, I know that. You can still bracket with film.
>>2881779
Go be retarded elsewhere. These shots make heavy use of GND filters.
>>2881791
wow did someone piss in your mouth this morning? go be a pretentious cunt elsewhere
>>2881791
well there are lots of ways getting that dynamic range, GND filter is probably what he had, why do you get PMS at me asking?
>>2881800
Urine is mostly water, so
>>2881675
Alex,
I'm curious about your exposures, I've read your blog post about how you meter, which was extremely helpful to me btw, thanks!
I find myself having to overexpose Portra and Ektar sometimes by two stops to get a good result, do you typically overexpose?
Based Alex thread.
Dude I'm back on the road, if I make it through Greely again I'll hit you up sorry I missed you last time. I should have my Df and some decent glass by the time I make it that way.
>>2881678
>uninteresting foreground
>no middleground
>background is soft and out of focus
>no horizon
>no shadows
>too much yellow
>sky looks gake and fay
>crop is crap
>>2882020
>uninteresting foreground
>no middleground
>no horizon
you speak as if all those are necessary.
>no shadows
>too much yellow
>sky looks gake and fay
>crop is crap
you speak as if any of that is true.
There is no crop there btw. So you're either isi or really fucking stupid.
don't go by the book lad/lady, learn to find and describe aesthetic traits by yourself. If your critique was from your own opinions, it would've come out a lot better.
>>2881981
>sugar buys Nikon DumbFuck
The universe has a way of finding its own equilibrium...
>>2881767
Yes it's one exposure on Provia. I don't think I used any GNDs either. The desert can have pretty incredible light and the rocks will get nearly as bright as clouds, but I do believe I also used a subtle gradient mask over the brightest cloud when making my basic curves adjustment. It was a 90mm lens.
>>2881936
Glad those posts help! I tend to overexpose negative film a tad but not by two full stops. It can handle that sort of overexposure though so you'll likely still get a good image. Still, you should have a fine image without over exposing so something may be odd in your process from metering, scanning, developing, etc.
>>2881958
Thanks man! I could imagine it would vignette like crazy wide open, these are all at like f11 or f16.
>>2881981
You all fixed up? Man I'm like rarely in Greeley during the summer. I've got a show somewhere else almost every single week so it's been a bit of an adventure.
>>2881791
>These shots make heavy use of GND filters.
read above faggot
>>2882029
>thinking isi would shit on alex
okay omi no other newfags are this new
>>2882020
0/10
>>2882029
>So you're either isi or really fucking stupid.
Shut up you fucking idiot, isi has literally nothing to do with anything said here.
Lurk more newfag, stop replying to obvious bait and trying to stir up shit by bringing up irrelevant trips.
>>2882064
> omi
not everything is tripfaggotry. been on /p/ since 07 watch who you call a newfag, newfag
Can you link your blog, alex? I' havent been here in a long time and don't know it
What's going on here?
>some deluded samefagging arrogant ass posts his incredibly rediculous photos, which aren't even good enough to be the wall in a cheap amateur swinger-club.
>shills the fuck out of his ass
>people lick his boots
What is this? Twilight? A joke? Pathetic opportunism and desperation? .. *argh*
>>2882034
funny thing is that recently I've been developing and scanning at home and my results have been far more favorable. I've only ever used one lab for dev/scan services and I'm beginning to wonder if I should stop...kind of sad. I've been recommended The Find Lab in Utah by some friends here in Florida so I'll be sending my next few rolls out there once I run through my kit. Thanks for the time you spend on your blog posts, they've been really helpful to me and I hope with how busy with success you've been lately that you'll have time to keep them up.
>>2881673
Beautiful, would hang/10
Looks like Eve from KSP. Nice.
>>2882064
>isi
She shits on everybody. If you think her cuntty attitude has anything to with content or quality, then you're fucking delusional. She's just a chaotic evil for /p/. She just wants to watch the place burn.
I decided to rearrange my website a tad so I have an easy link to all my film related "educational" blog posts for stuff like scanning, film choices and whatnot. Anything else I make will go here as well.
http://www.alexburkephoto.com/educational-blog-posts/
Have a vertical pano as well.
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>>2882524
>so I have an easy link to all my film related "educational" blog posts
Man, I am so glad you did that. I always go back to them from time to time, and this is much easier. The tutorial about adjusting color channels in luminosity masks really revolutionized the way I edit photos. Not just landscapes, either. It's so insanely powerful for dealing with unwanted color casts.
I like the triptych, but my eye stops every time one the right-most image. A tad lower, and shop out the 2nd dune so it lines up with the center image. This would give one continuous line. Other than that one nit-picking niggle, a very fine triptych that I would hang on my wall.
>>2882778
>shop out the 2nd dune so it lines up with the center image
Bitch, that is where the line gets drawn. Shopping stuff out is lame as fuck.
>>2882778
>>2882916
I'm considering this change to the image, though it may be late for this first print because I already got excited and sent the files to the lab. I didn't do any crazy shooping to remove the dune, just cropping.
It almost looks like one exposure now, like I chopped up a 6x17 negative. Not entirely sure I like it more this way.
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>>2882924
I don't know, man. I think the differences in sky make it clear enough that it's not one single exposure. If it was 100% the same color sky, then it might just look like a chopped up 6x17, but I think there's enough variation to make it clearly different. The sand textures also cleraly show that it's different scenes.
>>2882927
Well yes, and dunes of course don't quite come in that shape. So that's why it's "almost" like a chopped up. Maybe that's what makes it look cool. Like one panorama of a scene that couldn't exist.
>>2882924
Crop looks so much better and well thought out. I'll agree with >>2882927
about the color of the sky and sand texture differentiating the images enough.
The lone background dune bleeding out of the edge of the frame seemed like a sloppy oversight. Just to experiment I added another dune on the left image doing something similar and I think even that works better than the original image you posted. Feels a bit more balanced and the continuation carries throughout the overall composition.
Also just gave your luminosity tutorial a try. My fuck what have I been doing with my images for the past 10 years... This method is absolutely killer!
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>>2882931
>My fuck what have I been doing with my images for the past 10 years
This.
I know in the post, Alex, that you mention specifically that it helps you get details in highlights, but for me that tutorial really helped me the most with colors in shadows. Even when I had my levels right, shadows would often feel washed out, but being able to get WB correct in shadows without fucking up the whole frame is so huge.
>>2882931
Yes it's definitely more balanced without the extra dune on the right image. I think that one is better on it's own with the dune but for creating a triptych it's better to crop it. Thanks for showing that image, it is balanced that way as well. Also glad to hear another person is on the luminosity bandwagon! It's a game changer no matter what you're shooting.
>>2882935
Absolutely. That was the biggest initial help I got from it, fixing the ridiculous color casts that slide film has in the shadows. Particularly Velvia 100 back when I used to use it more, it was so magenta and luminosity masks completely helped me correct that.
