Remembering Spring

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 10, 2011202 views17 comments

Back in April I posted a digital capture of this expansive field of tidy tips and coreopsis in Carizzo Plain. That photo was a 3 or 4 frame stitched panorama with a 6MP DSLR. At the time I also photographed this field with the 4x5 and covered this same span with 3 vertical 4x5 transparencies. I just finished processing the 4x5 version that I am sharing with you now. The master file is over 6 GB in size and I can print this at full resolution at a whopping 50" x 100". The detail is staggering and unfortunately all but lost as jpegs. In any case enjoy.

3 - 4x5 frames, 150mm, Fuji Provia 100F, PS CS3 for stitching and processing.

Your comments appreciated.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Bruce King on September 10, 2011 at 10:21 PM

Yes that is an incredible field of wild flowers and I can imagine a print from a file as large as 6 GB is one I could spend some time getting lost in. I really like the vastness the scene expresses.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on September 10, 2011 at 10:31 PM

Truly amazing. I'd love to see the tranny as well as this on the wall printed big.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on September 10, 2011 at 11:48 PM

Wow, a big print sure would be amazing to see!

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Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on September 11, 2011 at 12:44 AM

Wow, that's a lot of flowers! I'd like to see it in that big print.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on September 11, 2011 at 1:46 AM

Amazing display and I am sure even more astonishing once the huge print is made!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on September 11, 2011 at 9:22 AM

Excellent expanse of wild flowers, Youssef. It must make an amazing large print.

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Comment posted by Michael R Reynolds on September 11, 2011 at 9:41 AM

Youssef,
I really like the open feel you captured here. Nice composition and color. Its beautiful. Best Regards.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on September 11, 2011 at 12:17 PM

This works for me, Youssef. The color is very nice and the detail is excellent. You did a nice job putting the trannies together!

The larger size is a must-see to get the full impact of the details!

--P

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Comment posted by Luis Argerich on September 11, 2011 at 1:06 PM

Hi Youssef
I just love the angle you choose for the photo, It really depicts inmensity. I think I've never seen such a huge field of flowers and the stitched format surely shows the detail. The Large version is awesome!

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Comment posted by Mike Ryan on September 11, 2011 at 2:34 PM

Thanks to you Youssef this location is now on my list for 2012. Astonishing level of beauty here and you've done well to capture it. I can't even imagine what the large print looks like. As you mentioned I'm sure the JPEG doesn't do this scene justice. Thanks for sharing!

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on September 11, 2011 at 4:04 PM

I can only image the details of the huge print. Incredible scene.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on September 12, 2011 at 10:05 AM

Incredible display of wildflowers Youssef, will look great in print.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on September 12, 2011 at 8:55 PM

Wonderful, Youssef! For spring wildflowers the Carrizo Plain is one of my
favorite destinations. Your exposure looks right on to me. I have no suggestions
for changes.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on September 13, 2011 at 1:05 AM

What a gorgeous scene, Yoseef. I love the composition very much.

With a print of that size (50"x100") it would fee like you can literally walk into this field of flowers.

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Comment posted by Julian Barkway on September 13, 2011 at 2:15 PM

Beautiful! Must look amazing at full size!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 14, 2011 at 1:36 AM

Youssef,

That's one boatload of flowers! I know this can only be appreciated LARGE! I've yet to process anything over 2GB - as it is, that brings my PC to it's knees! Can't imagine a 6G file! Great job with this one.

Lon

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on September 14, 2011 at 6:15 PM

Thanks for all the feedback. I really do want to see this as a 50x100 inch print, so if anyone wants one or knows someone or someplace that would like to have one, put us in contact.

Lon, yes 2 GB files not only brought my old computer to its knees but made it say uncle too. I was trying to stitch together just two 4x5's and it did not have the memory to do it. I had purchased a new hp laptop with 4GB of memory after my old one died and I tried to stitch on it and it worked without any problem. So that is when I made the decision to upgrade. Not a happy month getting everything on the new machine and not everything works the same, especially Photoshop CS3 but at least now I have more power to work on these bigger files. I still need to upgrade to CS5 or higher to utilize the full memory the new machine has. As it is now CS3 does not know how to access above 3GB.

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