Shane - WC # 625

There were many good Westerns arguably on a par with Shane, but it was a good movie. The Mamiya was an excellent film camera, and I love Velvia. Every time I see a good film shot like this, I hope that film will someday make a comeback or digital will improve. For me, though, I could never do what I do without digital. I would be broke in a year!

A fie classic composition of this famous icon.

Glorious image! Sometimes I do miss my medium format cameras, but as Philip said could not afford to do what I do now with them. My favorite is Jeremiah Johnson, then Dances with Wolves. Thanks for sharing.

An iconic image and a very nice version, Paul! The large size is even better yet. I like your movie choice also. It's a very good fit.

A stunning capture, Paul. Rich colors, all those different textures (barn, grass, mountains ...). This is one time when the cloudless blue sky helped, because it provides good negative space as a foil to the rich content in the rest of the photo.
This is IN NO WAY meant to suggest an improvement on the photo -- just an experiment with something different: Have you considered converting everything in the photo except the barn to monochrome? -- as I say, just as an alternative version, not an improvement. Maybe it's not the kind of thing you do. In any case, this is a beautiful capture of a frequently photographed scene.

Perfect image for the theme and exceptional photo!
Sandy

Most beautifully rendered in every respect, Paul ! Perfect perspective and lighting, nice tonality and very fine detail in the fg grasses.

Great pano landscape shot, Paul. The gray mountains and blue sky make a great background for the brown weathered barn. The brown grasses echo the colors of the barn, and combined with the green grasses, make a great foreground for this scene. Nicely done.

This looks like a classic view of the Moulton Barn with lovely shades of brown in the barn set against the starkness of the Tetons. The large view is a big improvement.

Excellent sense of depth & detail, a great comp Paul.
The Tetons sure make a wonderful 'backdrop' man
Well done!

Congrats Paul, I knew this was a winner

Paul, That is one beautiful picture! I like everything about this and the pano format worked great! The large version is just wonderful to look at.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Congrats on the award. Beautiful shot!
The colors on the barn and field are outstanding, as well as the blues of sky. Details are just stellar. Velvia, right?
I love medium format and film. I bought a Bronica last year and use it sparingly for landscapes, mostly due to costs of processing.
I checked your site and see that you shoot film & medium/large format only. My hero.

Questions if you have time to answer: do you know what f/stop you used? Where do you process? Do you scan the images yourself?

Al

Questions if you have time to answer: do you know what f/stop you used? Where do you process? Do you scan the images yourself?

Alan, this was shot with a 65mm lens. Typically with MF & LF I use a high f-stop number. In this case the smallest on the 65mm is f-32. With that said it was either f-32 or f-22 but no less. I also when using the MF camera rely upon hyperfocal usage when focusing. LF camera I always use the loupe on groundglass focusing.

For processing I use Samy's Camera in Santa Barbara. Harley Goldman guided me to their services years back now when my local support person retired.

Yes I do scan all my own images. I could never afford the high end drum scans by processing houses. I use a Microtek i900 flatbed scanner. It is no longer available and is been upgraded to the M1 unit.

Thank you for your comment and the questions.

Whoa Paul

Howdy pardner!

Great Capture...and congrats on weekly pick...Well deserved!

Bill

Congrats on a fine WP!

Sandy