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Large Format Photographer Lon Overacker + Repost

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Posted by Dan Baumbach on January 24, 2010 at 2:44 PM
Here's Lon crafting a large format photograph, tweaking focus and paralax with swings and tilts before doing his zone system metering.

Posted by Paul Breitkreuz on January 24, 2010 at 3:45 PM
I see his 450mm lens mounted here, where's the LF camera?...... :biggrin:
Gotta love these type of candid field shots, thanks for sharing, Dan.
Posted by Chris Chamberlain on January 24, 2010 at 3:50 PM
Now that right there, is the reason I try and never take pictures of people!!!!!!! :razz:

Chris
Posted by Harley Goldman on January 24, 2010 at 4:37 PM
You know what they say, Lon. Big camera, ............. :biggrin:
Posted by Derek Sedillo on January 24, 2010 at 4:49 PM
I hope that tripod is strong enough to hold such a camera. Its like Dinky Dalton on steroids. :jump: :biggrin:
Posted by Debjit Ghosh on January 24, 2010 at 6:49 PM
ahh...now I know how Lon takes those beautiful images with that big camera...I see its even bigger than 8x10 :jump:
Posted by Reno DiTullio on January 24, 2010 at 7:21 PM
Great shot, thanks Dan :toast: :toast:
Posted by Michael E. Gordon on January 24, 2010 at 7:48 PM
You may be kidding, but I have a few friends that actually refer to their D-SLR's as their "big camera" :cool:
Posted by Benjamin Glatt on January 24, 2010 at 8:44 PM
Uh-oh, Lon has been exposed! The secret to all his great shots comes from the portability of that tiny camera!! Thanks for posting this one Dan. :wavey: :smile:
Posted by Jeffrey Sipress on January 24, 2010 at 10:25 PM
So, you have to ask yourself, is this more information than I need to know?

The mystery is over. Now, how many megapixels do you have in that thing?!?!?!
Posted by Preston Birdwell on January 25, 2010 at 12:27 AM
Lon exposed! Now we know! :biggrin:

"I see its even bigger than 8x10" :jump: That would be 8x10 millimeters, Debjit!

Thanks, Dan!

Looks like you guys had some snow!

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Posted by Floris van Breugel on January 25, 2010 at 3:03 AM
haha, priceless :smile:
Posted by Dan Baumbach on January 25, 2010 at 11:46 AM
Now I'm feeling guilty. Here's how the scene really looked before I PSed it.

Posted by Lon Overacker on January 25, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Ok, Ok, I'm a closet digi-snapper, I admit it. Does anyone know of a 12-step program I can enroll in?

Chris - I resemble that remark!!! I'll just leave it at that. :-)

Harley - Big camera, little feet. We all know that.

Actually had some fun my my little Panasonic - even completed my first ever handheld CS3 HDR photo merge!

Thanks for clearing up the mis-information Dan by posting the real picture. I must say though that you did a great job with the clone stamp tool in the first image. But if I WAS snapping with digital, the picture might have looked like the attached. It was after 1pm on Saturday at this point and the snow was melting off the trees.

Yeah, quite a bit of snow and we were in heaven of course. So much to photograph... so little time..
Posted by Lon Overacker on January 25, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Dang it, hit reply before attaching.

Anyway, it was a great time. Thanks for posting the pics Dan. I think.

Posted by Preston Birdwell on January 25, 2010 at 1:34 PM
Looks nice, Lon. Glad you guys had a good time!

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Posted by Jimmy Gekas on January 25, 2010 at 1:44 PM
Here's Lon with his umbrella cam contraption :smile:
Posted by Eric Good on January 25, 2010 at 2:33 PM
Does that little thing attach to the tripod with velcro? :wink: Good stuff guys!
Posted by Mike Ryan on January 25, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Wow this is good stuff. Thanks for a great laugh! Awesome but tough shooting conditions in the valley.
Posted by Steve Sieren on January 26, 2010 at 5:41 PM
Lon, you must need a tooth pick to work the buttons on that giant thing! :biggrin:

It's nice to see people pics in here of everyone having having.