Lightning Strike ⚡️| Large Format Landscape Photography | Analog Photography | Intrepid 8x10

I am back with a new Video from the field. This time I packed my Intrepid 8x10 camera along with some Zebra Dry Plates and revisited an abandoned stone mill quarry that impressed me with its history and shapes a couple of weeks ago. Glady it was not as hot as the previous time as it was completely cloudy when I started offering soft light perfect for capturing those smooth circular shapes. The last time I was there I was immediately so impressed that I started shooting at the first quarry not being aware that I only saw and explored 1/5th of the whole place. When I got to the spot it all looked too perfect to be true but after half an hour looking for the compositions the midday sun started to dry the clouds up and shine through the thick crochets. That made me a bit nervous but it also encouraged me to explore even further which made me leave with two great shots! This is again a bit longe video where I talk about many things from my equipment, reciprocity failure, how I visualise things in nature, darkroom development...so enjoy watching :)
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[@karwai2673]

Great video again! You certainly know Borut Peterlin, don't you? You are both of you the best ambassadors of Slovenian photography (one on dry the other on wet plates!)

[@lostlightart6064]

Thanks Kar. Of course I know him he is a living wet plate legend :)

[@karwai2673]

@@lostlightart6064 - Do you think it's possible to make a collaboration for a video together someday ? :-D

[@lostlightart6064]

@@karwai2673 sure why not. Contact me thru social medias

[@karwai2673]

@@lostlightart6064 - Oh by "together" I meant you and Borut !!!

[@CigarManGarth]

I have always been interested in recreating WW1 era Glass Plate Photography and you have been a one army army in convincing me that this is the way to go. I have several cameras, but I keep going back to my Burke & James 5x7 - 4x5 Field cameras. I also have a Calumet 8x10 - aka Black Monster. The Intrepid looks nice for hiking.

[@lostlightart6064]

Yes once you experience the magic of Dry Plates its hard to shoot anything else ;)Sure Intrepid is very portable and light weight as well

[@BobOgden1]

Beautiful images, so much detail. There really isn't anything like large format for the feeling of the textures reaching out to you. Well done for producing your wonderful dry plates

[@lostlightart6064]

Thank you Bob :)

[@tomnirider5661]

I like the Really Right Stuff ball heads. They are super sturdy and can be adjusted to prevent unwanted movement of even a heavy camera. They are pricey...

[@lostlightart6064]

Thanks Tom

[@hericperez]

Amazing Photographs!

[@mhaustria]

beautiful plates! congrats

[@lostlightart6064]

Thank you Markus

[@seabiscuit1207]

Great work. Fine images, excellent story telling with your video and fascinating shooting location.

[@lostlightart6064]

Thank you :)

[@RandyPollock]

Ben Horne (a large format photographer) uses ARCA-SWISS MONOBALL Z2+ DP and ARCA-SWISS C1 CUBE and GITZO G-1570M PAN TILT HEAD

[@richardstollar4291]

I use a tripod leveling head with an arcs-swiss head so I level the tripod head and attach the camera - the base-plate is then always level which works for me and I can apply movements to get the perspective I want.

[@lostlightart6064]

Thanks for sharing Richard. Really appreciate it!

[@ducatitastic]

Wow, you're making amazing images with your dry plates Nejc, you must be very pleased with the results, thanks for sharing.

[@lostlightart6064]

Thank you Michael 😊

[@danienelphoto]

Awesome! Was like being back in photography school. Beautiful images. Contact prints are just so hyper real. And also it doesn't hurt that it sounds like Khabib Nurmagamedov narrating a photography video ;)

[@lostlightart6064]

Thanks Danie!

[@danienelphoto]

@@lostlightart6064 Sub'd. I look forward to your next video (and catching up on the old ones). After many years of shooting pro (digital), I'm rediscovering film and vintage gear. I love your 8x10. By the time I used large formats, I could only afford 4x5 and I only had processing tanks for 4x5 film. 8x10 was always the holy grail. Also, I used Sinar P1 and S1, so no 8x10 anyways.

[@Stop4MotionMakr]

4:40 sped up walking is literally the funniest thing ever.

[@lostlightart6064]

😁

[@shawnhollbach395]

Another great video!

[@lostlightart6064]

Thank you Shawn

[@jape6160]

Hi. I love your channel! Maybe some day make video about using color filters for your glass plates, other than red and orange? It would be interesting. For the tripod head for 8x10, i would recommend watching other options, too, than ball head. Maybe manfrotto 029, its pretty cheap 3-way head, but decent quality with a lot of grip holding camera straight.

[@larrymccormick3226]

Bogen/Manfroto 3047 tripod quick release head.

[@lostlightart6064]

thank you for your tip!

[@phillipP8848]

I got the basic Benro gearhead. All plastic but perfect for the intrepid 4x5 or 8x10 and stable. The weight is not the problem, juste the size of the caméra. I also hot an old linhof tripod and it is great. The largeur tread 3/8 fits the intrepid. None of the ballheads that i tested were stable for large format. I hope this helps.

[@lostlightart6064]

Thanks for sharing Phillip I will give it a look...

[@tlhawkins6699]

I would be curious as to the comparison of the second image between sheet film and glass plate. Some how I think something would be lost on sheet film. Another interesting video my friend.

[@chickenitsa]

After all these years -and after using various ball heads (many, very excellent) 3D tripod heads are, in my opinion and experience, better (MUCH easier to use) for view camera use. Cheaper, too. Get a good, used, Manfrotto model. You won't regret it. For easy packing, just unscrew the handles. I still use ballheads for rollfilm cameras (Hasselblad, etc.) with fixed lens and backs.

[@ashleyhouston4303]

Beautiful work! I just got some 4x5 plates and excited to try them out! Few questions: Should I freeze/fridge the plates to store them before and after shooting? Also how do you print these in the darkroom? Unsure if they can be enlarged. Also have you ever tried the plates with permanganate based reversal processing? I assume it'd very likely cause too much softening, but curious if its been tried anyway

[@lostlightart6064]

Hey Ashley. Oh great. You can simply store them in the fridge. You can make contact prints with paper or process like cyanotypes, saltprinting... or enlarge them if you have enlarger that accepts 4x5 plate. Reversal is possible an you can find everything I just mentioned in my videos on the channel 😊

[@Sergey-Gold]

Thanks for the video, but think about it! Instead of a multifaceted world, the black-and-white slide turned out to be two leads to a nuclear winter.

[@philippeducros5315]

Very good video and I bought a pack of 9x12 dry plate. I planned to use them in old Linhof film holders because they have a sping back .When I Fully press I just have less than 2mm gap so I can use them .I found old ICA holders who fits the 2 mm thick glass but no more .Can you provide thin glass ?

[@lostlightart6064]

Hey Phillippe, Thank you for the kind words. Zebra plates are exactly 2mm thick so according to your requirements they should fit. I have a few customers shooting with linhof camera's and holders without any problem. But yeah I know there is a variety of different products out there. I dont know if you placed and order already or not so here is the link to Zebra store for more info: zebradryplates.com

[@sbprinting8525]

Hello brother kse Ho

[@DesertRider999]

Great video as always Nejc, well done. Quick question, have you considered using a spot meter at all, I've just got one and it certainly offers much more information (metering for shadows, mid-tones and highlights) that can help with developing? I have to say though I'm still learning. Keep up the brilliant work.

[@lostlightart6064]

Hey Steve, Actually I didn't find spot meter particularly useful for dry plates since they mostly see blue and UV which is not seen by the meter. I always messed up my exposure when I tried to meter for a certain zone so I learned it is much better to make a general metering of the subject or meter with the incident meter ;)

[@DesertRider999]

Hey Nejc, That's interesting to know, so if I understand you correctly, the plates basically only see the lower end of the visible spectrum and the spot meter doesn't see that low - hmm, that's really interesting, I didn't know that. I think I might go and research that a bit more. Thanks for the information Nejc. I do intend to try zebra plates but I am just setting my dark room up to print at the moment (I'm actually waiting for the intrepid enlarger attachment to be delivered). Keep up the brilliant work Nejc I learn so much from you. Have a great day.

[@TrailerHomeVideo]

ISO 1 (one) is killing me...

[@lostlightart6064]

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