Bren't added images to his portfolio...

Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

02/03/2006 12:11:05 PM · #1

Going through and re-editing some old shots and some not so old shots. So I thought I would upload some to share. ;o)

All shot with the Pentax 67 on either velvia or provia.

Message edited by author 2006-02-07 00:42:11.

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

02/03/2006 12:20:25 PM · #2

Don't know why you would ever want to shoot digital... It seems like such a waste of good film.

Love your stuff, Brent, I really do. You and I butt heads on a few things , but you've got some awesome shots in your port. Medium format just kicks tail, I'm telling you. Especially when done by a pro.

We would like to see some digital stuff, though :)

wavelength

Nikon D300

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

02/03/2006 12:22:32 PM · #3

Holy medium format Batman!!

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

02/03/2006 12:25:32 PM · #4

Nice shots (at least as far as my non-photographer self can tell). :P

Is Bren't short for Brenot?

02/03/2006 12:29:26 PM · #5

Originally posted by mk:

Nice shots (at least as far as my non-photographer self can tell). :P

Is Bren't short for Brenot?

It's short for "needs to learn how to type" ;o)

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

02/03/2006 12:30:37 PM · #6

Originally posted by nards656:

We butt heads? I can think of less than a handful that I actually butt heads on here. Your not on that very short list. ;o)

LeeD

Canon EOS-30D

02/03/2006 12:39:14 PM · #7

Who you guys calling a butthead? ;-P

Great shots Brent... You've inspired me to head out to the beach for some long exposure shots... just gotta get a remote release now.

kyebosh

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L

02/03/2006 12:48:00 PM · #8

amazing stuff, what kinda exposure lengths are you working with for the first 2?

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

02/03/2006 12:51:44 PM · #9

Originally posted by kyebosh:

amazing stuff, what kinda exposure lengths are you working with for the first 2?

I put them in the descriptions, but 12min and 5 min. :D

Message edited by author 2006-02-03 12:51:55.

coolhar

02/03/2006 12:53:00 PM · #10

Originally posted by Brent_Ward:

... We butt heads? I can think of less than a handful that I actually butt heads on here. Your not on that very short list. ;o)

If I'm not at the top of that list I'll butt heads with whoever is.

Those shots are pretty Brent. Pretty saturated, look pretty heavily manipulated.

Got any digital photographs to share with us? ;)

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

02/03/2006 12:57:48 PM · #11

Originally posted by coolhar:

Originally posted by Brent_Ward:
... We butt heads? I can think of less than a handful that I actually butt heads on here. Your not on that very short list. ;o)

If I'm not at the top of that list I'll butt heads with whoever is.

Those shots are pretty Brent. Pretty saturated, look pretty heavily manipulated.

Got any digital photographs to share with us? ;)

Most are hardly manipulated at all. The city shots have the color and saturation due to the very long exposures.

Redwoods and above treeline have the most post-processing done to them.

Digital? What is that? :D

Message edited by author 2006-02-03 12:59:39.

SJCarter

Canon EOS-7D

02/03/2006 01:00:20 PM · #12

Beautiful work as always Brent. Left you some comments.

Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

02/03/2006 01:05:12 PM · #13

Originally posted by SJCarter:

Beautiful work as always Brent. Left you some comments.

Updated the details of a few answering questions. :D

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

02/03/2006 01:10:01 PM · #14

Originally posted by Brent_Ward:

Originally posted by nards656:
You and I butt heads on a few things...

We butt heads? I can think of less than a handful that I actually butt heads on here. Your not on that very short list. ;o)

A more correct way for me to say it would be "You and I may disagree on a lot of things..." (and I think we do, but I think we do it respectfully.)

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

02/03/2006 01:19:15 PM · #15

The saturation is also caused by the nature of velvia and provia and the fact that it's low ISO (50, right Brent?) at reciprocity corrected exposures. (That means they are REALLY long exposures, as Brent notes). This capability of film to generate a WOW! is still a weakness in digital. There's a natural "smoothness" to film that has to be artificially generated with digital, and a computer still can't simulate the analog nature of film and light totally accurately. It's not a matter of "quality" or megapixel count; transistors simply do NOT react to light the same way film does. Velvia reacts entirely differently to blues than it does to red. It's not something the photographer controls; it's just inherent in the film. I don't know how to explain it, but it's there. I knew most of Brent's stuff was done on film well before he "published" that fact; for some reason it's just obvious to me.

These are probably some of the least processed shots you'll ever see on DPC, and they are being done on EXTREMELY good equipment, it's obvious.

Ya can't hide money :)

02/03/2006 01:49:24 PM · #16

Added on an old 35mm scan...

02/03/2006 02:02:54 PM · #17

and another...

02/03/2006 02:33:48 PM · #18

Last one for awhile.

02/03/2006 05:31:22 PM · #19

A few more. These were all shot with the 1Ds + 500mm F4 IS

ButterflySis

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

02/03/2006 06:39:52 PM · #20

Dear D&L, I'd like a "bulk favorite" option please!

Brent, absolutely STUNNING work! I feel like such a snapshot artist after looking at these. Sheesh.

Hey, does this mean the scanner is fixed and I won't have to wait much longer for outing pics? hehe :-)

02/03/2006 06:46:15 PM · #21

Originally posted by ButterflySis:

Scanners still broke and at Nikon. ;-(

When I sleeve the chromes, I'll shoot a shot of them on the light table for ya with the 1d.

fotomann_forever

02/03/2006 06:46:38 PM · #22

Brent, these are AWESOME!!!

You should consider going pro ;-) LOL

02/03/2006 06:48:13 PM · #23

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Brent, these are AWESOME!!!

You should consider going pro ;-) LOL

No kidding! The only thing I miss about not being pro was more money, and steady money.

fotomann_forever

02/03/2006 07:00:43 PM · #24

Originally posted by Brent_Ward:

No kidding! The only thing I miss about not being pro was more money, and steady money.

Soooo true... LOL