I had brought my Intrepid 4x5 with a small selection of lenses, but for reasons not worth describing, I didn't take it on the outing because I would have had to carry three bags in addition to the tripod. So I picked up the tripod with the Travelwide (with the helical-mounted Schneider 90/6.8) already sitting on it and the bag containing the film holders, light meter, etc., and took it out to the old city wall one evening. The viewfinder I was using doesn't correlate exactly to what the lens sees, which is hard to tell with the calibration screen only, so it was a little tricky to get exactly the shots I was looking for. One of these days I'll have to rig a ground glass for it (I have some spare 4x5 ground glasses from the Surplus Shed, but need to rig a mount with the proper T-distance) and get that sorted out.
But I did it, and in the interest of saving poor Scott from being just about the only one here posting LF stuff, I decided to show a couple or three here. Also want to encourage others to do so, and to encourage myself to take some better shots...
This is a pano (roughly 2x5) of the old city wall, ending in the main gate on the Rue Saint-Louis. I meant to use a split dark slide with it (I had one) but struggled to get the framing right so just gave up, used the whole sheet, and cropped it afterward.
T-030, Rampart by Robert Brazile, on Flickr
Here is the gate seen at the end of the previous shot, along with what I seem to recall was a bust of Gandhi.
T-031, Entry gate, Rue St-Louis by Robert Brazile, on Flickr
The last evening we were there, my wife had suggested I feel free to slip out in the morning and try to catch the morning light (I generally always wake up considerably before she does) and it was such a good idea, I took her up on it. This is the boardwalk under the Château Frontenac, at about 6:30am.
T-028, Boardwalk promenade by Robert Brazile, on Flickr
A quick digital shot to show the time of day I was out shooting...
DP2Q0951, Rue Saint Louis, Québec, early morning by Robert Brazile, on Flickr
Enjoy...
Robert
