MF (6x4.5,6x6,6x7,6x9,6x12) B&W film images sharing

[austin granger]

Thanks chassis, Bryan.

Thanks John. I'm not offended by your opinion at all. Actually, your description of my picture as being "optimistic" made me laugh because I thought it was so perceptive. I'll be the first to admit that my pictures can get a little gloomy. It wasn't always like that, but somewhere along the way, and without my even really noticing it, my photos became-I'm not sure if this is quite the right way to put it-psychological, by which I mean that subjects became the things that seem to correspond with my interior condition. While I realize that this might sound strange to say, I've come to the point where I don't feel like I have much to do with what I photograph or how I photograph it. Things are either pictures or they're not pictures. I recognize them. So to get back to your comment, maybe I'm starting to make optimistic pictures because I'm feeling more optimistic!

It's funny, even though I've been photographing pretty intensely for about twenty years now, sometimes I feel like I'm just getting started, as if everything prior was just stuff I had to get out of my system before I could start seeing clearly.

[austin granger]

I feel like I'd like to add that I'm not a particularly gloomy person, at least not all the time. I mean, like everyone, I have my struggles, but I'm not a completely miserable wretch or anything. What I was trying to get at above is that, for me, photography has come to be a way of trying to work things out, instead of a say, a search for beauty. Hence the sometimes gloomy pictures.

I'm not sure if that clarifies anything. :-)

[tuco]

GSW690III, 100 Acros


I-5, Willamette River Bridge by tuco, on Flickr

[chassis]

GSW690III, 100 Acros


I-5, Willamette River Bridge by tuco, on Flickr

I like the lines and perspective.

[tuco]

Thanks, chassis.

I walked around the rock looking for the dragon profile it is so aptly named. I guess this is it.
GSW690III, 400TMY


Dragon Rock, Oregon by tuco, on Flickr

[scheinfluger_77]

Corran; You are correct, NBD.

Very nice photos though, thanks for sharing them.

[Ken Lee]

It's funny, even though I've been photographing pretty intensely for about twenty years now, sometimes I feel like I'm just getting started, as if everything prior was just stuff I had to get out of my system before I could start seeing clearly.

[Corran]

Thanks scheinfluger.

Nice ones tuco - I don't see the dragon though...

[tuco]

Nice ones tuco - I don't see the dragon though...

Thanks. I see the head of a Sea Horse though.

[Bill Poole]

Wow, so lovely Austin. And I like the ice photos, Corran, especially the one with the rock. Here are some from the Tucson Botanical Gardens, from November, when it was stil hot, hot, hot.

[IMG]Organ Pipe Cactus by William Poole, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Stepladder and Potted Plants by William Poole, on Flickr[/IMG]

Succulents in Sink by William Poole, on Flickr

Garden Chair and Plaque by William Poole, on Flickr