post your trees!

[jp]

img955 by philbrookjason, on Flickr

Birch Point Beach state park, Owls Head Maine. April 2015. 4x5 speed graphic with gundlach hyperion soft focus lens, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd

[Michael Lloyd]

img955 by philbrookjason, on Flickr

Birch Point Beach state park, Owls Head Maine. April 2015. 4x5 speed graphic with gundlach hyperion soft focus lens, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd

My first reaction was "oh man I like that". The second, without reading the caption was "that looks like Maine". I stayed not too far from Owls Head last July. Awesome country.

[Pali K]

The red benches really stood out during the sunset light and I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out so I shoot the same image on Velvia 100 and Ektar 100. This is the Velvia version and I will post the Ektar version after processing it soon.

I would love your feedback on this because I saw the scene and it looked great on the ground glass. However, I have mixed feelings about the final image.

Deardorff V8 with 4x5 back
Velvia 100

Pali

[Paul Cunningham]

Birch Point Beach state park, Owls Head Maine. April 2015. 4x5 speed graphic with gundlach hyperion soft focus lens, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd

I love the way the depth of field is rendered.

[djdister]

The red benches really stood out during the sunset light and I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out so I shoot the same image on Velvia 100 and Ektar 100. This is the Velvia version and I will post the Ektar version after processing it soon.

I would love your feedback on this because I saw the scene and it looked great on the ground glass. However, I have mixed feelings about the final image.

Deardorff V8 with 4x5 back
Velvia 100

Pali

Pali,

I think the concept was good, but the composition isn't tight enough. The fourth bench all the way to the right throws the balance of the shot off.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

A couple of Black Oaks from a recent trip to Yosemite. Carbon transfer prints.

[Deval]

The red benches really stood out during the sunset light and I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out so I shoot the same image on Velvia 100 and Ektar 100. This is the Velvia version and I will post the Ektar version after processing it soon.

I would love your feedback on this because I saw the scene and it looked great on the ground glass. However, I have mixed feelings about the final image.

Deardorff V8 with 4x5 back
Velvia 100

Pali

Hi Pali,

I think its a nice image. When I first saw it,I started thinking, I wonder what this would look like in black and white...mainly because of the strong compositional elements and the high contrast. Color doesn't define the scene IMO. I think the "thing" that may seem off is the midground if we were to call this a landscape. The wall of trees seems obstructive to the background which includes a bench and a hill line. Actually if the wall of trees were eliminated, I think this would make a nice iconic image following a rule of thirds. The foreground elements are strong and well placed. The front row of benches is in focus(I assume with a swing). The treeline and bench in the midleft are OOF which is neither a strength or a weakness, but it makes the viewer ask why the choice was made.

Pali, I have no intention in coming off as over-critical, so I hope you don't take it that way. Thanks for keeping your photo open to discussion, I would hope to see more.

[jp]

A couple of Black Oaks from a recent trip to Yosemite. Carbon transfer prints.

I like that softer one. Makes some simpler sense/presentation of the complexity of the light and woods. That's a skill the old pictorialists like Day / Clarence H White were very good at, but it sort of got lost for a while.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I like that softer one. Makes some simpler sense/presentation of the complexity of the light and woods. That's a skill the old pictorialists like Day / Clarence H White were very good at, but it sort of got lost for a while.

Jp, thanks. I used the same lens as I recall. The wonderful Kodak 305 Portrait lens. Soft one around F-6 and the sharp one at F-45.I am partial to the soft one as well. There is a certain drawing effect with this image and it almost looks to me like it is a miniature. Both Carbon prints are quite nice and work well especially with the soft focus images. More to come.

[Andrew Plume]

I really like this, Corran. A different look than usual for you. Although not a simple scene, it has a strong subject, and the soft lighting works well with it.

Bryan

I really prefer this one, the cropped version, great work

regards
andrew