What did you compose at Waters Edge?

[venchka]

I wouldn't kick either one off my wall.

[Ken Lee]

"I guess I'll have to refrain from invoking Brett Weston's name into a discussion. This one went a bit wonky."

Wonky indeed - but a little wonkiness now and then, is good for the soul.

Brett's visual style is often rather bold. It's sensitive, but it's often bold. You might even say that he often juxtaposes very strong and very subtle qualities, and the interplay is... beautiful.

[Brian Sims]

I'm not entirely pleased with the exposure/development of these, and I think I'll go reshoot them if I can. Two compositions of the same subject - I am favoring one myself, but I'm curious which one others might prefer.

4x5, 240mm, HP5+

I like the first one best, but if you are goint back to reshoot, I'd include all of the large rock on the left edge. I think the composition would be "singular" with that rock at a position where the tree shadows and reflection of those shadows create an arrow pointing at that rock. I would then flit the image so the arrow is pointing to the right.

[dasBlute]

sooooo many nice images here, humbly adding a 'tourist' shot from that
place with all the rocks...

[deatojef]

So many awesome submissions!!!

- Rocky Mountain National Park. Dream Lake from August 2008.
- Wehman 8x10, Nikkor 150mm SW. Fuji Acros Neopan.

[Jim Cole]

"I guess I'll have to refrain from invoking Brett Weston's name into a discussion. This one went a bit wonky."

Wonky indeed - but a little wonkiness now and then, is good for the soul.

Brett's visual style is often rather bold. It's sensitive, but it's often bold. You might even say that he often juxtaposes very strong and very subtle qualities, and the interplay is... beautiful.

I was fortunate last week while in Carmel to see one of Brett's 16x20 prints of Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska. Stunning!

Sorry, I apologize for hijacking this wonderful thread with talk of Brett Weston.

[h2oman]

So here is a question relating to both Bruce and Brett's images. Under what atmospheric conditions and photographic "management" does one get that "black water" look?

[Hugo Zhang]

Chamonix WP camera with Protar VII 13" lens. Tmax 400 film.

[sun of sand]

I'm not entirely pleased with the exposure/development of these, and I think I'll go reshoot them if I can. Two compositions of the same subject - I am favoring one myself, but I'm curious which one others might prefer.

4x5, 240mm, HP5+

I like the 2nd best. 2nd shot horizontally and with only a slice of water might be best imo
i think the first one is too much water ..just a pool of water that doesnt do anything for me. I think the shot is about trunks, foliage and nearness to water

[h2oman]

Thanks for the input everyone. I'm headed back there tomorrow morning to give it another try. I'll definitely try some horizontals. I'll take the waders and maybe get in the water to get closer (I used my longest lens, a 240, for the shots I took). I'll also probably take a folding chair to sit and watch things develop for an hour or so - I had a time constraint when there before. (My wife, sitting in the car waiting for me!)