Quite nice, Tri. But I must admit I keep wanting to make it a vertical to bring out the tallness of the palms and the road leading thru them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tri Tran
Vaughn
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Quite nice, Tri. But I must admit I keep wanting to make it a vertical to bring out the tallness of the palms and the road leading thru them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tri Tran
Vaughn
Tri,, I love this one! for some reason that theme song Bevery Hillbillies comes to mind :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tri Tran
I must be the only one who gets a broken link frog..... is there something wrong with my browser?Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve M Hostetter
Thanks Vaughn, Steve,Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaughn
Agreed.This one taken with the Phillips 8x10 Explorer . I was too lazy to flip the camera side way and already I max out the front rise . This is the only shot that I made during my lunch time and rushed back in to class for 3 days CE here in La Quinta.
Tri, I hope you don't mind a little critique even though you did not specifically ask for one.
The potential for this scene is very high, and I realize that you were probably rushed to record it. What I find lacking in the image are the left and right sides of the image. Neither one strengthens the middle of the image. Cropping mid-palm on the left seems to confuse what the eye is suppose to do there (best I can figure how to describe it). The openness on the right edge seems to distract one from moving easily towards the middle. These are compositional issue I have to deal with constantly in the redwoods.
A quick crop to a square image just to demo the change in how the sides work (and I do like the square format!)
Thank you for your patience with me!
Vaughn
I like it the way it is. Yours is too sterile Vaughn. Some photos I have made a dozen times and still find something not right. Then if you look back to the first one, its not really all that bad. The point is it is Tri's photo, not yours, so reflects his vision, and working on instinct usually produces the least artificial results. It reminds me of a photo of palms in the BTZS book that I admire.
For me it is about the curving road that the leafy bits trace in the sky, the extrapolation of the road into the sky, cropping it destroys that. It makes me want to go down the road to see where it leads, and to feel the shadows falling on me.
Thank you Nicolas , I am really enjoying your mountain scenes, Particully the one with the glacier , The thing that really appeals to me is the way the jagged texture of the glacier leads you into the softness of the clouds punctuated by the peaks breaking through , Stunning!! Cheers GaryQuote:
Originally Posted by NicolasArg
Thanks, David, your view is interesting.
Vaughn
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Scan-110411-0002 by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr
Schneider's angulon 90/6.8 on Meridian 45b, tilted, swinged.. (yes, i went a bit too far on movements here, but oh well :)). Fuji's ACROS
Sorry to be such an opinionated little prick. There is never any malice involved.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaughn
It's cool, David. I was pushing it by offering a critique when none was asked for, so I understand where you are coming from. I am taking quite a liberty by manipulating Tri's image.
We all approach images, and composition, from different places, and I did find your observations to be of interest. For example, I thought my cropping actually increased "the extrapolation of the road into the sky" rather than decreased it...by eliminating the visual competition of the other bits of sky on the right side of the image. But I accept your judgement as equally valid.
And I found it interesting that my cropping seemed to create another element that was not evident or perhaps just not as strong in the original -- and that is the path of light that goes from the left to the right under the top portions of the palms. But the square is inherently a more stable, static format...which I took to be what you meant by "sterile".
But as I stated earlier, I cropped it merely to demo what happens to the center when one changes the sides. I did not intended to create a "better" image. A similar (and perhaps better) demo would have to just crop the right about the same amount as I cropped the left, but I consciously avoided making the stubby rectangle of the 8x10 even more stubby, and went for the square format I love (a bias I have from having learned photo with a Rolleiflex).
Yours, Vaughn
Dear Vaughn, David,
No worries . Critic is good and I appreciated your time and suggestion. I mainly focused to capture the palm leaves details, tree trunk repetition in this scene but overlooked to cropped half of the tree on one side bby mistake . Problem will be solved once I matted the print.
I've tried to come back after class with my 14x17 for a vertical shot but couldn't make it in time.
The Carbon print is pretty. The relief is outstanding especially the leaves and the tree trunks.
Thanks
I hope to make it down your way to see your work someday, Tri. I was disappointed that I missed yours and Jim's show. I can see where the image would be very suitable for the carbon process!
I am looking forward to Jim's visit next month and seeing his latest work and hisnewly built 14x17!
I made a couple 14x17 negatives last week -- but only photograms of fern fronds, I'm afraid!
Yours, Vaughn
Vaughn, I once had a guy tell me at Inspiration Point in Yosemite that I did not want to look at the GG on his 8x10. Well we all know what happens when you do that. I love my 11x14 but last night I developed my first 14x17 negatives and all I can say is wow! The negatives have great presence is all I can say. Going to make my first 14x17 carbons tonight. Great image size.
Superb, Nicolas. What a great landscape to be in.Quote:
Originally Posted by NicolasArg
No doubt! The exposure is perfect.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Hedley
David, Zaitz> thank you for your words!
Thanks , I must be a techno bafoon , because i can get my images on flikr , But how do i get them to attach/link to this site . Cheers GaryQuote:
Originally Posted by Roger Cole
1. Go to yur image.
2. Press the button with the envelope, facebook, twitter image" (in the upper left corner?).
3. Press "Grab the HTML/BBCode".
4. Choose "BBCODE", and choose the size you want.
5. Copy all the text in the "text box".
6. Paste it all in a reply box here on the forum.
Thank you . Cheers Gary
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Yosemite National Park, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Provia 100F QL. Converted to B&W via CS3.
This shot was salvaged from essentially a crap original. I had the camera positioned kind of high, and so I didn't notice the lens shade had obstructed the top portion of the field of view. I used provia and a warming filter (Heliopan KR3), but the warming filter did next to nothing (the image still has a strong blue cast). Next time I will use Astia, which has become my slide film of choice in recent months.
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Yosemite National Park, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 150mm f/5.6 Schneider Symmar-S lens, Provia 100F QL. Converted to B&W & bronze toned in CS3.
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Yosemite National Park, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 210mm 5.6 Symmar-S Schneider lens, Provia 100F QL. Converted to B&W & bronze toned in CS3.
Very nice set of images!
Nice Yosemite work Daniel - I'm partial to the last one in particular.
I miss Yosemite, and I can't help but get jealous whenever I see Yosemite photos posted here. :)
Uncle Earl would be jealous!
Tyler, you have an impressive portfolio on your website. I especially enjoy your shots of upper young lake, your Mt. Rainier images, and that star trail shot with halfdome. Excellent stuff.Quote:
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I like the way Vaughn cropped Tri's image. It works better. Simpler and it gets rid of that pesky Palm tree on the left edge.
+1!Quote:
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landscape of the South Ukrainian
Linhof Master Technika, Fomapan 100 9x12 , dev. in D-76 1:1, 8 min in Jobo, Super Angulon 5,6/90mm at f/32, ND8 and Polarizing filters
Imperial Dunes - Nightfall
5X7 - 305 G Claron
Efke PL 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol
Magical Morning...Colorado.
Great image Donald!Quote:
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Ice Covered Forest, Tettegouche State Park, MN - Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 90mm f8, Kodak Tmax 100 in Xtol 1:1
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Joel, for lack of a better word: JESUS!
wow.
Wow, Joel, that's great!
No kidding! WOW indeed!Quote:
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Thank you
Wonderful image, lovely tonality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Truckenbrod
Man, I almost hate to follow Joel's incredible image, but somebody has to I suppose.
Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds, Oregon
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Interesting place,nice!:)Quote:
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Wow! Very nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Truckenbrod
Almost an abstract, great atmosphere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Donald Miller
Wow, I missed the whole autumn season here due to a recent injury and so jealous of such an amazing display of colors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joseph Kayne
Great work.
Very interesting image JoelQuote:
Originally Posted by Joel Truckenbrod
The relatively low contrast makes a really attractive scene. Nice patterns.Quote:
Originally Posted by austin granger
Beautifull...Quote:
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Imperial Dunes
5X7 - 305 G Claron
Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol
Very nice Donald.
Thank youQuote:
Originally Posted by Panoman617
This is an awesome shot. Couldn't have been done better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joseph Kayne
Awesome shot Joel!
One from a few months ago. Velvia 100 Xenar 135mm
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Crater El Colorado. Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate.
Negative: BN45.0336C, Date: Spring 2010
Camera: Cambo SC 4x5
Objetive: Fujinon 210mm
Film: Kodak Tri-X Pan
Exposition: 1/4 sec. ƒ32
Filter: -