post "in Galli style"

[Jim Galli]

We've got some scraggly bushes like Jim Fitzgerald has too, but I was more interested in their shadows than their shape this time.
7.25" verito, 4x5 fp4+ in pyrocat hd.

The ultimate compliment. My wife walked past and said, "that's pretty, did you make that?" And I said, "No, but I wish I had!" This is gorgeous.

[appletree]

We've got some scraggly bushes like Jim Fitzgerald has too, but I was more interested in their shadows than their shape this time.
7.25" verito, 4x5 fp4+ in pyrocat hd.


img792 by philbrookjason, on Flickr

Wow. Beautiful photograph.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

jp very nice! Love the composition.

[jp]

The ultimate compliment. My wife walked past and said, "that's pretty, did you make that?" And I said, "No, but I wish I had!" This is gorgeous.

Wow, that is quite a compliment!

Thanks Jim/Jim/Johnathon.

Here's another:


img791 by philbrookjason, on Flickr

And I'm going to post one in the abstract thread.

[jp]

Made it past the end of the road yesterday and onto the beach. Turned up the fuzz a little on the verito to work on the edge of abstract. These I describe as Notan on the beach.

Ice and snow covered rocks.


img799 by philbrookjason, on Flickr

Frozen salt water on the sand


img797 by philbrookjason, on Flickr

[djdister]

Made it past the end of the road yesterday and onto the beach. Turned up the fuzz a little on the verito to work on the edge of abstract. These I describe as Notan on the beach.

Ice and snow covered rocks.


img799 by philbrookjason, on Flickr

Frozen salt water on the sand


img797 by philbrookjason, on Flickr

JP, as a fellow Verito owner, could you explain what you meant about turning up the fuzz? Do you mean shooting wide open or something else?
Thanks!

[jp]

JP, as a fellow Verito owner, could you explain what you meant about turning up the fuzz? Do you mean shooting wide open or something else?
Thanks!

Yes, closer to wide open. I usually shoot at around f5 and these were closer to wide open (f4). It's touchy how much variation there is in once stop.

[jp]

Verito/speed graphic/fp4+ again... First I saw the light beams, then the light filtering in the background, then the arrangement of tree trunks seemed not random. I see the trunks will standout when converted to B&W tones. The shadows and positioning of the trees looked like they were a dynamic unit of trees that had something in common. Their positions in relation to each other implied some sort of mystery dynamics and relationship like the people in a busy Seurat painting. People in school would have asked what I'm smoking but coffee is my only "vice". People here would say I'm spouting Mumbo Jumbo. Maybe so.


img795 by philbrookjason, on Flickr

[Mark Sawyer]

Lovely work, jp! Your Verito has found a good home.

[djdister]

Verito/speed graphic/fp4+ again... First I saw the light beams, then the light filtering in the background, then the arrangement of tree trunks seemed not random. I see the trunks will standout when converted to B&W tones. The shadows and positioning of the trees looked like they were a dynamic unit of trees that had something in common. Their positions in relation to each other implied some sort of mystery dynamics and relationship like the people in a busy Seurat painting. People in school would have asked what I'm smoking but coffee is my only "vice". People here would say I'm spouting Mumbo Jumbo. Maybe so.

A really nice use of the Verito lens. The closer line of trees is clearly sharp, with slight out of focus aberrations which get increasingly more out of focus where it helps the most - where the light rays are filtering through branches in the background. You could call it a purposeful, textbook use of the diffused focus lens - great shot!