Hello all, copyright 1998 Tim Tregubov
interesting how it looks like a giant burnt match, took me a while to get the perspective the way i liked it. film is fuli velvia. forgive me if this image is unacceptable because of the implications of human intervention. :-) the scan does not do complete justice to the original. what do ya'll think?

-- Tim Tregubov (timofei@cyberportal.net), October 19, 1998

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Was there a "giant" cigerette stub nearby ?

-- Paul Lenson (lenson@pci.on.ca), October 19, 1998.

never mind, forget i even posted this.

(to me its neat--but then i'm not a purist nature freak, i'm just a guy who takes pictures and makes neat things with them, the only reason i like posting here is the comments i get on the quality of some of the purer nature pics.)

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-- Tim Tregubov (timofei@cyberportal.net), October 20, 1998.

You failed to see the humor in my comment. Sorry, my intent was to be humourous, not hurtful. I was busy and unable to say more. As to my critique, I actually think that the lighting is perfect. It seems very even on the sand but the strong shadows on the log and rock helps to contrast this with the smooth sand. I myself don't prefer the "burnt" end of the log, but do see a nice "Log, rock, and sand" compostion ( without a burnt log). The reason the burnt log doesn't quite make it for me is that I get no sense of the message you are trying to convey. Unburned driftwood on a sand beach and a rock gives me a sense of solitude lets say. These are all things found on a beach and there is a sense of oneness. The burnt aspect introduces something incongruent (sp?). The nearest thing that I can find, and that you have suggested as a context for interpretation, is a burnt match. This is not necessarily a bad idea, infact, if you can free yourself artistically and allow humour to be on the same level as "drama" then this image could have worked. Why not have added a burning cigarette (regular size) with "smoking" end nearby. Or perhaps, a cigartte package. Something to reinforce the connection that you obviously felt when you looked at it. I realize that this means that it is excluded from this gallery, however, you'd have a nice (humourous) image.

On another note. I'm also "not a purist nature freak" but I do respect the contraints that this places on those contributing. In that respect, I do not think that the other people who contribute to this forum their photo's or ideas would consider themselves "freaks". Since my sloppy attempt at humour has no doubt upset you, I personally, take no offence.

-- Paul Lenson (lenson@pci.on.ca), October 20, 1998.

sorry paul, i did not mean for my message to have an offending intent, even if you were not offended. i was simply regretting posting this image. thankyou for your critique btw. i retract my "freak" statement, i was projecting my dissatisfaction onto all. i will in the future refrain from posting images that have no place in a nature critique forum. :-) thankyou for setting me aright. tim

BTW: i really like the idea of adding a lit cigarette, perhaps I shall, and have a better image for other purposes. :-) I felt the image was not thorough enough, now i know what i missed. tt

-- tim tregubov (timofei@cyberportal.net), October 20, 1998.

Ah - you guys are just too hypersensitive. It's a nice picture and it belongs to this forum (IMHO of course). If the end of the tree were not burned, it would be boring (just another of these sand and stone and tree images). This way it avoids being a clichee. It doesn't need "in your face" cigarette packs either to convey the message. I would crop a bit more tightly: a) remove a little from the bottom to get rid of the animal foot prints. b) remove quite a bit from the left for an almost square print. The left end of the log is a bit out of focus, so removing it would add to the graphic impact of this image.

-- (andreas@physio.unr.edu), October 25, 1998.