pentax 67, tmax400, 11x14 print scanned on desktop flatbed, bottom cropped.

-- Mike Green (mgprod@mindspring.com), October 03, 1999

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I like it. Not much to say, you've done right.

I would really like to see what you cropped off the bottom. I think it might add somethng. Perhaps you could post that, or a URL to it?

Also, what/where is this?

-- Chris Gillis (cagillis@concentric.net), October 04, 1999.

A perfectly flat 18% gray photo of some bushes in a waterway. Pat

-- pat j. krentz (krentz@cci-29palms.com), October 04, 1999.

Mike,

Very nice. You must have a "water spirit" inside you.

My only comment (on the photo) is that personally I would like to see the blacks richer and darker. I think it would add "snap".

And does anyone know if this "Pat Krentz" has posted any work himself?

Nice stuff, Mike.

Keith

PS Don't tell where it was taken.

-- Keith Clark (ClarkPhotography@spiritone.com), October 04, 1999.

Well I though I was going crazy until I looked at the scan on another monitor where it does indeed look weak in contrast. I corrected in on this ColorSync monitor and here it is; what do you think? I tried to reload the original and make a royal mess. Mike

-- Mike Green (mgprod@mindspring.com), October 04, 1999.

Ok, the original was replaced by this resubmission so your eyes aren't fooling you; both are the same higher contrast shot. I'll leave you now.

-- Mike Green (mgprod@mindspring.com), October 04, 1999.

Better. :>

This is the best time of year for these shots. You're lucky to live close to these places.

Thanks for sharing.

Keith

-- Keith Clark (ClarkPhotography@spiritone.com), October 04, 1999.

I like the overall feel, but the foreground bush just seems clumpy and dull. The bush to the right does add visual character.

-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), October 06, 1999.

Mike, both posts look good on my monitor. I disagree with Pat that this photo is flat. I think if the blacks were any blacker or the highlights lighter they would lose details. I work for a printer and I see lots of photos, this one would print very well. Personally,I reallylike this photo just the way it is. It has a very mysterious appeal to it. Thanks for sharing, Donna

-- Donna P. Bollenbach (cassidy@icubed.net), October 06, 1999.

Donna, you're too late, the original image is gone! I caught it early and found it fairly light, but was confused by my dark office monitor (i.e. the image was way to light). I often find it more helpful to look at a histogram of the image rather than rely on monitors and guesswork.

-- Gordon Richardson (gordonr@iafrica.com), October 07, 1999.

I think Larry has a point about the foreground bush, since it tends to merge somewhat with the background, but there is some nice detail in it and it does add much more to the composition than detract from it.

If you had been able to elevate your camera a little, you might have been able to keep the bush on the right from crossing the boundary between light and shadow and made the photo graphically stronger.

Still, though, these are relatively minor points, and the image has a combination of strong composition, a nice three dimensional quality, and magic light.

-- Randy Wilson (jrwilson@comp.uark.edu), October 10, 1999.