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nelsonfoto
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« on: August 18, 2005, 03:10:35 AM »

Please discuss:

These are three of the earliest images I took after realizing that I "might" be seeing things differently than some... meaning, once I realized the camera was more than a thing to carry for bad snapshots. I have struggled with the old house series over the unavoidable foreground clutter - I had to shoot from the public right-of-way which meant I could not get around the post. However, I think that had or could I get on the other side of the fence to avoid the post ,without being shot, I would have to use such wide angles as to overly exagerate the perspective.... difficult to swallow.

As winter approaches, I begin to think more of the old gal. The trees around her, which obscure the best of her during the lush seasons, will soon drop their canopies, ad I will get another shot at her. Maybe this year, I find the family that owns this bit of property along HWY 62 between Rogers and Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and I get a closer look.

The road shot is en route to the old War Eagle Mill. That shot is ruined, I think, by the modern stake-fencing whic you can make out if you try. What appears to be a single road doglegging is actually two roads, but I tried to compress the scene to give it the appearance of the former.

I can no longer recall which of these is duo-, tri- or quad-toned.



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« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2005, 04:49:38 AM »

Very nice shots with very different results associated with the different toning techniques.  In the first, I think the coloration is secondary to the fact that the applied curves enhance shadow detail, texture and apparent sharpness.  The blue toning in the second shot puts the scene in a different, dream-like dimension.  In the last shot,  the warm gray toning seems like it plays down the detail of texture while enhancing the compositional relationships of the forms.

If you have thoughts about doing more with the barn it would be a good idea to get on with it.  Those old buildings slowly decay over a period of decades and one naturally expects that to go on, but one day you go by and there is just an empty lot.  Of course, that is part of the charm of photos of this type of subject.
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« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2005, 09:42:53 AM »

I think I would really like to see the second shot in the first's tone.   I really like the second shot's prespective and framing better than the first.  The post blends in better in the second.   This is not to say I don't like the first shot.  I really like it as well.   Old crumbling barns just make great pictures.   It's sad to see them go.  

Great work.  

Jim
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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2005, 07:14:39 PM »

Thanks for the feedback, fellers.
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« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2005, 11:55:22 PM »

Beautiful tones! I think I like the sepia-looking one the best, but all three are very nice.

I also really like the subject matter of the old house. But, yeah, the post is kind of a big distraction. Could you play around with the depth of field? I'm not sure if it's possible, but could only the old house be in focus? Or move the camera closer to the post so that it's out of your depth-of-field (or is it depth-of-foucs)?
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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2005, 10:00:51 AM »

The sepia one - even with the post.

The last one could benefit from a contrasting treatment IMO. That is the composition I like best, but the main interest is in the diagonal lines of the trail, and they could use a bit more emphasis.

Al three are beautiful to behold - tonalities, lines...wonderful work.
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« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2005, 05:19:24 PM »

The first shot is excellent. Crisp and stark.
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