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blackmelas

Poison

I pass this grove of old olive trees on the way to the beach. Its a really beautiful area, rough, prickly, rocky with a big old sign stuck in the middle warning "POISON" it has been sprayed with pesticide. I took some 35mm 'sketch' shots one day and returned with the view camera. Unfortunately my lens doesn't have much coverage and I cut the top with the front rise (I'm still getting used to the whole LF/view camera thing). Thus I cropped it square;) I've been working on showing the 'glittery' oscillating light of the olive tree-still need some work on that... Any ideas? I may shoot again in the fall or winter to try different light and sky. Thanks for looking, James
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Location
Katakali, Corinthia, Greece
Equipment Used
Graphic View II, 150mm
Exposure
1/10s @ f22
Film & Developer
HP5+, HC-110b
Paper & Developer
Ilford WTFB, Centrabrom and Dokumol, selenium toned.
Lens Filter
Yellow and polarizer
Dave Miller
I feel that you may get better results by shooting much earlier or later in the day. It looks like the sun was too high when you took this, but it has got potential.
 
This could be quite a good image, but it is really too contrasty. I too, suggest shooting the scene either really early or late in the day, when the light is softer. Good eye!
 
blackmelas
Thanks so much for the comments. Yes, I shot this at about 6:30pm-- the sun sets early here due to the mountains in the west at about 7:30-- so the sun was still quite high. When I get the chance I'll try this one again... Thanks again and best wishes,
James
 

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