Trapped

I should add that I scanned the negative with the unsharp mask attached to it.

Hi Andrew, Beautiful !!! Love it. However, I don't understand what you wrote about unsharp mask attached when scanning. Did you do it to get hilight diffusion, as on the tree trunk, or this is a HIE effect ? Regards, Raphael

Gorgeous Andrew! The white of the tree really pops - it almost looks like it's trying to move upriver.Four years in Kumamoto and I never made it to Kikuchi Gorge (criminal, I know). To be fair, I never had a car (rental or otherwise, due to not being able to transfer my license), which I feel you need to access this place early enough to get good photos.

Gorgeous! I like the interplay of soft and hard lines.

Wow, Andrew. At once serene & stimulating. Maybe as DWT describes w/ the hard & soft lines. I suspect it would still be quite engaging even if all the water movement was stopped. 'Not suggesting it would look better that way. Its just a beautiful place masterfully done.

Very nice. I'm intrigued how, in the scanned image, the water is white, while the branch is (as I see it) a very light creamy white, just a smidge warmer in tone than the water. That's greatest exposure and development control!

Thank you so much for looking and commenting, everyone!Raphael, quite often when I print my negatives, I'll first make an unsharp mask and print them together. Added sharpness and more luminous shadows. I used TMAX for the mask. Recently, I've been using x-ray film as a mask and it works very well.The scene was lit by sky light making the whiteness of the trunk stand out brighter than anything else in the scene. The lack of anti-halation of HIE film contributed to the glow. It was way off the exposure scale. I pulled back development in order to retain texture in the water fall. I also shot it on HP5, but it was nothing compared to the IR shot!Mooseontheloose, I had an international driving license for the first year in Japan and then was able to transfer to a regular license. Having a PR card and being married to a Japanese probably helped. Having a car was a great help! I drove everywhere, even up to Hiroshima a few times.HiHoSilver, I could have frozen the water, but if I had, it probably wouldn't have revealed the bottom part of the trunk as well as the long exposure did. Trask, the water is really bright, so normally I print it down a bit so it doesn't compete with the branch. There is no manipulation whatsoever given to the white branches. I believe the creaminess feeling and tone is because of the extreme exposure given to that part of the film and the lack of anti-halation layer. Do I ever miss this film!!! If I were a multi-millionaire, I would be all of Kodak/Alaris to make me up some!Thanks again, everyone for looking and commenting!

Beautiful, beyond words and transcending description!

Outstanding vision and skill.

Great image and beautifully crafted ! I had never seen HIE of such quality.