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I guess I am the one that will have to post the only other comment that is contrary to popular opinion. I for one, do not care how something is made outside the "rules" of this site.


esanford, making a wet print does not make something any more or less credible as a picture. Look at some of the work by Mike and Doug Starn (www.starnstudio.com), particularly the "Blot Out the Sun" series.


Tom: the people you are thinking of are Ralph Horne and Michael Kenna. I am not emotionally drawn to much of their work, but the sell it by the boat-load. From just reviewing it on their websites(www.f45.com, 1. www.michaelkenna.com), I think Rolfe makes more interesting pictures than Michael.


Too often I see people placing something that ought to be in the center off on one side or the other, trying to make the picture more exciting. It makes it unbalanced.


You essentialy have four tonal bands that are stacked on top of one another. The dock is seperating the space that is created by the water. By choosing to put something so different (like the dock) in the picture you are giving, in this case the dock, great visual power. Something so powerful can really only be placed in the center.

Your picture is unbalanced. The light specks of houses on the right edge are not strong enough to keep attention moving around the picture. The tonal variation and the reflections in the water are not strong enough as visual elements to break your eyes away from the dock (or whatever it is).


On the "printing": it seems that you are trying to mix a hasselblad with a holga---a sharp picture with fall-off around the edges. You could have used the blur tool (or a holga). With that said, what were your intentions? Would you really print it for there to be uneven tones in water on either edge? Would you not burn down the hot-spot over the mountains on the left? (which keeps even more attention on that side of the picture) Would you dodge the rock in the lower right corner?


I think digital could be an efficient tool in experimenting with all those visual considerations. Hell, you could have taken the dock out completely.

OKI DOKI, very nice. Was the "vignetting" on the top left and right done during printing?

Ohh no, I just read it was a scan, sorry.

Spectacular…