Grass, Alders,Redwoods

positively..... very well done...I like it...lots of texture...


Miles

I like the different levels of trees and field in this photo. The spot of light in the lower right adds a lot of interest and breaks the monotony of the layers. I wonder if it would be better to have included the tops of the trees. I'm never very sure about these small details but they are very important.

There's more to this picture than first meets the eye. Subtlety! Though much of the values are low, there is still very good detail. I like that in photos. My personal feeing on the cropping is that it is quite appropriate; by just touching the edge, it creates some nice negative spaces while allowing for space in the framed area (as opposed to cropping the trees or leaving an empty area in a featureless sky).

Can' say much for the technical merits of the image, the process is one I am not familiar with.
However, I only see four horizontal bands of trees, trees, grass/light grass, dark grass.. Seems like the light area on the bottom left needs something to keep the attention after it was directed there.
Sorry, I did not feel a great response to this image.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards
John

Masuro and Garry,

The placement of the sky took a lot of thought. Since I print full-frame with no burning or dodging, I end up spending a lot of time under the darkcloth...I feel that the edges of a print defines what is in the middle, so I spend as much time looking there as I do in the middle of the GG.

In the end I tried to get the best of both worlds -- having most of the trees come almost to the edge for visual tension, and having a couple of trees extend beyond the frame to increase the feeling of the height of these trees. I think I managed to pull it off.

John, Thanks for your comments -- unfortunately one is only able to see the image and not the print. For example the five dark clump of ferns in the lower left, because of the process, physically stand up and away from the light area behind them (the print has a raised relief, with the blacks having greater relief than mid-tones and the whites). One gets a better sense of depth viewing the print than viewing the image of the print.

It is a lot of fun to have the texture that Miles mentioned translated into a print surface that is correspondingly textured.

Vaughn