Breakfast at Bill's

Ahhhh... I was just sitting out there tonight listening to the Thrush. Have my trailer set-up where your camp was and I've been pouring plates all day. Nice one Don!

Beautiful light, Don! There's sort of a lightness of being in these woods; uplifting - and your photograph perfectly illustrates that!
- Thomas

very nice Don. Lovely light portrayed.

Beautiful, Don! Mornings were great that week.

I'm sure they are still.

Marc

Wow, this was beautifully toned! Everything seems so serene and peaceful...

I'm in my happy place now! Thanks for sharing!

Jason

Your efforts were worth it. Beautiful image!

Tis a fine image indeed.

Thanks for sharing.

Stoo

Honestly, I was re-thinking an old prejudice against toned and 'pictorial' pictures
after seeing some remarkable prints at PhotoStock that used the process to carry the image, rather than for cheap affect. I was also remembering some of Wolfgang's images that I've been looking at here.

This was also a remembrance of the countless trips with my father when I was learning to love flyfishing, and struggling with the young photographer's intention to show the shadows of the woods and the illuminating canopy beyond, for I spent much of my young days not 50 miles from this place. After lazily watching the first light through my tent, I was struck - when I finally got up - how the overcast sky was like an immense backlight to the woods. And I saw the image as a diorama, a tabletop image of sorts, whose background that I could make in the darkroom.

As a b&w image, it was too literal, and contradictory. As a warm, warm, warm image, it seemed just right.

Thanks for all the help, folks !

Very nice Don, glad your re-thinking the pictorial prejudice, under appreciated style I think.
Ike

What a glorious place to wake up to. Your photograph certainly captures the feeling of warmth filtering through the cool morning air in the woods. To top it off, freshly brewed Peets coffee- can't beat that!

All the best,
Daniel