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• Old-N-Feeble

• May 4, 2016

A beautiful haunting image.

 

• HiHoSilver

• May 4, 2016

Haunting, yes. Was fumbling to describe brooding emotion, evocative. Like your mudflat shot, sharp/soft focus locations combine to visually pour salt on the tongue.

 

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  Andrew O'Neill

• May 4, 2016

The same mudflats are just below this hill...

 

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  Svenedin

• May 4, 2016

This reminds me of the pictures taken during WW1 showing the desolate land after years of fighting. Only a few bare trees still stood.

 

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  Andrew O'Neill

• May 4, 2016

Interesting comparison and comment, Svenedin.

 

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  Svenedin

• May 4, 2016

@ Andrew. It's an image that has stuck in my mind. I also have a CD somewhere of Ein Deutsches Requiem (a very said piece of music) by Brahms that has a similar image on the cover. Your photograph is extremely good.

 

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  tony lockerbie

• May 4, 2016

Gee, there are some really great shots on Apug today...and this is one of them...great mood.

 

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  Peter Rockstroh01

• May 4, 2016

This is so good on so many levels: composition, mood and technique ! Great work ! Is this a negative scan, or is it from a finished print ?

 

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  Andrew O'Neill

• May 5, 2016

Thank you Tony and Peter! Peter, it's a straight scan with slight level adjustments. I have made a carbon transfer print directly from this negative and it's quite lovely... Unfortunately, I gave it away to a friend and have not made another one. It's not as sharp due to printing with the emulsion not in contact with the tissue, to preserve correct orientation. I have printed it emulsion to tissue, but I don't like it reversed. It's really sharp due to semi-stand development.

 

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  OptiKen

• May 5, 2016

"They're coming to get you, Barbara."
Night of the Living Dead -1968
First thoughts on seeing this picture. Nicely done!