Fall Yard Harvest 2006

This is really beautiful. Would love to see the print.

Hey Daniel, You hit a home run with this one. Very nice.

wow!
absolutely beautiful. it is like a dream

john

What a marvelous idea! An exquisite arrangement. I didn't know that this sort of tone was possible with thiocarbamide. Very, very effective!

Daniel, this is a very unique photo, quite interesting and refreshing.


jan

Daniel, that's truly awesome! It's a great idea and composition. Is it just me, or does your work greatly benefit from view camera use?! I think it does! TMY and sheet film seems to add that little extra spice to your prints that push them beyond good photographs to great ones.

- Thom

Daniel, this is beautiful, and you've finally found a practical reason for raking leaves!

Daniel, you really should consider putting 12-15 of these together, record them as jpegs on a cd and send to galleries. This still life series is simply outstanding. Another guy, Ian Zupcu who is well know in gallery circles uses the same set up that you do to achieve similarly outstanding results. By the way....be on the lookout for that film. It was sent last week.

Keep these images coming.

Regards,
John

Gorgeous, Daniel!

Thank you all for the very kind comments. This print was the result of one of those happy test strip surprises where an unexpected tonal representation catches your eye. The tonal values of the leaves are a pretty radical departure from reality, but work quite nicely in a high key presentation- much more delicate and graceful.

Thom, I tend to play and fuss with my still life compositions, nudging a leaf here, turning another there. I'm not sure working with a view camera changes that approach. It does allow me to control/alter perspective and plane of focus, which is so critical for close-ups- trying to get adequate depth of field with a fixed lens-film plane camera would drive me nuts. Besides, I love the tonal richness and details the large negative provides

Thanks again, and I'm gratified you enjoy the photograph.

All the best,
Daniel