Fayette Michigan 2007

Nice shot. Do you live in the u.p? I love Fayette. I was there in december.

Yes, I live in Escanaba. Fayette is a cool place, especially in December.

I like this image. The fence makes it for me.

Quietly intriguing. Nice work. Shawn

I like this photograph a lot but the tree is a bit too dead centre for me. I think shifting it a little to the side would help it interact with the background a little more.

Masuro'a comment is interesting -- I would have suggested moving the camera slightly to the right and centering the tree even more to heighten the feeling of the tree "trapped" or penned in by the walls. I think it would have also given the bare ground that surrounds the tree more power -- a feeling of strenght flowing down the tree into the ground. Then that strenght would create visual tension against the entrapment by the walls.

A slight move to the right might also have helped to seperate the main tree from the large tree in the far background.

Vaughn

PS...by the way, I do really like this photo!

Thank you all for the insightful critiques. I'm very niew to B&W and developing so any assistance is much appreciated. I felt this was a somewhat successful image in that I developed the film and it's didn't have a touch of grain. I rated the film at 200 and developed for 10.5 minutes which I feel worked out well. Thanks again. - Sean

Hi Sean,

I've seen your color work at photo.net, and it is breathtaking.

My daughter and I went to Fayette to take pictures in late August. We figured a couple of hours would more than suffice. We barely scratched the surface.

I've posted a couple of B&W Fayette pictures here. At photo.net I posted a whole folder of color pictures of Fayette, but since they're the evil digital types, I can't post them here.

I look forward to seeing more of your work here.

Mike