Field Barn on The Outgang, Thornton Rust, Yorkshire Dales National Park

The dark and menacing comes across very well. I think that bad as the light and weather might have been, you'd be really worried if it was quite like this but it depends on how much you think B&W should reflect mood as well as reality.

It works for me.

I like this - very Bill Brandt.

Overall, I like this print. My only quibble is with the dark sky at top of image. I schrolled down to crop the top portion & the image gained some radiance (just my viewpoint). Very well done.

I like this a lot. I do, however think that it's a bit too dark. The menacing sky and sombre mood would probably still come through admirably if printed a bit lighter. The sky is fabulously dramatic.

Hi. Many thanks for the comments. We did wonder about cropping a bit more out of the sky and a little more off to the right but having a lower upper border seemed to impinge on the weird arcading in the cloud formation, which, by the way is very real and on the neg, and made it stand out a bit more and look a little more manipulated than it actually is. In the end we felt that the balance of the image was ok. Interstingly, while I love Brandt's work I am not sure outside of the workshop I'd have had the confidence to take an image this far away from reality into such a theatrical area. Such are the adventures of learning to print.

Graham

Hi Graham
I love this one too. The tall grass provides a sense of rhythm and movement. Too dark? I'm not sure. It just has a steep curve.

I like this very much - the tonal range and menacing sky are terrific.

Mark

Hi Graham,

You might enjoy a comment Don McCullin made last week 'In Conversation' at the National Portrait Gallery. He said he often gets criticism for his landscapes being too dark. His reply is if he printed them as dark as he really wanted to they would be completely black.

Fay Godwin went pretty dark on her interpretation of 'Top Withens' aswell....