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Nice one Mike. Very good composition

Mike - the only thing I can recommend is less foreground grass and more barn. The rest of the composition is really nice, full of great detail. I would love to see this in person.
And when did you get a 7x11 camera??

gene

I really like the composition and format combo...I like the airiness also...nice pd/pt tech. as well...
very nice image

Miles

Thank You for the comments Donald, Gene and Miles.

Gene, picked the 7x11 up about 2 months ago and just replaced the bellows 2 weekends ago. I tend to agree with your comments about the foreground, though it did not seem so at the time, once I printed the negative I was thinking a little less would make a difference.

I really love the 7x11 format, it is like a mini-12x20 or larger 5x7 (which I also love).

mike. well done. the texture in the foreground creates some interesting tension in my opinion, I remember looking at the ground glass and that resonating with the composition choice. I do agree that some experimenting with some gum layers could enhance this image.

One suggestion.... as we talked about on saturday, the metal siding on the far right edge is somewhat distracting, perhaps trimming the neg and removing about 3/4" from the right edge to remove that back building and the shadow created by that raised platform would perhaps help to better concentrate the frame on solely the wall and all its glorious texture. Something to consider ... maybe just masking over the neg when printing to "test" it out.

waiting for that light was well worth the effort.

Thanks Matt, the combo of the 240 Germinar really does work, but your are correct about the right side - I will try to mask it first, but will probably go ahead and trim the negative after that.

I did print this 3 different times yesterday, on three different papers..this one on FAEW, then on some Weston (very nice, but very dilicate) and then on some Cranes Platinotype (forgot what a pain it can be to coat).

Think a layer of BU+IY, then a load with some Ivory black will reall bring it together.