Raise the Lord #1

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  Jim Jones

• May 3, 2017

Nice concept and execution. Needs spotting.

 

• pentaxuser

• May 3, 2017

You have caught the sombre vastness of the land very well. The solitary nodding donkey completes the scene's atmosphere. Anyone wondering where B&W beats colour needs to look at this

 

• ChrisBCS

• May 3, 2017

@Jim Jones Thanks. I need to learn to spot. Reading Way Beyond Monochrome right now.

 

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  fdonadio

• May 3, 2017

I would have exposed a little less... Maybe this would require burning the skies.

 

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  Hubigpielover

• May 3, 2017

I really like this photo. Would like to see this with better highlights.

 

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  winger

• May 3, 2017

While the foreground gives it a more desolate feel, I also like it cropped to somewhere between the rig and the biggest puddle. This puts more attention on the sky and the rig for me. I don't know that it's better, just another option. And keeping the dust out is well worth the effort as well as learning to spot. Neither is completely easy, depending on where your darkroom is (mine's in the laundry room, so I've gotten pretty good at spotting).

 

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  cliveh

• May 3, 2017

The silhouette of the machine and the sunlight through the clouds strike me as the main dynamic features of this shot and think that could probably be enhanced by halving the distance between the camera and the machine.

 

• ChrisBCS

• May 3, 2017

@Hubigpielover any thoughts on how you'd approach bumping the highlights, or what areas you'd like to see brighter? I really like the mid and darker tones in this print.

 

• ChrisBCS

• May 3, 2017

@winger I see what you're saying but I don't want to lose the road on the foreground. Just personal pref. The darkroom is in a windowless office. I have to figure out whether the problem is the negative or the enlarger.

 

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  Hubigpielover

• May 3, 2017

Ok, I have been thinking about that since you posted the question. Overall the photo is very dark. Not a lot of contrast but after really looking at it it works. My main concern is the bottom lefthand corner of the photo is really to dark. I would like to see a print with everything exposed plus one and see what it would be like. It would be interesting to see if you still get the same moody sky and pump jack. Maybe you could just burn the bottom corner. If I was you, I wouldn't be ashamed to hang this on my wall.