Another object form the garden. This is my first test print of a squash blossom macro shot last year on delta 400. Sepia/selenium split on ilford warmtone. Next print will be a grade lower in contrast, I think.
wow. not being terribly familiar with your work, keith- and having just looked through the gallery of your other images - I'd say you've hit a whole new level...! Kind of exquisite...! I don't use the word lightly, by the way...!
Thanks Sparky, I appreciate your comments very much. If it's a new level then it's about time, I've been in a funk.
Eli, I agree, I have some dodge and burn to do next time around. Also, the print isn't quite flat yet so it didn't scan very well and I noticed some odd tonality toward the edges as a result.
Daniel, I grow vegetables mostly to photograph, not so much to eat
kind of reminds me of mapplethorpe a lot. Maybe look at some of his stuff... for me - it's about composition, texture, tonality and just, well, presence. I think using a slightly longer lens helps a lot in the composition department... just things i've noticed over the years...
Thanks all! I really appreciate the comments and support, particularly at a time when uncertainty seems to have crept back into my life :rolleyes:
Sparky, I am familiar with Mapplethorpe's floral work and I really appreciate that comment. Indeed my take on these subjects is to imagine the lines and curves as ideas in architecture and design. This particular subject reminded me immediately of a local pavilion, with its sweeping curves and panels. I documented that in this shot: http://www.apug.org/gallery1/showim...&direction=DESC&imageuser=16571&cutoffdate=-1