Postcard Exchange #28 Comments and Feedback

[George Nova Scotia]

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Thanks everyone for their comments in Round 28, I'm sure there are a few more to come.

If you haven't sent your cards for Round 28 it's time to enter panic mode and get them out, please don't let the other folks down.

 

[haslguitar]

Just to update everyone:
I am extremely sorry for the HUGE delay. I have had the cards printed for some time now. Not to get into unnecessary details, my wife and I had our first child in December, things came up (nothing bad) recently that put a larger than normal financial burden on us. I wanted to conserve every bit of money just to be careful. I feel awful that I had to wait this long. The cards will go out first thing in the morning. Hopefully this doesn't discredit me as a forum member, but if it does, it should surely give me credit as a father and husband. ahah. We made it through fine. Our daughter is beautiful. I'll be uploading a few photos I took of her soon. Good day to everyone. I think I'll sit this next round out. I'd like to have a superb negative before joining again.
-Cody

 

[darkroom]

i just recieved 2 prints from bavendt, nice, thanks

 

[ozphoto]

Just to update everyone:
I am extremely sorry for the HUGE delay. I have had the cards printed for some time now. Not to get into unnecessary details, my wife and I had our first child in December, things came up (nothing bad) recently that put a larger than normal financial burden on us. I wanted to conserve every bit of money just to be careful. I feel awful that I had to wait this long. The cards will go out first thing in the morning. Hopefully this doesn't discredit me as a forum member, but if it does, it should surely give me credit as a father and husband. ahah. We made it through fine. Our daughter is beautiful. I'll be uploading a few photos I took of her soon. Good day to everyone. I think I'll sit this next round out. I'd like to have a superb negative before joining again.
-Cody

Congratulations Cody!

I'm sure the wait for your postcard will be most worthwhile - enjoy being a doting husband & father; many, many photo opportunities now in the works for you.

 

[rst]

Oh well! I printed mine so that I could have sent in week one of the exchange and then, somehow there was never the right time to write and address them until yesterday. And now they are in the mail. Sorry to everyone for taking so long and really, I do not even have an excuse - like a newborn child which in my opinion is the best excuse you can ever have. So congratulations Cody.

I think I do not deserve getting the great postcards I received so far. Thanks to everyone.

Cheers
Ruediger

 

[edcculus]

Just to update everyone:
I am extremely sorry for the HUGE delay. I have had the cards printed for some time now. Not to get into unnecessary details, my wife and I had our first child in December, things came up (nothing bad) recently that put a larger than normal financial burden on us. I wanted to conserve every bit of money just to be careful. I feel awful that I had to wait this long. The cards will go out first thing in the morning. Hopefully this doesn't discredit me as a forum member, but if it does, it should surely give me credit as a father and husband. ahah. We made it through fine. Our daughter is beautiful. I'll be uploading a few photos I took of her soon. Good day to everyone. I think I'll sit this next round out. I'd like to have a superb negative before joining again.
-Cody

I feel you! I have a 10 month old and its still a challenge to get into the darkroom. Hell, its a challenge to get the lawn mowed, much less do things I actually WANT to do!

 

[piu58]

Yesterday I found a very beautiful card in my letterbox: Man with his horse from mjs. I think it was not too easy to get an decent gray tone for the skin - in the shadow of the hat. The dark horse gives a nice contrast.

 

[ozphoto]

Man with His Horse also arrived in BKK today.
As Uwe said, great tones for both the man and his horse.

 

[mjs]

The stream of postcards seems to have stopped for this round. I've received cards from 27 lovely people:

A dark & moody piece, perhaps a transit base, from Pfiltz
A philosophical piece, from Black Dog
Three thoughtful prints from Mike Wilde
“Streamside Detail 4” but it has become separated from the envelope so I don't know from whom it is, sorry!
Termite Mounds from Oxleyroad
“Bustling or empty – 12 -crossing” from Kraker
Sunshine Skyway bridge from Jimo
Drew, from Ozphoto
Call a Pizza, from Mardan (Da Vinci's in Elkhart, IN USA has the best pizza I know of, anywhere. And I know pizza! )
The clever folding rainy day window, from Delphine
Beignets for Breakfast, from ChristopherCoy
Pineapple, from Horacekenneth
Cairn, Macugnaga, Italy from drpsilver
Cross at Daybreak, from ??? (Postmarked Asheville, NC) which interestingly arrived on the Friday before Easter
Rock'n in Austin from trsvax
Down by the Jetty, by Boxbrownie
Old Church by hankins27
Shadows on Snow from George Nova Scotia
At the End of the Dock from MattKing
North Carolina Pier, from treddy
Fleeting Moment, from rince
Wat Remains, from mooseontheloose
A photograph of stone in raking light, from warejn
A Couple Ducks, from Jim17x
Honest, Officer from anikin
Cypress Tree in Pedernales State Park from pipoca
Old Inn in Dobilz from piu58

Thank you very much for sending me such wonderful things!

mjs

 

[piu58]

At saturday I recieved a very fine card from Rüdiger, detail of the Louvre. Pars pro toto!

 

[mjs]

Just when I think the mailbox is empty... Lovely postcard "Welcome Home Mr. Contrast" from haslguitar arrived today. Thanks!

Mike

 

[mooseontheloose]

Received some lovely cards from George Nova Scotia, rst, and mjs. Thanks guys!

 

[edcculus]

I also got "Welcome Home Mr. Contrast" from haslguitar yesterday.

 

[jvo]

congrats...

haslguitar... wonderful news, and as others have reported, perfectly acceptable - now the challenge is to get some sleep AND get in the darkroom!!

jvo

 

[haslguitar]

Thanks to everyone for understanding the delay. Looking forward to doing this again in the future.

 

[bluejeh]

APUG Postcard Exchange #28

Hey folks, we just got round to it. Postcards from the two bluejehs were mailed today! Hope you like 'em. Already thinking of an print for the next round.

 

[mjs]

I'm starting to wonder whether I've discovered an esoteric formula for receiving more postcards -- I post believing that I've received the last postcards from the current round and shazam! A new one shows up in the mail. Today's was a very dynamic detail of the Louvre from rst! Thanks!

Mike

 

[piu58]

I got the cards from Judyan Ed Higham and enjoyed them very much. Thank you!

 

[Mike Wilde]

Once again a nice pile of cards have accrued, now I take the time to address them:

Bluejeh – Through the Window A nice abstraction that uses the window frame to delineate the crazy distortions seen from the area of the panes. Discordant image shapes surround the window that enhance the random feelings you get from the windows distorted contents. Grain too, lots of it, but not excessive, which works well here to pair with the other distortions already being well exploited.

Bluejeh2 – Angel at Westminster. A nice low key image, framed in by snatches of higher contrast information in the upper corners. Great sharpness, as a 4x5 can ably deliver in the right hands. I quite like the obviously detailed attempt at image capture, and subsequent printing to deliver a great symmetrical image.

halsguitar – Welcome Home Mr. Contrast. A nice accident, I would say. One of the surprises you get after really looking at the negs, and finding something neat in them that you could not have reasonably foreseen when you captured the initial image. Nice brooding clouds, a tree ripe with static birds, and then this rocket of a bird come shooting in all a blur from image right. It is quite nice. It works well in a small print, where your eye flits around to take in all of the details.

mjs – Man with his horse. Nice framing. It is not often that out of focus dominant foreground image element work well, but it does in this image. The slightly fuzzy horse’ nose does not detract from the image, but instead emphasizes the relationship to the tack sharp image element of the man holding his reins. A good range of tones, with appropriate contrast; there are few areas off all white highlights, and no detail less shadows. Enough background detail to establish some context, but not enough to detract from the image as a whole.

rst – Louvre Detail. This is quite a nice abstraction. There are good sharp in focus areas, and nice out of focus background elements. Clean white clear areas. I enjoy how you have placed the various elements of the subject within the frame.

 

[horacekenneth]

Just got mine from the bluejeh's (Ed & Judy). Very cute couple to send out postcards together like that and to get to see the stylistic differences of a couple that both enjoy photography.
I play around with 4x5 but my wife sticks to 35mm and does much better than me.

I like Ed's a lot. I only wish it had come closer to Easter. I looked up the meaning of "laetitia" and would guess it reads something like "you [are] the glory to Jerusalem you [are] the joy of Israel". I like the dark center surrounded by the lighter angels and was wondering if you burned the center in a bit.

I really liked Judy's, very nice abstract photo. Struggled for a bit to make sense of the window and wall and then gave up. It all works together. Obvious curvy distortions surrounded by subtle rigid ones. The grain is nice and the central shades as well.

 

[MattKing]

Just got mine from the bluejeh's (Ed & Judy). Very cute couple .....

I agree

(I expect to hear about this post for sure!)

 

[bluejeh]

Through the Window

Hey folks, in 2006, photographing architecture in a residential area....the lines of the chimney and window were not vertical, but I was most fascinated with the strange art I could see inside the window. No reflections. I was a peepin' tom.

 

[ozphoto]

And the bluejeh's postacrds arrived today - great subjects and the window shot had me guessing for a little bit.

 

[ozphoto]

Another card yesterday - haslguitar's "Welcome Home Mr. Contrast" - makes me think of the movie "The Birds"!

Only 7 cards now outstanding:

• afrank
• ccross
• Kc2edh
• nicholai
• rai
• Roger Thoms
• Wayne Frederick

Another great round once again - looking forward to Round 29

 

[Fozzle]

I also got cards from the bluejehs, thank you. I liked them a lot especially the abstract one