Postcard Exchange Round 23 - Comments and Feedback

[J Rollinger]

Received Semeuse's card today Gilberts Bar. I was surprised to see color! I'm also a cross processing junkie Kris. Thanks.. I enjoyed the card.

 

[J Rollinger]

My cards hit the post office today so i hope you will receive them soon.

 

[hpulley]

Finished printing today. Will try to get the address labels done tomorrow.

 

[swittmann]

My prints are drying right now.

 

[drpsilver]

13 Jun 2011

To All:

Unless a miracle occurs, or I get a bunch of darkroom time, my cards will not be out until mid-July. A combination of a planned vacation/wedding, computer problems, and commitments to other organizations has made me late for the last two rounds. This has got to change! Maybe in Round #24 will be better.

Regards,
Darwin

 

[Roger Thoms]

13 Jun 2011

To All:

Unless a miracle occurs, or I get a bunch of darkroom time, my cards will not be out until mid-July. A combination of a planned vacation/wedding, computer problems, and commitments to other organizations has made me late for the last two rounds. This has got to change! Maybe in Round #24 will be better.

Regards,
Darwin

I can only speak for myself, but nor worries on being late, just send them out when you can. I am still receiving cards from round 22 which is cool as far as I'm concerned.

Hey wait a minute, I just checked and mid July is still on time, the schedule is print June/July and breather August and then I assume signup round #24 in Sept. Just make sure you get printed and mailed in time to sign up for round #24.

Roger

 

[ozphoto]

I too will be delivering later than usual - currently on holiday and working in Australia until late July/early August.
Until I return to BKK, I won't be able to comment on any cards, but will ensure that's one the very first things to be done when I get home.

 

[Roger Thoms]

Received Jim's "Pinky & I" had to look at a bit to figure it out. Interesting perspective with camera leaned over, isn't that a 6x6? Nice highlights on the metal.

Roger

 

[piu58]

Yesterday I got the first two cards from this round: Kris's "House of Refuge", an interesting colour shot, and Roger Thoms's Yard Office: Well seen and nice grey values. Thank you!

 

[J Rollinger]

Received Jim's "Pinky & I" had to look at a bit to figure it out. Interesting perspective with camera leaned over, isn't that a 6x6? Nice highlights on the metal.

Roger

Yes it is 6x6.

 

[semeuse]

a nice bunch in the box today:

Roger Thoms' "Yard Office," great tonal values - the KB25 (one of my new favorites) and pyrocat work well together

Jim Rollinger's "Pinky & I," a fun image that makes you think

and Mike Wilde's "What's with the envelope?" - three images! While "Stage and Shanty" and "Queen Anne's Lunch" are wonderful, "Overcast Spring Day Walk" is amazing - the ancient (how ancient? 1950s?) Ansco Indiatone really carries the feel, great work

Kris

 

[Mike Wilde]

Mike Wilde's ancient (how ancient? 1950s?) Ansco IndiatoneKris

I'm really not sure. I was gifted 1000 sheets of 5x7 Indiatone a couple of years ago, and packaged it up to interested apugers for the cost of reimbursed postage.

The original case had an address label on the box of GAF Canada in Cooksville, which is a predcessor community to the City I live in now.

I have asked some people I work with who have lived here all of their lives, and none who were native to the Cooksville area in the late 60's onwards knew of this business location.

One guy I queried actualy worked for Braun at thier Canadian import distributor in Cooksville as a youngish teenager in the early 70s shipping razors and flashguns, and cannot ever recall any Ansco /GAF competitors being mentioned as being in the area.

 

[Laurent]

I received Kris Haggblom's Wtachtower today, very nice landscape, with great tones and a grain that really helps the image.

I also received Mike Wilde's envelope with three prints in it. Three very nice prints, I really like the Stage and Shanty one, makes me want to stand there and fish. Queen Anne's lunch is also very nice, but my favourite is "Overcast spring day walk". The old paper looks very nice, and I'd really love to go up the river and see what's after the bend.

Thanks !

 

[Oxleyroad]

My first cards in from Mike Wilde. I look forward to this pack of images on old papers coming each round. I particularly enjoyed image two on the old Ansco Indiatone paper. Looks like many of the images that my grandparents had only this one was printed now.

Thanks Mike.

 

[Oxleyroad]

Second card arrived today. Noonan building from Roger R. Thoms. Such ultra fine grain. Love the vertical door in the horizontal weather boards.

 

[Laurent]

Today I received Roger Thom's Yard Office. Interesting composition of may rectangles, with lovely textures and tones.

Thanks !

 

[Oxleyroad]

Third card, third day in a row. Colour postcard from Kris haggblom - Florida beach. Nice to get a colour card. It has stood up to the riggors of the postal services very well.

 

[piu58]

Today I got a slightly enigmatic card form Dave Martiny. I guess it shows drainage tubes. Very intersting image.

 

[Laurent]

Today I got a slightly enigmatic card form Dave Martiny. I guess it shows drainage tubes. Very intersting image.

I received the same yesterday. Very intriguing, the low tones make it a bit more enigmatic.

 

[hwv]

Last week, cards number 2 to 5 arrived:

Mike Wilde: in fact there are three photos. Image 2 is my favorite of them. The toned paper suits well the quite idyllic scene.
semeuse: a timeless scene, cross processed. Reminds me of the posters at the cinema in my village when I was young, advertising new technicolor movies.
Dave Martiny: circles and lines, ending far outside the picture. I like the graphical design.
J Rollinger: dadaistically, "what you see is what you get" crosses my mind. Static tripod, dynamic cat... Very well printed, I love it!

That's it for this week. I'm looking forward for the next postcards.

Have a nice weekend!
Heinz-Willi

 

[c.w.]

Just got my cards in the mail!

 

[George Nova Scotia]

Only two cards managed to arrive before the postal system shut down.
Mike Wilde's package. I really like #2 the spring day walk. A classic, well framed image on lovely paper. In some ways it make me very sad, my favorite walks are behind me thanks to arthritic knees, but also all the types and textures of paper we have lost over the years.
piu58's Canoo trip also arrived as well. I think IR and lake shore lines were made for each other. The history of the site just adds much more.


My cards are printed, they need addresses and Canada Post to come back ti life. Hopefully by the end of the week they''ll be one the way.

George

 

[Roger Thoms]

Dave's card "untitled" arrived on Friday. Very nice shot of what I first thought were very long springs. Upon closer inspection they became plastic drain pipe. The original orientation is my favorite. I would love to see this printed on gloss fiber and a little bigger. Maybe we could we could do a trade, I have a low key shot you might like.

Roger

 

[Laurent]

I received J Rollinger's Pinky & I thsi week. Very intriguing picture, lovoely printed.... I displayed it with the camera in the "right" direction until my wife noticed it was an horizontal shot. It works better horizontally, but it's a bit less puzzling

Thanks !

 

[Oxleyroad]

Fourth card in yesterday from Dave Martiny. I like the perspective and narrow border. Even though Dave you indicate actual orientation, I have this picture on the fridge and the family is always playing with the orientation. It seems to look great any which way. I too think this would be a brilliant photo blown up on gloss