Postcard Exchange Round 60 Comments and Feedback

[Rob Skeoch]

I should have used coffenol to print it and saved you the trouble.

 

[bedrof]

For those of you, who like Rob and Todd received my "View from the hill" card, here is the whole frame:

 

[Ajven]

Yesterday I received Cowboy postcard made by @Rob Skeoch - incredibly fast delivered - according to post stamp it tooks 6 days only and it arrived without any scratch. Very nice portrait. Thank you for the postcard.

 

[koraks]

Yesterday I received Cowboy postcard made by @Rob Skeoch

Me too! A gorgeous card again, thanks @Rob Skeoch !

 

[AnselMortensen]

I received Rob's cowboy card today, also.
Excellent!
Thanks, Rob!

 

[Daniela]

Another happy recipient of @Rob Skeoch 's cowboy. My third!
I can envision the day when we start exchanging them like trading cards...hey, does anyone have the one with the gloved hand or the bandaged arm or the something something patch?

 

[Tom Taylor]

I received bedrof's View From the Hill... yesterday. Great image! It was postmarked either January 2 or February 1 depending on the dating practice in Russia. I was surprised to see it postmarked from Russia so I guessed that regular mail service between the two countries have returned.

Then a double suprise arrived in todays mail with Rob Skeoch's Rodeo Cowboys. Another great image and I like the paper!

Thomas

 

[Rob Skeoch]

Another happy recipient of @Rob Skeoch 's cowboy. My third!
I can envision the day when we start exchanging them like trading cards...hey, does anyone have the one with the gloved hand or the bandaged arm or the something something patch?

That's a fun idea, since I have most of them!!!

 

[Rob Skeoch]

In case you're interested, since I use their films and papers, Ilford Photo featured my portraits of Rodeo Cowboys on the company blog a few weeks back. This like will take you to the Ilford site.

Rodeo Cowboys

From the adrenaline-fueled 6-second rides to the dust-filled arenas, join Rob Skeoch on this photographic journey, ‘Rodeo Cowboys’.

www.ilfordphoto.com

 

[bedrof]

I received bedrof's View From the Hill... yesterday. Great image! It was postmarked either January 2 or February 1 depending on the dating practice in Russia. I was surprised to see it postmarked from Russia so I guessed that regular mail service between the two countries have returned.


Thomas

Glad to hear that, thanks.
I always send from my Russian address and it usually works fine this way (I dropped those cards in the mail office in the end of January I think and it took almost 2 months to reach you), but cards from the US started to come through directly not long ago, in the end of 2023.

 

[jvo]

add me to the list of Rob's recipients - expertly printed young cowboy, confident, smiling with braces on his teeth and a wedding ring on his hand, looking straight into the camera! Wonderful details, large belt buckle, patches and logo's, decorative neckerchief around his neck! well, well done!

 

[KitosLAB]

Hi! This was wonderful! @drpsilver play of light, lines, relief, super!; @mshchem msitika))) I live near a forest and like to watch the stumps; @Michael Howard awesome, thanks to you I found out about Ghost Town of Rhyolite; @Todd Barlow I can say the same thing, I read Wikipedia to get acquainted with Niagara Escarpment; @jvo super! She is beautiful, I love her)) @mfohl is especially grateful for Holga and the spirit of the times; @AnselMortensen wonderful Eryngium!; @MattiS a steam locomotive is a separate topic altogether. The steam locomotive is what excites me. This is engineering and precision work of a mechanic. The winter before last, during a complete blackout, steam locomotives were reactivated en masse. I can say, firstly, it’s beautiful, and secondly, unlike AI or crypto, it’s damn reliable!))) Thank you all! I will definitely take part in one of the next exchanges

 

[drpsilver]

07 Apr 2024

I finally have some time to comment of the cards I have received. "Rodeo Cowboys" from Rob Skeoch is another in his very interesting series of rodeo photographs. A very nice portrait with lost of detail and good tones. This cowboy is "ready for action".

Regards,
Darwin

 

[negativefunk]

I have a few from #pcx60 that I have not acknowledged yet thinking they were from the 61, as I have been a bit away, so here goes.

@Dunga 's "silhouette on green is a nice color print of what looks like the rehearsal.. I remember a previous card from a theatrical company, I misplaced the notes accompanying this one, but I like the colors and the suggestion of the action.

@bedrof shared "Sands of Archeda". The 50km run in a desert seems a hell of a undertaking, but glad you had it in you to hike enough for this picture of dune's grasses afterwards. That's similar to the seaside dunes around these parts

"Lake Virginia" from @Tom Taylor is a precious landscape from a days long hike. The place seems incredible and I would definitely like to see more of the area

The Cowboys serie of @Rob Skeoch grows on another perfectly executed portrait. A young happy-looking lad this time. As before, a very nice project in its own rights.

 

[Todd Barlow]

PCX#60 gems received as of April 5, 2024:

Mar 25 - Mtoma - What the right hand gives, the left hand takes - Great photograph and back story! I wish you a quick return to your functioning darkroom space!
Mar 25 - Rob Skeoch - Rodeo Cowboys - Love the subject and the detail! Great series.
Jan 16 - RCPhoto - Casualty - Well seen! I Like the square format and the way the image pops off the gloss paper. Inspiring me to try some square format submissions.
Jan 9 - MattiS - Chasing Trains - Great shot, I especially like the group riding in the car behind the engine all staring at the photographer.
Dec 8 - Tom Taylor - Lake Virginia - Endurance...carrying a F3 and some kit on a multiday multi thousand foot elevation gain backpacking trip! Nice reward! Great capture of a beautiful vista!
Dec 6 - Jim Christie - Forgotten Things - Beautiful! Combines some of my favorite things, doors, peeling paint and lines! Nicely done!
Dec 5 - SJC1952 - Four Young Men - I have always admired street photographers and street photography - something I have never really done. Nicely seen and executed, loaded with detail!
Nov 30 - koraks - Ganoderma - Had a mishap with the image detaching from the cardstock in the post...
Nov 23 - bedrof - A winding road - Well seen with classical composition elements. Beautiful layering from foreground to the distant background!
Nov 22 - Ansel Mortensen - Scotts Valley - Lovely bokeh and composition, I walk by fields of these everyday and have thought to photograph, motivation arrived in the post!
Nov 15 - KitosLAB - Mill and Wooden Temple - I used to pass a Boykos style Ukrainian Church in Brampton Ontario, just beautiful! Never stopped to photograph. Motivation to photograph is returning! Added double exposure, nicely done!
Nov 10 - mshchem - Man in Tree - My wife and I are debating where the man is, I actually see a large cat climbing the tree, never the less well seen and executed!
Nov 8 - Daniela - An Overthinkers Dream - Great title for this shot full of "Easter Egg" questions... what does the lawn sign say and what is the black image to the left. Well seen!
Nov 7 - KRNOW - Gunnera Leaf - Beautiful and inspirational to try!
Nov 6 - DRPSILVER - Tiger Beetle Tracks - I love black and white - tone and texture and the abstract, nicely done!
Nov 3 - Tel - Lunch - This is my second PCX and like the first I find motivation from images of others. Opportunities for shots are everywhere, why am I not taking my camera everywhere, thanks!
Nov 3 - JVO - hah-rumphf - Great shot! Especially the slight head tilt that adds to the whole dismissiveness!
Nov 3 - Michael Howard - Ghost Last Supper - The contrast difference between the figures and the hill side really grows on me every time I return to the photo, nicely done.
Oct 27 - mfohl - Why so serious? - Well seen! - why are the wipers up, why is the oil filter gasket on the ground, why is only the passenger side sun shade down, why....
Oct 25 - negativefunk - I was going elsewhere - Beautiful image with the fog!
Oct 20 - Don Heisz - Bean leaf - Love the detail of the photo but also the story on how it was made.

 

[KitosLAB]

Wow! The cowboy did it! You have reached Ukraine! The card arrived in perfect condition without the slightest dents or scuffs. Rob Skeoch is great! Thank you!

 

[mfohl]

Yes, the Rob Skeoch cowboy arrived. It is definitely a keeper. Great portrait, and on fiber paper too. This one has no postal damage. Thanks Rob.