Postcard Exchange Round 66 Comments and Feedback

[mshchem]

I'm going to go through the cards I've received, not in order.

Too Many Wheelbarrows, Jim Christie, lovely print, beautiful tones, Canon Pro 100 printer, excellent quality.

At Ease, Ansel Mortensen, nice glossy contact print from vintage 4x5 negative Ansco Safety Film!

Do The Twist, DRPSilver. Almost unbelievable tree trunk, beautiful tones, every zone is there. Well done!

Sculpture at LA Defense 2023, Daniella. Crazy silhouette of sculpture against a high rise building. Terrific composition. Very nice photo!

Diamond House Mfohl, snowy abandoned house with an outstanding window. Well seen! I love the windows in the front door too.

White Bay Power Station, GBroadbridge, I love detail in this photo of electrical controls, one is labeled Cave Claw ?, Canon pigment print, Excellent!

Bent Railing, Absalom1951, Great print, lovely rusty metal. Almost looks Cold War!

Ghost Trees, ChrisR, beautiful swirling color photograph, brilliant technique, Abstract but almost instantly recognizable. Love it, beautiful print!!

Dublin Gulch, Michael Howard, Miner's quarters cut into a rock face. Reminds me of the Pueblo structures I've seen at Mesa Verde. Hundreds of years apart but somehow similar. Nice photo!

 

[jvo]

i'm behind the 8 ball for this round... i am aiming for the end of the month to have them in the mail!!!

 

[mfohl]

I got three nice cards today.

A cyanotype from rduraoc. A shared negative, but well done in the cyanotype. Looks like a used car place, with a hot rod up on top of the porch.

From drpsilver, "Do the Twist", a trunk of a tree, but what's left is very much twisted. Taken in the Lakes region of the Sierra Nevada. Very nicely exposed and printed.

And "Stay Woke" from sjc1952. A shot of some street art on what appears to be the back of a restaurant or pub. A young woman amidst several skeletons/skulls. This is a shot I would have taken. And I like how you included the ambience. Nicely done.

Thanks Rui! Thanks Darwin! Thanks Stefan!

 

[gbroadbridge]

Two cards in the mail box today.

Portal 2 - @Michael Howard - Well, that doesn't look too cosy. Would have been a tough life living in cave like that. The print and paper bring out the coldness of their life.
"Jag" - @mfohl - Car shows are fun, and that car in particular is obviously looked after - The clouds reflected on the bonnet really show the shine.

Thanks!

 

[Don_ih]

Received a cool card from @hwv - "Einsteinhaus Caputh" - lots of geometry with and excellent stair-rail shadow that looks a bit confusing the longer you stare. .... Stair stare.... Thanks!

 

[mshchem]

Received a beautiful postcard today from Don, @Don_ih "Tractor" looks like a nice old Ford tractor, view of lovely fields.

 

[mfohl]

Today I received don_ih's Used Auto Parts II. A fun shot of a business that says "Japanese Used Auto Parts". Funny, but most of the cars there don't appear to be Japanese! Yes, I have seen this in another post card: it was presented as a cyanotype, Nicely exposed and printed. Thanks Don!

 

[Don_ih]

Yes, I have seen this in another post card:

But you haven't

Not exactly.

 

[AnselMortensen]

In the last few days, I've received two more cards:

SJC1952's "Stay Woke"...a wonderful street art scene. Gorgeous print, beautiful tones!

Don_ih's "Traffic Cop"....A serious, yet whimsical roadside "folk art" installation of a scarecrow policeman with a radar gun...I hope it helps slow speeders down!

 

[SJC1952]

In the last week or so I have received more postcards:

mfohl a composition in rural Ohio with lots of geometric shapes. I love the tones in this photograph.

@hwv's Einsentein's Caputh. I must admit I had never heard of Einstein's Caputh. This photograph has captured the light and shade beautifully, and with Acros 100.

rduraoc's cyanotype of what looks like a car lot with classic cars? I love cyanotypes and I love this print. I've been meaning to experiment with cyanotypes for an age. This print has motivated me to give it a try.

 

[mshchem]

Received "Stay Woke" from @SJC1952 beautiful 5x7 print on Fomatone fiber paper. I love this paper. Perfect print, lovely tones, depicts street art painting and surrounding. Really terrific print.
My wife the former Curator of Art, said that she really liked it.