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mark d


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Should the snow in the foreground be whiter, or would that overpower the snow next to the trees and would it stop your eye from following the grass line up to the trees as the snow there is the whitest. I can not make my mind up.
· Date: Fri, 31, December, 2010 · Views: 6083
· Filesize: 166.2kb · Dimensions: 500 x 500 ·
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Keywords: snow,trees grass,moorland,hill
Film make, size & rating:: Ilford hp5 @400 120
Film developer & temp:: prescysol ef @ 24 deg
Lens focal length, aperture & speed:: 80mm on hasselblad
Tripod used Y/N:: y
Paper:: Ilford mg resin pearl
Paper developer & temp:: agfa netol wa @ 20 deg

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Sat, 1, January, 2011 11:45am

Depends on your intent, do you want factual or artistic, if the latter then any tone between white and black for snow is OK. I find it to be an enjoyable picture just as it is.
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vincent

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Sat, 1, January, 2011 2:14pm

Mark while I like your composition, I feel the snow in the foreground should be whiter. I read recently where you should print one stop more and less to get a truer feel for what you have taken.It is only when we see a series of prints of the same subject can we opt for our personal preference. Perhaps you have already tried this and settled on this version.

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VickiB
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Sat, 1, January, 2011 5:52pm

I do think the snow in the foreground should be much whiter. Nothing is going to overpower the images of the three trees. If anything, the whiter snow would make the trees even more stark and crisp because of the increased contrast.
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MartyNL

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Registered: September 2010
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Sat, 1, January, 2011 8:33pm

I like the composition and the original negative exposure looks spot-on so that makes life much, much easier at the printing stage.


Personally, I quite like it as it is.


If you're having trouble deciding, one of the most important things I've learned regarding printing of late is;
"Always go too far!"

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JimW
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Sun, 2, January, 2011 1:39pm

To quote Ferris Bueller 'You can never go too far'.
If you like the image, then congratulations, you've achieved that which you set out to do.
FWIW, I like this image. Thanks for posting.
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Rob Archer

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Sun, 2, January, 2011 6:56pm

I quite like it as it is, too. I like the bright area of the snaw around the trees - quite arresting. If anything I would experiment with slightly darkening the foreground.


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mark d
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Sun, 2, January, 2011 7:47pm

Thanks for all the comments, its is great to get help from people that know how to take and print from film. I am the only member at my camera club that uses film and prints in the darkroom. I think I will have another go at this print and make the fore ground whiter and see how it looks. Thanks for all the help.
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Nabhar

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Mon, 3, January, 2011 2:45pm

I like this too Mark.
I'm wondering if cropping the bottom 1/3 would help. But maybe that would be too much.
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mark d
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Tue, 4, January, 2011 6:22pm

I have 2 frames where I omitted the rock and the grass on the right but have not printed them yet. I went for this frame because of the foreground interest. Spent last night printing the frame as suggested by members and I am pleased with the result. I will let you know how it goes in the next camera club competition. I know this will be the only real print shown.
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Graeme

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Wed, 5, January, 2011 2:51pm

Agree with Vincent, foreground needs to be brighter for me, nice work though, print it how you like it.

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mono

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Thu, 6, January, 2011 2:49pm

Nice composition.
For me the foreground (fallen tree, rocks, wall?) is a bit distracting from the main subject, the lovely trees.
I would crop that and I would have printed the snow equal to the background, e.g. a bit brighter, just as snow is in the sun.
Just my 2 c.

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