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    • On Edge Burning - I believe samstevens' response (above) quoted an Article by Shivanand Sharma; referenced now here: LINK One (perhaps important) view which Adams had on the topic, is at the bottom of that Article and was missed in sam's quote - "Ansel Adams proclaims that mostly all the photographs require edge burning." *** Adams wrote - "My experience indicates that nearly all photographs require some burning of the edges. The edge-burning must not be overdone, however; the viewer should not be conscious of it." Adams Ansel, The Print, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1995, p116. WW
    • Assume from the Author’s comments this was originally shot on neg. There are a few techniques employed in the photograph: maybe consciously or subconsciously contrived, or perhaps present here by way of ignorant happenstance, moreover I reckon these are worthy of comment. The Palette within the Palette – adds/creates juxtaposition – the landscape vs. the nothingness; the living vs. the dead; the present vs. the past, etc.. The Negative Space – often the dark void, but here it is the vivid white; definitely the eye-catcher and ‘in your face’; annoying to some folk perhaps, but nonetheless one can’t help but take notice of the photograph for more than 3 seconds, in so doing the image has indeed passed Base One in pursuit of interest – to achieve same is definitely not boring. The use of Eighth Profile – usually seen in Portraiture, yet it seems effective here. Just not Square-on and not Quarter-profile, the Viewer’s Eye wanders to the left (notoriously annoying for most of those who read right to left), but can never escape the Main Palette, perhaps this is part of the reason why some folk will seek to ‘fill in’ (the white) Negative Space with their own story, experience, emotion, etc..          Appreciate that it was mentioned why the photograph is OoF. Being OoF does not enhance. Enhancement may be achieved by toning, at first I considered Sepia, but a more austere presentation may be more effective, so I’d consider Selenium (purple tone) – though I doubt old school techniques would be employed now that the neg has been digitized. Iron Blue would be worth a try, too. If it were mine I would go all-in on the Negative Space – cropping to Aspect Ratio of 10:9 would do the trick, keeping the white cloud bottom right and loosing much of the foreground.  This Photograph could work well as a constituent of, or the springboard for a Series; not necessarily all of the same Subject Matter, but within the same theme of Juxtaposition. If this is a course you wish to follow, I would encourage you in the making new images, and not sorting through the twelve thousands you’ve already made.    In any case, I don't recommend sorting through the twelve thousand already made: unless there's the one life-time cracker already made within that bunch, but if there were, you'd know it.    WW
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