Hecla Mine

This mine is known as the Star Pheonix Mine owned by the Hecla

Mining Company. It is located in a Ghost Town called Burke, Idaho --

outside of Wallace, Idaho which is about 70 miles East of Spokane,

Washington.

 

Comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks - Slade

 

an orginal shot

 

Keep up the good work and please visit my shots and give me some tips... :)

Thank you both for the quick response!

 

Denis--I will definitely check your work out when I get home. I vowed to never look at another's images while on this crappy monitor at work--it ruins everything.

 

Keith--I shoot exclusively 4x5 -- I see you also do some work with this format -- not sure about you but I can't wait until someone hands about $30,000 over as a gift to me so I can purchase a digital back for this thing! :)

Great I lookforward to seeing your comments

Very good work. The best I have seen today.

great tones and shapes

Thank you everyone for your comments.

 

Denis - Sorry I haven't commented yet--hectic night with daughter's school project. I promise I will take a close look at your work and comment.

 

Keith - I agree--very simple and complicated in one package. The best thing about the 4x5 (or any large format) is that it forces you to slow down and really take a close inspection of the composition.

 

100 negs a month? I have been shooting with this format for about 15 years and maybe have 200 negs total! That is impressive! You must live in front of the processing sink. I pretty much shoot 1 neg per image unless I am unsure about what I need. I use to shoot several because of the possibility of scratches. I now use Readyloads which has diminished this considerably. With my busy life if I shoot 20 images a year that is being pretty productive for me. Sounds crazy and sad but true. If I get 7-10 usable images from this I feel pretty good.

 

Again--everyone, thank you for your comments. I always look at peoples site who make comments I just haven't been able to the last few days.

 

 

I like the sharp angles. Just enough open space between the buildings. A person could look at this for hours and continue to find nice "stuff"

Thanks for the comments Steve. It means a lot coming from someone as accomplished of an artist as yourself.

This is a very strong image - I'd love to see the print in person! There is a lot of detail in everthing you presented and the tonal values are striking. Your very solid composition sends me a clear message. Man, this is just good stuff!

 

- Randy