Ruins of castle Nijenbeek on the embankments of the river Ijssel in the Netherlands.

Ruins of castle Nijenbeek on the embankments of the river Ijssel in the Netherlands.

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Mooi en sfeervol, Marco. Ik vind de bewerking er ook mooi bij passen.

Dank je, de "bewerking" (misschien niet het goede woord, ik denk dan meteen aan PS, terwijl dit toch echt handwerk is) is verkregen door het fotopapier met een kwast te ontwikkelen. Vandaar de belletjes en onregelmatigheden.

...when I think it over I can say that the effect applied on the borders makes it good, otherwise it would have a dull picture of a dull building! But if the spectacle means something to you, then it is only that counts Marco. Then you have said what you had to say!

 

PDE

"Effect" may not be the right word for this, it reminds me to much of Photoshop. This is all handwork. I used a brush inside a cut matting board to develop this picture, leaving these residual marks on the edges.

 

And the strange perspective is due to the pinhole, no PS trick.

 

I think your remark holds trueth, but is applicable to ALL pictures and images. Most are from "dull" and uninteresting subjects - at first sight... It's the photographer's challenge to make it interesting, sometime you succeed, sometimes you don't...