multiple wings Bristol F2b - reworked

Reworked version, of the previous post, now in b/w - with a touch of

sepia filter. Perhaps more in keeping with the period and avoids

the 'colour temp' clash of the original version. Your comments

appreciated.

Outstanding historical image. I know it's real (flying replica). Everything is just the way I like. Composition, scenery, the sharpness of the main object, shutter speed and transforming into B/W.

It seem I'll learn a lot from you.

Cheers and all the best, VS

I think it is better than the other. It looks more "real"... the sound of the engine is more clear now :o). Very nice work! Ciao

Pat, I have to go against the trend here. While the colour version may have had some colour temp issues (or not, I really didn't see them, although I trust those who devote themselves to file processing to know their craft), but it looked vibrant, lively, I almost felt the crisp, cold, mountain air. Sure, it may not have looked like a photo from the period, but although I have no proof to this end, I assume that reality back then was not of a lower resolution or colour saturation than what we see today. While a photograph from that day may not have looked like what you showed, you never made the pretense of it being an old photo - which, by the way, I really appreciate about your work - but rather allowed your viewers, myself included, a glimpse of what being there may have been like.

Quite frankly, I find the above picture to be desaturated rather than B&W, and almost antiseptically lifeless, looking like CG animation (when CG animation is extremely well done, mind you) - just too perfect, something is not right, not real. I also find that along with the colours, the impression of depth and space has been bled out of this image.

I hope you take this comment for what it is - just my impressions vis a vis the other image and your previous work. It is certainly wrought with bias - we all have them, and I think everyone here knows I wear mine on my sleeve:) I hope that someone stumbling over this will get to the end of my long-winded critique so they can read that I have the utmost respect for your skills and your command of the medium of the composite image. Actually - I can honestly say I have never really given them much time until I came across yours. They tend to be ham-fisted afterthoughts, usually trying desperately to correct some (usually many) shortcomings of their maker as a photographer. What you do is its own medium and an art form in its own right.

 

Thanks for putting up with my cranky rants:)

 

Peter.

 

 

I like the placement of the Brisfit in relation to the mountains, and think this is what makes the image seem so real. Regards, Alex

Thanks to all of you for your comments, much appreciated. I guess that much of the impact has been lost with the bleeding out of the colour. It was a stunning area (Pic du Midi) where I took the background stuff (**** cold and at 3,000 mts a wee bit hard on the cardiovasc system)and much is lost when desaturated. Enjoyed doing the F2b pics, it is a much neglected aircraft and was used almost universally in the 20's services with over 5,000 built. Re the note on the b/g above, the guys that flew F2b had no oxygen and initially no 'chutes - must have been issued big brass ones instead!

 

For those of you who wondered - 'orking' is an arcane system for adjusting photographs developed in Scotland and a close held secret of the Scottish League of Photographic Incompetents (SLOPI) - when pressed we allow English as associates who reside in the English Region as (SLOPIER) members. Time for another glass of claret and so to bed.

 

Kind regards to all..........Pat