The Bruce

Nice folder Gareth; I think this one is the best. Just out of interest, how much did you crop this one? It looks grainier than TMY ought to be at a normal print size. The tones and composition are great.

I cropped this one more than I usually do. It's cropped to the extent that it easily fills a 10 by 8 sheet of paper. I think also being at just about 300mm seems to emphasize the grain texture.

hi gareth great shot i really like this as there are no distractions it looks as if this was the real thing did you time warp? well done. actually i was going to go to this event were going to bump lenses soon cheers david

Maybe see you at the Stirling castle extravaganza at the week-end then.

The Bruce rallies his troops.

Any comments or ratings welcome.

It's a real time photo ?

"Let loose the dogs of war." The simple and obvious critique of this good photo is that you may want more light in his eyes (fill flash?) But maybe the shadows accentuate the effect.

This and Tommy Sheridan are both superb. If one of my darkroom students came along with this shot I'd tell them to go out buy a box of paper & print this differently a hundred times. I'd do that cause this neg has the potential to be a killer print. Although I no longer print anymore, I look at this and I'm just itchen' to go out, buy a box of paper, and...