whiskey creek sunset

sunset . . . .

 

I have four night shots in the folder that have most people

scratching their heads. :-)

Very cool series of photos. The scan for this one seems better then the night ones, to me. Keep up the good work.

Carl, A sure candidate for 'fine art' category. Novel idea, see a nice sunset & turn the camera 180 deg. from it. The centered tree tends to cut the scene in half but I think it still works (perhaps because the ruins intervenes?) I would be pleased to return with such a result. Best, LM.

As mentioned above, the centered tree is unfortunate, but overall this is a wonderful shot. I wish this would have been taken on black and white film and printed in a real darkroom, but that's my problem!

I like this scene, the clouds are really nice and the shadow detail is great. Must look great in printed form. It reminds me of a house like this near Canyon de chelly. Across from a hotel I stayed at.

very good. The centered tree does not bother me. The placement of the wall ruins which are the center of attraction in this image is very good, which with the patterns in the sky forms a nice and balanced composition. I like this. Exposure is right on.

This and the "blue" night one are my favourites. Lovely light.

You don't mention any filtration. Was there a filter used on this, the contrast is excelelnt. I like the composition and am not so worried about the center tree, as previously mentioned, I think that the building interupts the possible bisection. The only nit that I have is the right edge of the building not being parallel with the edge of the frame, but I don't know if you could have avoided that. The building looks straight, but with that wide angle lens, it might have been unavoidable. How close to the building were you here?

I like the composition of this one. Lighting is great. Nice work.

Thank you all for your comments.

 

The tree is dead and if they ever cut it down, I'll reshoot several compositions I've uploaded, plus a few others that are still in the planning stages. I hurts more in some compositions than in others, only moderately here, IMHO.

 

The tilt of the right wall is more pronounced in the original slide and was improved in PS. You'll notice that I over did it on the blue/green image and it doesn't look quite right to me. I may reconsider, though. A tilt/shift lens would have been the solution and I've considerd a Hartblei, except that I run into convergence problems a lot with 300mm shots, so what the heck, use PS.

 

I also used channel mixer to lighten the reddish orange stone wall and darken the blue sky to bring out the clouds.

 

It's hard to find open spaces in the Potomac river valley where you can bathe the subject in those sunset tones. I envy photographers who live in open areas.

Wonderful composition. Rule of thirds apply to the ruins. The cntral tree just anchor the shot and adds movement to the fantastic sky. A great one, Carl

Congrats on a truly remarkable picture. Where is this location?

It's part of a golf course in Ijamsville, MD, south of Frederick.

Rich tones, I agree with the use of B & W for this shot and that's clever coming from the original Provia negative. Nice Work, Brad

I like this one the best of the series. B&W is a good choice for presentaion. Almost looks a bit IR? as Scott mentioned filtration, I wonder the same.

Carl, Great photo. Just a question. You have it in a light painting folder; was it a fairly long exposure...do you recall? Thanks.

I put this in the light painting folder so you could compare the 'real' sun lighting with the 'fake' light painting. I really enjoyed the process and the results of the light painting, but my enthusiam is not shared by this community. I have at least one more session planned here which will include some closeup light painting. I'm not ready to give up just yet. :-)

Very good picture. I think the tree in the center provides a nice split and give perspective to the walls. Well done

Nice depth and tones!!!

Very nice shot, though it looks like the detail on the brickwork is blown out (a bit distracting). A minor nit -

I like the shot overall! rb

I love b&w. Beautiful composition

The tones, sky, and sharpness are all quite good. The framing seems a little off - the tree in the center is slightly distracting. I'd also like to see the space to the right. Still the image is 95% perfect. Good job.

i like the impact the sky provides. it's very dramatic. i think you should have waited for softer light, and also watched your composition a little. the tree in front has been chopped off and it's distracting to me. all in all a good image though. keep up the good work!

The wall seems a touch bright, and there is a "looking up" angle to it which is disconcerting.

 

Otherwise, wow! What an amazing sky, tonality and subject!

here's a straight scan of the original.