Wangi Wangi

This is great.  I really like the composition and the colour scheme works nicely as well.

It is a very attractive and effective picture.

Well done!

Rob

Mike, this is excellent as usual. How did you get the colour palette? It adds another dimension to the minimalist whole.

Thanks Rob, Jeff.

Jeff, nothing fancy, just a desaturated scan with some cyan thrown in. The scan was almost monotone anyway due to the very long exposure and was easy to get to this result.

Thanks Mike, it really works.

Gorgeous shot, Mike. I can't believe all the work that goes into making one of your photos - film camera, metering, scanning, tweaking. It must take forever and cost a bunch but the outcome is superb.

Cheers ~

Alberta

First, I thought it is slightly askew, but was wrong.

Exceptional work. Great compo and editing. Like the cross processing effects a lot. Bravo. However - as to be expected - such a great work does not get an overall 6 here...

BR / Volker

Beautiful, peaceful tones and textures.

Thanks Alberta, Volker, Deborah.

I can't imagine doing it any other way Alberta. I'm similarly fascinated with the way many photographers now shoot 100s of images so quickly in the hope of retrieving something of substance. Personally, I need to take the time; and I liken it to painting of some other form of manual art which is rarely produced in a hurry. All the steps in the process from scoping, metering shooting, film processing, scanning, post processing and printing are each as important as each other. All those steps have to be perfected and joined seamlessly to obtain something of substance at the end. The cost is not bad at all when you don't shoot many frames. End of rant!

No cross process here Volker, just hand processed C41. And yeah, the vision of PN raters is quite limited. Thanks.

This is a very beautiful long exposure black and white image! The composition is very simple, I like the converging and parallel lines. The two birds also provide dynamic and life to this photo. Well done and thank you for sharing.

Very attractive image, with outstanding unity and simplicity...