Flat fences.

To me this is such a wonderful abstract.

Very nice. Would be curious to know were did you shot this one from.

Nicely seen and captured. A beautiful image. A suggestion: I'd be tempted to crop some from the top. Doing so would move the fence line farther from the centerline of the photo. More importantly though, there's just not much activity or interest up at the very top and removing a little would improve the overall balance. Still, this is a wonderful image.

This is right up there with the most unique and interesting work I have seen on this site. Your b&w folder is spectacular Miguel.

I like great stuff. The techpan rodinal thing is quite interesting. Can you give some more details like iso and dev time used. I tried it once but it was not too sucessful.

Stuart, i only used Technidol until very recently.

But i'm quite satisfied with my first experiences with Rodinal 1+300. The time was 9 minutes and exposed 25 asa.

Thanks for the post Miguel!

 

(Thanks for choosing this as the POW)

 

Here is yet another example of all the fine details, subtle tonal variations brought out in an "old"film. A very fine abstract. Wish I could see a real print with all the details!

 

I just pray some of the digital snappers (who mouse click to convert the images to BW) will buy a film camera, buy Techpan and use it.

 

Otherwise, Kodak will ditch this fine film as well.

I like the combination of texture and structure, my eye is wandering around the frame happily trying to get all the nuances. I like the vertical framing. I would probably have gone with a horizontal framing, but with the vertical frame there is a tension between the expectation and the structure that piques my interest.

First photographer that I met that uses Technical Pan, which is my favourite B/W film to work with. Great Shot, superb tonality

Photography is art when you have the eye for it.

I just pray some of the digital snappers (who mouse click to convert the images to BW) will buy a film camera, buy Techpan and use it.

I had TechPan mastered before I had a drivers license, and will stick to my 10D, thank you very much.

Those in dire need of our 'prayers' and should switch to TechPan are those using TMX and TMY, and consequently think an image that only consists of 4-zones of murky grey is a good image.

TechPan is a great film and really not that hard to process. Unlike many of the newer B/W films, Tech has some energy, contrast, and life to it. Good eye by Miguel on this one.

I would really be interested in knowing how the processing was done. I haven't used TP yet, 'cause in Europe is quite difficult to find Technidol. Ok, Rodinal 1+300... but.. processing time, agitation?

 

Excellent picture by the way!

I would assume the fence is laying flat on the ground and that the windblown sand has created the patterns as it is directed by the wooden slats. I wonder if the shadows are too heavy and distracting. Perhaps an overcast day would have provided a more subtle texture, or it could very well have left no texture at all in the sand. Very thoughtful, and unique approach!

I don't see the shadows as too heavy; without this good, strong black tone, I think the relatively similar tones of the rest of the scene would make a weaker shot. It's almost like a rift through the scene, or the teeth of a zipper, perhaps...

This image has some lovely tonalities and forms and is a fine shot.

I do think the composition could be tweeked and imporved by cropping a little debris and excess off the top.

Lovely tonal range: so smooth and gradual.Congrats!

 

3 questions:

What's the lighting condition like when you took this shot?What's your development time?Did you scan the negative or the hardcopy print? What scanner and scanning software?

 

Please share your thots, we want to learn. Thanks!

Very nice image! All your photos have a strong composition, a quality I admire.

Although I agree with Miles' cropping of the small element that gets accentuated due to the strong rhythmic pattern, on the whole I find it a compelling, well balanced shot.

Miles, why would, one crop what is there. Bad idea. (We are part of the world and leave our detrious everywhere, so record it where it happens to be, for god's sake.

 

There is reality in all our pictures, or there is propaganda in each of our utterings. there is no middle way. Truth or lies.

 

And the original picture is much stronger, not "embellished" into bulemic women images of sand. Sorry. Less bush, more trees!

 

Great composition and execution!

Art is being lost, I'm sorry, B/W film is becoming an art,.as it always has been,..just proven point here, in the extreme,.. in the medium very hard to work with,.. in the age of short attention span and laziness to explore, with desire to instant gratitude, digital thrives,.. with even shorter life span,..to be replaced with the next one, digital one

Ah, Miguel, I remember this type of photo from among others you uploaded to the APUG site last year. It's just as good now as I thought it was then. Very dynamic use of composition, line, contrast and detail.

Beautiful photo.

 

I've been wondering how you managed to take it without getting your shadow in shot. If you've taken it from above, with the sun where it is, I would have expected to see your shadow. How have you avoided this? Are the fence posts smaller than I'm imagining them?

 

Andrew

Is a very good natural abstract paint, well photografed by you. Wery good eye the yours!!!!

I love the lighting - but if it was taken this way up I'm very intrigued how you managed it without getting your shadow in there (short of dangling from a bungee!).

 

As for originality - I've seen several windswept fences on beaches - but not top-down portrait views at the water's edge.

I too am curious as to what exactly we are looking at here. Considering it seems to be shot from above, if this is a full-sized fence, you would have to be relatively high up to capture as much of it as you have. How did you get that much above it? Or, is this some kind of miniature that was actually "posed" in this manner? Just curious.