Untitled, 2003. Created in Darkroom, NOT digital

I uploaded a larger picture. Please let me know what you think. This

is NOT digital. I composed this in the darkroom from 4 negatives.

Visit www.patrickhowardphoto.com for more images. I am always open

to trading art with other photographers, especially creative nudes.

Enjoy.

Pretty interesting composition. I wouldn't care if you DID do this digitally - it's the end result that matters to me and this works. I almost didn't notice the nude figure at first - she blends in very well.

Very creative,if you can do this in the darkroom, you'll have even more fun digitally.

Nicely done. The film on this seems very grainy, and not sure what you can do with it, but may be able to do a little saturation and curves in photoshop. perfect composition, great movement on the water, and focus in the right places.

You're truly an artist.

Patrick,

 

You are very skilled at creating montage in the darkroom!

 

But you asked for a critique....

 

1. The scan is kind of flat looking, no blacks. I think you should adjust and repost for best viewing.

 

2. I love the idea. But I'm not as thrilled with the components that you've chosen. The overall composition is cluttered. It doesn't lead the viewers eye as it should.

 

3. The noontime lighting of the landscapes is kind of flat as well.

 

4. back to the composition. My suggestion for future work is to think more abstractly. If you were to defocus this image and just see patterns of light and dark, how would you like the composition? A work like this should flow, even if so blurred that you can't tell it's a stream and a woman and Yosemite.

 

5. I personally don't care that this is not digital. It would be no better or worse if it were. I do appreciate your technique to accomplish this in the darkroom. I would suggest that for your next work that you scan the originals into the computer and play with the montage pieces just to try out ideas before going through all that work in the darkroom. Use the computer as a sketchbook so to speak.

 

Thanks for sharing this!

Who cares how it was done? What matters is the result. Though I bet people would be moaning about how Photoshopped it looked if it were digital.