Driftwood #3

Silver print, 7x10 inches. Image bleed at the borders in done

within the enlarger.

This image was a real struggle...set up about five times before

shooting.

I would like to know how you got that effect of the borders like that. I really like it!

Im sure it is just the scan quality (as you mentioned in a post you made on one of my photographs you had problems with), but the image seems too contrasty and the vertical log does not have enough detail. Shadow detail is also low...but you know what I think...Who ever said that you need to have perfect shadow detail all the time? I know adams was big on that, but I think that sometimes printing shadows down dark is part of the "expressive print" I think its more important to have an expressive print then to have a photograph of exact reality. With this in mind, I think this photograph is very effective and well printed.

Where are you from by the way? I am from Tucson AZ going to school (im 19) but travel to CA alot to photograph with my 4x5 and 8x10.

Please view my gallery :)

Ryan McIntosh

www.RyanMcIntosh.net

This is an amazing image - I can see how difficult this must have been to do in the darkroom! I love your work...a first glimpse the images are so ordinary, but they are embedded with so much complexity, I keep having to look at them again.

Thank you!

Are you from the Bay Area? I am from SF myself...some nice subject outside of the city. I would love to find some like this!

Regards,

Vicki