landscape Drifters

This was taken in January 2009, on Esthwaite Water, Lake District I

recently - re-worked the image in B & W for a competition. Your

thoughts and comments are always appreciated. Thank You.

Lovely range of tones in this well composed B&W Alf! Love the peace, and tranquility, emanating from this fine piece! Well done mate!

All the best,
Neil

This has a nice feel, sort of like a late 19th century Emerson photo. The tangent of the hill to the top of the frame kills an otherwise niece image. If you can, add space to the top of the photo; About 1/2 of what is at the bottom in reflection would work. 

Preciosa toma y buen virado a B&W pero la veo muy cerrada por arriba

Alf,

  Beautiful b/w image with wonderful tones & reflection.  Take care, Patsy

as someone already noted: the crop on the top is unfortunate.

Alf

This is a class act rooted in the classics and i've no doubt your competitors will be hard-pressed to match the technical and lyrical standards you've achieved here. Smart to transplant the pic to B&W, else would be just another pretty postcard rather than the richer and stronger image you now show.

Really beautiful work with very nice lighting, Alf!

I like this image, the light and mood

Alf, subtle and delicate like an idyllic photographic pastel rich with quiet, intricately intertwining communities co-exitisting (on the surface)-- the pair of swans, the pair fishing, the network of trees, marine life, houses and space for the imagination in the landscape.  Like the gentle small ripples and lovely reflections,  this holds a feeling of peace and invites introspection  Warm regards, Donna

Donna has expressed everything that I could not...at least in such a wonderful way.  I love this image Alf, true serenity with the technical details executed quite beautifully. The water is like glass. Beautiful work Alf.

 Beautiful B&W photo Alf, with very nice lighting tones to add to a great image,this is a fine piece of work indeed

That's nice, careful treatment in B&W Thanks for showing

Looks coming out of a dream. Very well done,rich tones and fine compo.

<regards/ janis Lukas

Magnifica composicion. Precioso y relajante paisaje, con una estupenda atmosfera captada y unos reflejos y b&w. sensacional.

Un cordial saludo -Tolo.

Alf,

I really like the composition here! Added to the B&W with "almost" sepia tones really sets this image off! The reflections are very good with good shadows and a lot of detail throughout the image.

A little more sky might have been nice, but it's covered in the reflection very well.

Regards,

Jim j.

This is amazing!  The boat and its passengers really stands out with sharp edges and strong contrast in relation to the soft, low contrast backdrop.  This image has a lot of viewer interest.  As a framed print I believe it will attract and hold the attention of viewers as they study it for the wonderful details that it holds. 

Jim

WOW!! Excellent, I love it. (10)

Cheers.

Wonderful ethereal quality, very delicate background with the emphasis on the darker boat. So calm and peaceful.

hi Alf.. wow. this is breath taking. like a beautiful drawing.this is one of those moments.. when nothing seen here could ever come close to being duplicated... take care samme

NEIL

Sincere thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate your opinions and imput.

Cheers Mate

Alf

GUY

Many thanks for your thoughts and kind words, any comparison with Peter Henry Emerson is praise indeed. I know exactly where your coming from with the cropping suggestion, as it would return the image to almost the original state before I cropped it this time. I did so to disclude what I precieved as a bland looking sky. On reflection I should have stuck wtih my first instinct. But all is not lost, I still have the original to make the necessary adjustments.

Best Regards

Alf

TXEMA

Thank you for your observations and kind words, much appreciated.

Best Regards

Alf

PATSY

Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughts, much appreciated.

Kind Regards

Alf

JAN

Unfortunate.... perhaps, deliberate definately  but certainly not irreversible, but I think I've dealt with this point, answering Guy above.

Regards

Alf

CARLOS

Many thanks for your vote of confidence and positive feedback. I am no expert in B & W conversions, but this image seemed to produce  the desired effect.

Best Regards

Alf

RUUD

Good to hear from you, thank you for your kind words and positive feedback.

Best Regards

Alf

RUMEN

Thank you for your interest, I'm really pleased you liked it.

Kind Regards

Alf

DONNA

I really appreciate your thoughs and feedback. You have a way of bringing a photograph to life with your very elequent narrative.

Sincere Thanks

Alf

GAIL

Many thanks for sharing your thoughts and kind words. I'm really pleased you like it. Sometimes I feel B & W gets overlooked, and it's really gratifying when so many people with skill and creativity like yourself take time to comment.

Cheers Gail

Alf

GRANT

Sincere thanks for your kind words and positive feedback, much appreciated.

Best Regards

Alf

ROGER

Many thanks for your kind words and thoughts. I used a programme called "Virtual Photographer" to convert to B & W and make some of the adjustments to contrast and shades, and I'm quite pleased with the results.

Kind Regards

Alf

JANIS

You are very perceptive, the scene that greeted me that morning was a rapidly dispersing carpet of mist on the lake, that settled on the far hillside. like a slowly evaporating dream. Thank you for your interest and kind words.

Best Regards

Alf  

TOLO

Many thanks for your kind words and positive feedback, I really do appreciate it.

Kind Regards

Alf

JAMES (JIM)

Sincere thanks for taking time to share your thoughts, I really do appreciate it. I tend to agree with your comment about the sky, but it seemed like a good idea to crop it at the time : - )

Best Regards

Alf

JIM

Many thanks for your thoughts and interest, very much appreciated. The clarity of this shot is even more apparent in the full size version on my PC. The chap at the far end of the boat without the hat, I can see the expression of concentration on his face, his glasses etc etc. It's one of several I took the same morning, and they all have that same subdued light and look that I've never been able to re-produce since.

Cheers Jim

Alf

ALBERTO

Many thanks for your thoughts and kind words, very much appreciated.

Kind Regards

Alf

TERRY

Sincere thanks for your invaluable imput. "Ethereal quality" just about sums up perfectly the scene that greeted me that morning at Esthwaite Water. I love the Lake District, but I have to say........Scotland takes some beating for dramatic scenery.

Cheers Terry

Alf

SAMME

Many thanks for your thoughts and very kind words. The original  colour version of this, has very pastel like tones that kind of remind me of one one of those charcoal / water colour images, so I can appreciate fully where you are coming from.

Best Regards

Alf

Alf...  Others have been far more eloquent than I, but what impresses me is the soft, dreamy feel, but with tack sharp detail.  Just excellent... Mike

A winning shot all the way! I usually confuse about where exactly place the horizon line in landscapes with prominent reflection feature like this; Right at the middle, f/g priority or b/g priority? Seems to be a personal choice, but i think more sky in expense of mirrored image at the bottom is the preferred decision. F/G here is rather featureless ( at least at far bottom ) and could be effectively cut in expense of more textured sky or clouds. Anyway, these are just my questions in my mind and i confronted with them in every shot of landscape reflections. This capture is top and exquisite. Bravo.

Hamid.

Hi dear Alf,

I send this one to my favourites,anon.

Unique shot,view point and taken.

Take care.

Best regards(Bobby).

A wonderful scene and an absolute winner in its beauty. Great tonal range, the boat and fisherman, the trees on the left, the birds in the water all come together to make this a beautiful image. And let  us not forget the talented photographer.  I remember very well the color version which was also excellent. I do remember downloading it and making a mod and then deciding that I could not add any value so I did not bother to upload it. 

Can this superb image be improved? Nothing on the technical side. My preference would have been to see this in a 50% mode or at least just a tad more space at the top of the image. One of the comments made on one of my images was that if they were considering buying it, they would imagine a matte covering a 1/4 inch border of the image.

All the very best,