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Excellent capture, I can't figure out if there has been an accident and they are sharing Insurance information, of if they are getting driving Co-ordinantes right!!! the softness in the processing works well in this capture. Well done!! kind regards, Gail

Thanks Gail. If I remember correctly they all had their cell phones out trying to find "someplace". I don't know if its obvious, but they are siblings. I have been experimenting with the Ortin Effect. Been trying it on lots of image types. I never really gave this image a second look a few years ago, but I always liked it. Looks great in B&W with the OE...to you and me anyway...Well my spouse likes it as well (also a photographer). Thats her in the image. I assume I don't need to tell you which one she is :-)

I like the story telling aspect of this. And I like the composition, not too crazy about the processing, but that's just me I guess.

I never commenting such a subject, but, I have to stop here. It is an extraordinary fine art photography, with content, mood and technic. Congratulation for your excellent works.

Thanks all. Chuck, the method used her is called the Ortin Effect. I have been experimenting with it for about 6 months. It is a tricky thing to figure out if it is going to work for a particular image. The dream like quality does not always work. I was almost ruined as a photographer when I was younger, by the west coast school of thought (a la F64)...everything must be razor sharp with maximum depth of field. I have been trying to shake those shackels for years and have for the most part.  But, you're right, this kind of processing isn't for everyone. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

It was a crease, 10-15 years ago, in the end years of the film era. We called Orton technic, from the guy, whom invented, Mr. Orton. On slide film one sharp image over exposed 3x, the second image (on the tripod) unsharp, over exposed 2x. Then sandwiched the two slides and project, later on, scanned. In the end, crazily, we Orton almost everything. Regardless, I like the technic  very much. It was the same thing as to days HDR. The HDR, if it is over-used, it  is a terrible awful effect, I called them a Mickey-Mouse pictures.

Bela, I never tried Ortin with film, but I used to put two sheets of 4x5 film together to create an unsharp mask and give the impression that the image was sharper. It worked great, but much time in the darkroom. I still use the darkroom for when I show my prints, even though they are almost all captured digitally. I print out large negatives on Pictorico Hi-Gloss White film and make contact prints up to 13x19 inches. These still look better than my digital B&W prints, but its very labor intensive and expensive. Pretty soon, I won't be able to tell the difference as digital B&W prints continue to improve.

Very nicely composed beautiful work, Paul!

 

Great scene with social reaction and emotion.

Sorry, it is Orton. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_(photography)

"I print out large negatives on Pictorico Hi-Gloss White film "

I wonder, how you made a "negative" of that size, form your digital file, and processed ( contact print) the exposed paper in a wet darkroom? I'm very interested.

Thank you.

Thanks all. Bela, I have contacted you through e-mail regarding techniques for making digital negatives.