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Spruce Tree House -1998 frame 8 I Can Hear the Silence "About 1400 years ago, long before any...



Artist: M;
Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0;
ISO400
Mode Aperture Priority
Metering Matrix
Auto Focus
Shutter Speed not recorded
Aperture not recorded
EV not recorded
Exposure Compensation 0EV
Image film
Tripod No
Flash did not fire
D76 Developer
Scanned Negative Yes
printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Photo Rag


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Following in Master Ansel's footsteps ain't such a bad thing to do. What an incredible place. You have captured the aloneness and sense of abandonment. Great tonal range and contrast and a very good scan.

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What a marvelous photograph, with this mysterious capability to transmit deep human emotions despite there is no one single human being in the frame, the solitude is a human feeling, and your image is a demonstration of this fact. A class in itself.  7

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One of the most enjoyable black and white images I've seen in a long time.  The tonality just couldn't be better, and the arrangement of the dark and light spaces makes for a beautiful composition.  I agree with the comment about this transmitting human emotions without any people even present.  I could look at this all day and not grow tired of it.  

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"About 1400 years ago, long before any European exploration of North America a group of people living in the 'Four Corners' chose Mesa Verde for their home. For more than 700 years their descendants lived and flourished, here, eventually building elaborate stone communities in sheltered alcoves of the canyon walls. The in the late 1200's, within the span of one or two generations, they left their homes and moved away. Archaeologists have called these people 'Anasizi'..."

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Striking black and white and one of the nicer images I have seen of Anasazi ruins. I love the four corners region too and really appreciate the fresh perspective on a often visited park in the region. Really nice tonalities and depth. Film works great here and you've maintained that feel even through all the steps necessary to get the image posted here (scanning, clean-up, post processing etc.)

On a side note, the current view held by many anthropologists is that exposure to European people introduced pathogens to peoples whose immune systems were totally unprepared for the diseases that Europeans brought with them; Smallpox, Diphtheria etc. In the case of Mayan and Aztec cultures, it was noted that 90% of these cultures were wiped out within 6 months after initial contact with Europeans. This theory is also widely held for the newly discovered Lost City in the Honduran jungle. No good seems to have been rendered through cross-cultural contact and we have lost much understanding about what made these cultures so great or not so great (depending on your perspective).

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