The City Green "Lung"...( please see large)

Thanks for viewing.

very good light and bw.tones.here..congrats

Thanks

I would delete the branchage abashing the sky. (You waited for this statement!?)

Mehmet and Daily

 

Daily, I thought to leave them , but yes I waited for you ...;-)) here it is.

Great B&W picture of the Conservatory Pond in the fall...very good composition...Marjorie

BTW you really get the charm of the persons (animals) group better at the larger version ...

Happy Holidays to you and yours.

Marjorie, I know that you live close by, so thanks for your comment, I'm sorry we did not know it ,and therefor did not meet, lets hope for next time ;-))

 

Daily, accepted your offer and changed to the corrected photo, will take some time and I upload the one before correction. BTW, I think that in general it is better to see the larger files in order to see better the details, at least I do it.

 

Gary Thanks for your wishes.

 

My best wishes to all of you for the holidays and coming new year.

I like the silvery quality of the leaves. Lovely.

I like the perspective, low down and looking downward. Some of the blurred objects in the immediate foreground are a bit distracting. The inclusion of the maintenance vehicle and the people and their dogs give the park a genuine feel. I agree with Jeff regarding the trees, the quality of the light plays well on the leaves. In fact that silvery touch almost lend an IR feel to the foliage.

like here are all those perspective layers that combine in one, unique composition, like different themes that merge into one single orchestral work. Post production gives justice to the rich tones of the scene. Thank you for sharing, Giuseppe

Nice B&W. Interesting mix of subjects - foliage, park visitors, worker, etc. I think your use of fairly soft tones is quite effective.

 

My best,

 

michael

 

PS I have an abstract entitled "From the Source of all Being" which you may find of some interest. May I indulge on you to take a look?

Jeff, thanks , I liked the light as well.

 

Gord, Thanks for your impression. The FG did not disturbe me, even though it is very easy to clone it, I will try and see how I feel. I liked the high point I was standing and the activity going on there.

 

Giuseppe, thanks for liking it and your nice wording of your impression.

 

Michael, thanks as well, I will gladly look at your abstract, but I could not find it. Please send me a link.

Pnina, I think the BW makes this image sing. I pay more attention to the life in the park, as opposed to what is colorful. And knowing your work, this is what you saw too.

I actually like the way you handled the foreground. I understand what Gordon means about the potential distraction but I kind of like the way that up-close blur makes me feel. For me, it accents the perspective and suggests a sort of intimacy.

 

Overall, I like the scene. It's very still and looking down at it is very much the way one often approaches these places in Central Park. It's very nicely composed, giving it a peaceful feeling.

 

I do think it could go a little further and that there's still more life in this to tap into. I find it a little flat in depth and gray in tone. I wonder if some curve adjustments could bring out a little more of the differences in the leaf tones (there are so many), making each tree stand out from the others a bit more and pushing the three dimensionality a little further.

 

In terms of black and white technique, take a look at two of our friends' photos which may give a sense of what I'm talking about:

 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8365093

 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7005038

A nice seasonal scene from your travels. I like it a lot.

Liz, thanks very much to your " singing" impression, I converted it to B/W exactly for the reason that I wanted details prevail, and not the colors, in order to create the atmosphere of the park.

 

Fred, thanks for your impression and examples. Ian's landscape is very nice but Imho is not a very typical accentuated B/W, as Ton's one. Most of Ton's work is B/W, so he naturally fine tuned his technic. Also especially this photo has a lot of detailed to play with in B/W like houses,trees, bridge figure and reflections.The photo of the park have had a lot of similar colors... But as I try the different suggestions ,as an exercise for learning, I tried to work on details in it.I upload it and please let me know if you find it a better version...;-))

 

Bob, thanks for your point of view, I'm glad you like it too.

 

Here's the link you requested.

 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8369546

 

Todah rabbah!

 

michael

I like it very much... and I do like the contrast of the lit portions of the tree contrasting with the part in the shade. I think the trunk of the tree on the right is a bit too dark and lacks texture.

 

I think someone else mentioned it, but there is a distracting bluriness on the bottom of the print (and sometimes throughout). When I first saw the large version of the picture I thought it was a scanned 35mm neg but I think I saw that you were using a digi.

I love the texture of this tree, I want to run my hand over it. The black and white really adds energy to the shape and feel. Wonderful!

All this green !!

 

( even in Black and White )

 

thanks, now i need to go for a cigarette.

 

Justin, for your impression.the blur at the bottom does not disturbe the photo genetral look, imo, it adds the the whole. but of course it is a personal taste

 

Linda, I'm glad you like it as is.

 

Laurent, instead of smoking go take a rest among the greens..... better for your health....

I know that the subject matter varies quite a bit in the two photos I referred to. I was extrapolating only the tonal range and contrast usage. Sometimes, I find looking at a photo of a very different subject, just for certain visual aspects, can be very helpful, without paying too much attention to the actual content. Your photo, to me, overall, has a very gray feel, whereas the other two seem to utilize a greater range of blacks, whites, and grays. I referenced Ian's photo, in particular, for its textural qualities. It is hard to tell the difference in the second version you posted, so I guess I feel there is still quite a lot of room to work with. As I said, playing around with curves, first to an extreme, and then faded back, is a direction that might get more going here, if you think that would be appropriate. I see a lot of potential for both richness and depth, brought about through contrast and enhancement of tones. On the other hand, you might want a much more subdued kind of energy than I'm imagining, and an almost mid-key approach to this seems like it would be a potential direction also. I guess I'm not seeing committment to a particular approach here and that's more what I'm talking about than a particular way to go.

Thanks for coming again, I worked on this one again and again to try to enlarge tones contrasts and DOF. I took it as an exercise. so here is the last one that I think is better than all of them, and I hope you will see it again,and tells me what you think....Thanks