eric_pederson

Bounced flash on hotshoe for primary light source.

I was trying to photograph the space and in this case considered the people to be part of that space. The storehouse had a strange empty quality even when people were milling about. I guess that is what I remember and it probably colors my perception of the photograph now. It sounds as though this wouldn't make a popular print (assuming better done than this scan) for those who haven't been there... :-)

Thanks for the comments!

I like the sense of togetherness this photo creates via the empty half of the bench. To this end, I would include all of the bench if you have it on the negative, to get the couple actually more off-center and to center the bench. This would emphasize the opposition of togetherness and expanse of unused bench nicely for me.

A lovely contemplative photo. I would like to see the original as poloroid transfers often have a lovely shimmer to them which the scan can't show. Very nice composition and lighting.

Can you explain the technique a bit more though? You made a poloroid transfer from an HP5 negative? There must have been a few more steps than that for these colorations.

This is just a quick scan from a 10x15cm color print. I'm trying to

decide whether to pursue this as a serious print (in sepia on

Panalure paper for an exhibit opening soon).

Sometimes I look at the photo and think "snapshot". Other times I

look at it and delight in the forms and layout of space. So, I

thought I would get a few other opinions and perhaps be swayed...

Oh yes, you can't tell from the scan, but both faces have adequate

detail for printing.

Lovely colors and good cropping. I'm not sure why you wanted a shallow d.o.f. "for effect". The smoothness of the peppers themselves provides what I imagine the desired effect to be. Do you have the same shot with more d.o.f. for comparison?

Also, it is probably the result of the scan, but the hot spot on the yellow pepper is too large and strong for me in that it pulls my eye away from the subtle shading.

I find that my attempts at scanning these sepia-toned prints

(Panalure paper from C41 process color negatives) lead to somewhat

washed out and reduced contrast images (Increasing the contrast

settings destroys the tonality). Would it be better to scan the

negative in color and make the sepia alteration in Photoshop? My

unskilled Photoshop test was pretty inconclusive, but those with more

experience might have greater success with one method or another. The

finished print is what I wanted to create, so it seems a bit odd to

try to recreate a successful chemical print with Photoshop...

 

Anyway, I have a series of these chemical prints which are going on

exhibition soon, so I was tempted to play with posting a couple on

photo.net as an experiment. Any other comments are welcome.