jastrzebski

Monochrome rules!

Could BW 'psychological' portrait be better? I doubt it. Congrats.

Marek

Great light and perfect composition that's what makes this photo stand out. This moment and it's ethereal ingredients would be lost in time without Brad's master photographer eye. I like it very much.

Why don't you try to follow this floral theme and make it into a series?

Marek

It is a large format brom print. Does the break add drama or does it

spoil the work? Thanks.

The blur and infrared is to recapture the magic of this old willows.

Does this unsharpness suits it well ? Thanks. Marek

After decades of yearly mutilation even a Willow can go crazy or ...

can become beautiful ? Thanks.

Nocturne. Done on a sad occasion; a nostalgic photo of a day that

passes, never to return.

A photograph to remain a photograph cannot by altered too much. If

you cross the line you may achieve interesting results yet what you

have is some graphic picture, not a photo any more. Even with simple

chemical/analog manipulation with contrast you can go too far. But

where is this line I ask ?

As Henri Amiel wrote, 'A man must be able to disengage what is

essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything

cannot be equally considered.' Doesn't this summarize what the

black&white photography is all about ? To disengage basic forms,

light and shadows from the chaotic details and colors and to enhance

and expose the basic ingredients of a moment. Thanks.

It not vertical, its hazy, the tonal range - poor, colors - sickly,

yeah, exactly as intended. Background: Saint Cross Monastery in

central Poland and the mystery of Life. These are not compatible with

the postcard aesthetic that rules here among the photorabble. Sorry.