barry conklin

Made in the prairie north of Cheyenne. It was the only structure of

any kind for at least ten miles in any direction. With the light

orange (G)filter, and looking almost straight north the sky came out

almost too dark. But then, it's really an abstraction anyway.

I saw the frowning expression when I was shooting, it was part of the joke. I didn't see a crab, but I now see what you mean. Thanks for the comment.

This one works better than the "Cows" picture; the composition is nicely balanced here, and the aspect ratio is just right to my mind. Perhaps a narrow black border would help seperate the image from the background a bit. A nice picture!

Thanks for the comment, Stephane. I thought about doing it as you suggest, even giving it some sentimental and metaphorical title, but decided against it. They are, after all, just a bunch of wilted roses -- but an interesting (to me anyway) subject.

Oh No! Not another flower picture! Well, my excuse is that I was

reminded of Steichen's "Heavy Roses" when I saw this on our

diningroom table this morning, and realized these roses are more

interesting (and colorful) now than when they were fresh and all the

same pale yellow. Do flowers always have to be beautiful?

This view is from the north-east of the rock. Shiprock is the

solidified "throat" of an ancient volcano. When the source of heat

from below was shut off, probably about 65 million years ago, the

magma in the mountain cooled and solidified. Erosion took away the

mountain -- this is what's left.

I wonder if you didn't intend this as a subtle trap to see how many people would notice that the image in the camera is the wrong way around?? Anyway, it's a good photograph - I like it.

I was stopped in my tracks by your photo! It is one of the very best I have seen on photo.net! I, too, sometimes use metaphorical titles for my pictures and I think yours is perfect! I can't see any way it could be improved so I give it a pair of 7s.

I certainly agree with the comments above. Your work is of very high calibre.

Made late in the afternoon, hand held, with the 105mm Horseman lens,

on Verichrome Pan roll film.

Thanks for the update, John. I'm glad I missed that event!

Taken on a tour of an old castle near Wiesbaden. I took all the usual

kinds of pictures of castles too. This was the only "keeper". It was

on the way up to the tower.

Thank you, Jennifer, for taking the time to comment and make suggestions. I originally took this picture as a joke; I was working for a book publishing company led by an ex-hotrod racer named Bill Fisher. We were doing a book on suspension modifications to make your car "handle" better. I mounted a print of this shot and put it on his desk, with caption, before he came in one day.

I like your photographs very much and will go back to them often.

Incidentally, I haven't photographed a sunset since about 1964 in Pennsylvania, and am not likely to start again. I do have probably about a hundred photos of old abandoned cars in and around old abandoned farms and ranches in Arizona and the Colorado prairie. The forms and textures sometimes yield something approaching "Art". That wasn't my intention with this shot. Thanks again for commenting.

If you spend enough time walking around in that area of the desert

you're likely to come across almost anything: Drug deals, corpses,

even old junk cars.

I like your pictures very much. I suggest, though, that images with bright sky at the edges benefit from having a dark border added. It helps seperate the image from the surroundings and concentrates the viewer's attention inside the picture.

Thank you for commenting, John. I did look up the Indian name in a brochure on Kitt Peak after I posted the picture! Except for the racecar mechanic bit my background is very similar to yours. We may even have met years ago in Tucson. I had a stereo shop on Speedway called (strangely enough) "Conklin Audio". We moved to Denver in 1978, but Tucson is still in our blood photographically. I'm very pleased to have heard from you.

Taken with a 24mm lens and orange filter on Kodak Panatomic-x with

the Canon F1. Your comments will be appreciated.

Thank you both for your comments. I find comments to be more meaningful than the numerical ratings. Posting your reactions to an image takes a bit more effort, and is much more personal than clicking on a number. Thank you again.

This apparition appears for a few minutes in the afternoon of a few

days in late summer every year if the sun is shining. I almost fell

off the boulder I was standing on when I first saw it, completely by

chance.

Sorry about the name business, Erik. Us old folks get easily confused!

This is my kind of photograph, Erik; the straight statement of the lens in the hands of a sensitive artist. Reminds one of some of Andre Kertesz's work, but better than some of his "snowy park" pictures in my view. I will be a regular visitor to your site.

Thanks for the kind words, Bob. I look forward to seeing your work posted here.

The tombstones mark the graves of the wives of some of the Knights

Templar who went off on the Crusades. The low building in the

background was the Knight's dining hall.

A very fine photograph, but a little too blue for my taste.

I think it would look cold enough without the excess blue.

You monkeyed around with the colors, and it almost worked.

An eye-catching picture though.