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A stunning composition: Lines of light and the floor or pavement tiles direct my gaze to the bride, whose sparingly detailed image is an elegant study in texture, form, and gray tones. I'd be proud to have made this image.

An experiment in photo editor with cyanotype process and toning

equivalents.

Infrared. The light on the ferns and foliage in the background

partially hidden by foreground foliage to my eye conveyed a sense of

mystery. Comments welcome.

The play of sun and shadow in the woods has long appealed to me.

Comments are welcome.

Thank you Saad. I appreciate the feedback.

I like the minimal presence of color. It stands out against the prominent black and grays.

I used Cokin filters in front of my lens in my original capture; and

made adjustments in Photoshop, applied a solarization effect and made

final adjustments. Putting this in the digital alterations category,

hopefully to see if this kind of photo is of interest.

Plenty of lines and shapes to tease my eyes. I love the kind of blue brown duo tone image you have captured here.

Has the feeling of a renaissance landscape for me...

Infrared digital capture, color, solarization... Very different

treatment of an image for me; I would appreciate your comments.

One of a series of photographs receiving different treatments in

editing. Thank you for comments.

Hi Tony. This is from an original--the Holga 120S from which the 645 plastic frame was removed for a square format; developed, printed, split toned in the dark room; then scanned. I've been exploring more of Photoshop and other apps and plug ins in which the physical technology is reproduced in software. Gradually, I'm accepting (enjoying) the digital method. Toy cameras are cheap, fun to play with, and still around. New cell phone cameras are so good they may not longer may the cut for "crappy". Develop and/or scan, one may find inspiration for work with computer, contact printing or enlarger. Thanks for your comments.

Good eye seeing such interesting detail and framing it nicely with differently brighter or darker, detailed, or colored (browner/blacker/bluer) corners. Strong diagonals draw my eyes around the whole picture. I like the narrow range of color.

I can almost feel the coarse, gritty surface of the rusting old truck. Details in the brick wall seem more smoothed out. A pleasing image all in all, I think.

Sculpture photographed with the artist's permission. These images are

made up close with a telephoto lens and large aperture for the narrow

depth of field and indefinite sense of scale, and to use available

gallery lighting to capture the multidirectional illumination and

shadows on curved surfaces. Comments are welcome.

How his head is cropped out of the frame brings my attention to the young man's face, especially the pensive look in his eyes. Also, his stare into the empty area in the frame makes me wonder what is beyond it.

Pretty neat use of selective focus that includes scratches on the glass or reflective surface in the foreground while the background is unfocused or in deep shadow. I find the composition is interesting as well--right side portrait of a woman, left side setting. Preservation of detail and texture in the shaded side of her face and hair is well done, I think.

The, on average, dark tones of this image together with how the fencing chops up the image into static blocks contrast with splashes of sunlight that reflect off the child's hair and face, her fluid, leaning (running?) posture, and her smile--just visible in one square opening in the fence. The contrasting elements make for creative tension that I find interesting.

Comments welcome. Kind of exploring in this one: During editing I

softened the contrast with a warm platinum effect and tried to keep

shadow details.

/photodb/photo?photo_id=17980376Thanks Larry. Is this sort of what you were thinking? I hope the image or URL appears with this. It is http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17980376

Infrared capture. Looking North across a beaver pond on a late winter

afternoon recently. Comments welcome.

Infrared capture. Does the lens flare detract from this image? I'd

like to know what you think. Thanks.