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I have reworked this as a mono image...

Thanks

Jane

Taken in North Devon, I was attracted to the rhythm of the branches in

this old oak in an old wood near Combe Martin.

Taken on the North coast of Devon, this bay has the most beautiful

rocks, a joy to photograph at twilight.

I loved the dynamic feel of the branches in this scene, the light was

soft and the colours muted.

Taken in an old Gaol on the Isle of anglesey, the light was fabulous,

I moved some objects about for this capture, I liked the light on the

basket in the background and the washboard particularly. I encouraged

my son to stay still during the 1sec exposure, which is never easy.

Camera on tripod.

Taken in the Newforest, I used the black and white treatment to

intensify the graphic feel.

I loved the light on this rainy dark afternoon, my son was sitting in an alcove

hiding from the rain where the light was gently tripping off his face.

Taken in over cast conditions in the New Forest, which created a brooding

and mysterious atmosphere.

Logon's rock is a lovely subject and I took this at twilight, when the

blue light is predominating.

Hi I took advantage of the subdued lighting during this wet autumn day.

Despite being early afternoon, it was possible to capture some mood because of the

overcast sky.

Taken on the south west coast of Cornwall, looking out onto logon's rock. I found this

wonderfully textured rock pavement to use as foreground.

Jane

Hi, I enjoyed the glancing light hitting the face of my son in this little alcove. I was

going for a symetrical feel here with the body position and archway. I subdued the

colour for a more moody feel.

you know it really p**s me off when this kind of image garners 3/3....

This image has some wonderful qualities, of colour and form and also vibrancy...

There are many ideas here that leave the viewer thinking.. The playfulness of the child, her love of life and joy, such a stark contrast to the the static nature of the grandparent.

Very good that you had the bright reflected light from the newspaper to lighten up the face of the grandma.. the light is harsh from the window but it doesn't overly bother me...

how does it work in black and white?

best regards

Jane

Hi,

This is a powerful image and I am really enjoying the blaze of orange/green in the image which contrasts with the steely grey and monochrome feel. There is no explanation for the grey streak which raises interesting questions for the viewer. Very enigmatic piece...

Best regards

Jane

Hi Chris

Well it is beautiful, beautifully simple and the limited tones really work for me.. I was wondering if longer shadows and softer light may have even worked better. But I think we had better things to do than stay all day looking at this rusty oil tank....

I can confirm that Chris has not altered the image much from reality as I was standing by him when he took it....

In contrast Chris is quite happy to let his film choice do all the manipulating when shooting with a large format camera :)

Jane

This plant was bathed in the beautiful reflected light of an Icelandic

sunset at midnight.

This is so beautiful.

The sweeping clean lines of the metal structure contrasts so well with the irregular and soft cloud formation. The steel grey and blue are both cool colours and the soft reflection of the blue into the grey of the steel and the shades of grey in the clouds provide cohesion to the image. Although one feels that a strong vertical line from top to bottom might impart a static feel to the image, the bright circular cloud shapes seem to transport th eye around the scene

The thin line of white along the razor edge of this monolith highlights the line of this metal form but suprisingly the gentle curves impart a graceful feel to the object which seems to sympathise with undulating lines of the cloud shapes.

Jane

Thanks for the comments...

I wasn't sure how to approach this amazing phenomenon....it was an erie atmsophere on the race track.. it felt

very empty and lonely (despite my husbands presence), there was also a feeling of encroaching time due to the

need to get back along the very rough track before dark.....

I felt somehow I wanted to capture some of this feeling.. and being present within the large expanse of the

playa which I thought was achieved using the wide angle....The 14mm lens also felt like it was working for me

while shooting as it exaggerated the wonderful cracked earth. I experimented with lower and higher viewpoints,

with this image, the lens was only a few feet or less off the ground and I was scrabbling around on my knees. It

gave a more

intimate feeling of the cracked earth... I was only a few feet away from this stone but again the distance is

exaggerated and I liked that effect. I did have more close up images and others further away, used standard WA

but they just didn't provide the surreal affect. I must admit though I didn't pick this image as my favourite

until I converted to black and white, it was then that the image really worked. So I wasn't able to see the

potential of the image in capture at the time.. It was in the quiet of the digital dark room that I surveyed my

different approaches and chose what worked the best. This approach reflected my inexperience but I still would

say I haven't matured enough as a photographer to only take a few captures of a given scene, I still have to take

a selection and chimp at the results, before deciding on a final vewpoint that really excites me... I have spent

some time over the last year with some large format photographers ( David Ward, Chris Andrews, Nigel Halliwell

and others) who amaze me how they can decide on 1 exposure that encapsulates their feeling about the scene in

front of them.. These guys suggest that I spend more time exploring the landscape with my eyes and less time

looking at the LCD but my ability to see without the camera has definately improved as I gain more experience.

Jane

I loved the muted tones of this image and was really drawn to the dark

empty space in the image with the ladder strangely protuding into the

exterior. This is a abandoned herring factory with an untold history

in the north of Iceland.

People

You know I am definately leaning for critique only from now on as the marking system is really not performing much of a function for me.

Jane

Taken at midnight during the Icelandic midsummer. The light is so

beautiful you just have to stay awake and keep shooting.

This was one of the first set of landscape images that I shot. I had been scouring the photo websites looking at what other

phootgraphers had been doing with landscape and decided to extend a family holiday to a trip to DV in 2006 to explore this

genre, I had just purchased the 5D and was experimenting with different compositions and lenses as I was not confident

with what kind of approach would be successful. It was fortunate that it was a overcast day which added to the surreal

mood. I agree the post processing leaves a bit to be desired as this was posted while was still becoming familiar with

photoshop skills. Landscape photography is still a genre that excites and challenges me and this image is still thought of with

fondness.

Hopefully this later processing might be an improvement, although the sky still llooks a little blown. the raw is okay, so the

image still requres more work

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Best regards

Jane