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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: chuckn on January 22, 2016, 02:36:43 pm

Title: Man made mountain
Post by: chuckn on January 22, 2016, 02:36:43 pm: Large asphalt pile.

Taken with my Mamiya rz 67, 90 mm lens, Ilford HP5 film. Scanned on Epson v800 scanner

Chuck
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 22, 2016, 03:00:15 pm: Nice, almost abstract quality. Reminds me of Japanese drawings.. or Michael Kenna.
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Post by: Michael West on January 22, 2016, 06:42:23 pm: Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 22, 2016, 03:00:15 pm
Nice, almost abstract quality. Reminds me of Japanese drawings.. or Michael Kenna.

"+1"....

the "brush stroke" in the foreground is almost identical to some of the geometry and texture found in some japanese "watercolor"
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Post by: brandtb on January 23, 2016, 07:22:16 am: Very nice image. On my monitor there is a slight duo-tone cast(?) at the horizon and into the sky on l. and r.?
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Post by: luxborealis on January 23, 2016, 09:43:29 am: Stark, beautiful, telling, disturbing; Burtinsky-ish - and that's all meant as a compliment.
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Post by: stamper on January 23, 2016, 10:27:38 am: I like it and all of the praise above is merited.
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Post by: torger on January 23, 2016, 01:12:05 pm: A very nice use of black and white. Really excellent image. Tracks like brush strokes. The contrast in all the right places, great detail in the asphalt and the snow rendered flat strengthening the abstract quality.
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Post by: francois on January 25, 2016, 03:48:21 am: Great photo, very simple yet strong. The high contrast accentuates that harshness of the place and environment.