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Photo posted by Vance Gese in the Landscape gallery on 11/13/14 at 3:03 pm EST
Registered on 11/13/08, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments
Post last edited by Vance Gese on 11/14/14 at 11:34 pm EST
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Vance Gese
Vance Gese Photography
Quilcene, Washington |
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I was merely there, a small, puny, awestruck man,
praising Almighty God, with camera in hand.
Make a few images, well.
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Comment posted by Chet Dowell on 11/13/14 at 3:37 pm EST
Registered on 12/03/12, 237 Posts, 1171 Comments
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I like the graphic nature of the foreground as it contrasts nicely with the trees in the distant fog. Well done. Chet
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Comment posted by Bill Reid on 11/13/14 at 3:49 pm EST
Registered on 01/27/13, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments
Beautiful glow to the backround fog and really like the silhouetted trees giving this a wonderful graphic feel. Perfect choice for B&W Vance and very nicely done.
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Bill Reid
Nanaimo, British Columbia |
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 11/13/14 at 3:50 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Vance, I cloud look at the large version of this all day! Really nice composition and I love the mood this has. This makes a wonderful b&w image and I enjoy the look of that Provia.
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 11/13/14 at 4:23 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Excellent, Vance. I love the mood and the silhouette combined with the fog works beautifully. Sweet image.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on 11/13/14 at 5:03 pm EST
Registered on 05/19/07, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments
I like the composition and the mood of this very much. No suggestions on my part. Really nice conversion.
pat
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Comment posted by Michael Westerbeck on 11/13/14 at 8:24 pm EST
Registered on 03/21/12, 32 Posts, 111 Comments
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The tonality and mood of this is grand, and it works great in black and white. Awesome job!!
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Michael Westerbeck
Lynnwood, Washington
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 11/13/14 at 9:48 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Vance, this image conveys perfectly what i imagine a coastal rainforest feels like. That is not easy to do in a B/W photograph. Beautifully done.
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Comment posted by Richard Teller on 11/13/14 at 11:41 pm EST
Registered on 08/23/10, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
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This works really well as a b&w. The fog gives it a bit of mystery. I really like the composition. This is a shot I probably would have passed up. Well seen and photographed.
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Richard Teller
Scottsbluff, NE
teller-nature-photography.redframe.com |
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The mountains and the seashore scream at you, but the prairie whispers and you have to stop and listen.
Don't shoot what it looks like, shoot what it feels like. David Alan Harvey |
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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on 11/14/14 at 03:18 am EST
Registered on 12/07/07, 247 Posts, 4792 Comments
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super, vance. i'm liking much of these scene - the bowed pattern in the branches, the atmosphere. nice one. why don't you carry a few sheets of b&w film (delta 100 or tmax)? two things catch my eye, somewhat uncomfortably: the black bog in the FG (to the right) and the broken branch to the lower left. i wonder if you can touch up here?
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Stuart Williams
Lilongwe, Malawi
"one's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things" - henry miller |
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 11/14/14 at 5:02 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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The left 2/3 works very well for me, but the right not as much. The large bright area draws my eye and brings me to the lower stump, which doesn't seem consistent to the rest of the image. May just bother me a little. The soft light is nice and moody.
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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on 11/14/14 at 7:40 pm EST
Registered on 02/20/07, 226 Posts, 4571 Comments
I really like how you gave us this image Vance. I can feel the essence of this forest in this fine capture. The fog and darker trees go great together because of how you saw and captured them.
Beautiful vision and capture
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Ryan Shain
Joliet, IL
The universal Mind contains all knowledge. It is the ultimate potential of all things. To it, all things are possible.
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Comment posted by Vance Gese on 11/14/14 at 11:33 pm EST
Registered on 11/13/08, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments
Thank you everyone for your great comments. Alway appreciate your feedback and suggestions. In the repost, I have attempted to bring some detail to that stump in the lower right, as Stuart suggested, as it does grab the eye. Could probably use a little more. Also decreased the brightness of the fog on the far right, as Harry pointed out, again to keep the eye on the trees. Would appreciate any further feedback.
Thanks again.
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Vance Gese
Vance Gese Photography
Quilcene, Washington |
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I was merely there, a small, puny, awestruck man,
praising Almighty God, with camera in hand.
Make a few images, well.
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