Crawling

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 11, 2010115 views10 comments

Wandering around Bishop Creek this past fall I stumbled upon this scene. It immediately struck me as an eerie B/W image. Unfortunately I didn't have any B/W film on me so I had to convert in photoshop.

Any comments appreciated.

Chamonix 4x5
Rodenstock 90mm

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Daniel Ewert on December 11, 2010 at 2:13 PM

Good idea, Jason. I like your creativity here. Ultimately, I find parts of those roots a touch too bright but this concept is great.

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Comment posted by Jason Blankenship on December 11, 2010 at 2:17 PM

Thanks Daniel. I'm finding that viewing the jpg online in IE or Firefox it has much more contrast than locally. I don't do a ton of the BW stuff so I think I need to find the proper settings.

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Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on December 11, 2010 at 2:51 PM

Wow Jason, this is fantastic. Mysterious and moody. Very creative compostion, I like the B&W. Excellent work! We missed you this year for fall color in Yosemite, hopefully you can make it this winter.

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Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on December 11, 2010 at 3:07 PM

I think you have a done a good job of high lighting your subject matter Jason. The vignette and darkening the background have done a good job. The high lights look a little strong, but just by a bit. I really enjoy the leaves through too. Cheers

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on December 11, 2010 at 6:35 PM

Awesome image Jason. I love the limited DOF and it really does feel like IT is crawling at you.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 11, 2010 at 8:04 PM

Interesting comp. I'd've walked right by this for sure. The blurring and light are very effective here.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on December 12, 2010 at 4:24 AM

A very intriguing and creepy shot Jason. Looks like a skeletton hand. Kudos for creating something very original from such a humble subject.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on December 12, 2010 at 10:26 AM

This turned out really well, Jason. I love the haunting, eerie look. Excellent job.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 12, 2010 at 1:20 PM

Jason,

Long time no see, and we missed you in Yosemite!

This almost looks like you used Harley's Verito. The selective focus and shallow dof really work well in this scene. As does the b&w processing and vignetting. This is indeed pretty darn eerie, I might even say creepy, but in an effective and positive way.

Excellent job all the way around with this one. Nice to see a post from you.

Lon

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on December 13, 2010 at 7:21 PM

Perfect title,,,,it seems to be trying to climb out of the frame.

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