clinging to life

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 21, 20121,008 views14 comments

made early one morning. you know the hour. using delta 100 b&w film means that reciprocity failure extends exposure times, as here.

thanks for taking a look - check out LARGER version - and let me know what you think!

hasselblad 500c/m, 150mm lens, ilford delta 100 b&w film

rubondo island, lake victoria, tanzania.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 21, 2012 at 9:25 AM

Wonderfully simple! It feels like a vision or a dreamscape. I like the hint of horizon in the distance. This is great as presented but I might also consider cropping 1/2 to 2/3 rds of the sky above it.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on August 21, 2012 at 11:02 AM

Wonderful dreamy simplicity to this. I like it a lot. I would concur that a top crop would work nicely, but also works as presented. Very cool image!

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on August 21, 2012 at 11:16 AM

Nice tonal range and excellent compositional elements. Lovely image

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on August 21, 2012 at 1:57 PM

I always like the "purity" in your images, and in this one, this is particularly pronounced. A very "essential" composition.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on August 21, 2012 at 2:21 PM

Great!!!!!

I dont like that the horizon line disappears. I wish it held faint detail there. But great nonetheless.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on August 21, 2012 at 5:53 PM

Very ethereal with beautiful simplicity. Placement of all the elements and tonal range is splendid Stuart. I also like the vanishing horizon.

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Comment posted by Ant on August 21, 2012 at 6:37 PM

Splendid. Very simple, yet extremely powerful image. I like the way the two rocks in the foreground and in the middle are cut, while the rock with the tree is all there. In my opinion these choices produce a very dynamical picture. One of the best I have seen lately....

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on August 21, 2012 at 7:59 PM

A wonderful capture, Stuart. I like how the two side rocks guide our line of sight and contain it toward the main subject the rear rock and tree. One of those really hard to find simplistic scenes that really holds a very high interest level......

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on August 22, 2012 at 2:02 AM

Very zen. I really like this.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on August 22, 2012 at 2:39 AM

thanks to all. hope that this had given you a zen moment in your busy lives ... mark, i suppose i could have made more of the horizon but, personally, i kinda liked the suggestion of it and the fact it faded to obscurity to the right! thanks again.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on August 22, 2012 at 2:59 AM

A fascinating image, Stuart. I just love how you have placed the three rocks within the frame to make for such a powerful composition. The barely visible horizon is a wonderful touch.

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Comment posted by Michael Westerbeck on August 22, 2012 at 3:30 AM

Quite stunning. The line at horizon? is prominent though. Other wise, simple and very well composed. Love the BW

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Comment posted by David Edwards on August 22, 2012 at 4:30 AM

A classically beautiful b&w comp Stuart. Excellent placement of the rocks in the frame and the smooth negative space is perfectly balanced. I agree that the disappearing horizon on the right is a shame, but a beautiful shot it is none the less.

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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on August 24, 2012 at 11:18 PM

Beautiful done!!!!

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