Moose,
The images conform more or less to how I saw the scenes with my eyes though
I think I went for a little more drama than I saw. The brightness range was
incredible though, I think the brightest sky areas fell about zone 14! The
film captured a lot more detail in highlights that, as you showed, can be
brought out with more extensive photoshop work. The problem is the halos,
which I am unable to get rid of totally no matter how I do the selection. I
hate seeing such halos, they scream "PHOTOSHOPPED" every time I see them on
a print, and here in santa fe I see a lot of bad prints like that offered
for sale by people who push things too far for dramatic effect. I tend to
get them on the horizon if I darken skies too much. And the skies were
darkened a lot already. The negatives show a tonal range that is far wider
than anything you could capture with most films...the XP2 has incredible
overexposure latitude. A "straight print" would have shown pure white sky or
pure black land.
I think our tastes are probably a little different, as I like subtle skies
behind subjects like the fence posts because I don't want distraction from
the main thing...I tend to use very simple front and center compositions of
things that separate them from their surroundings. I did kinda like the
darker sky in the ortiz mountain one....might mess with that one some more
later.
--
Chris Crawford
Photography & Graphic Design
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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On 9/5/07 4:04 AM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chris Crawford wrote:
>> Ok, I finally have some photos shot with OM cameras on my blog! These are
>> black and white shots taken last month right before a storm on LaBajada Mesa
>> southwest of Santa Fe. Shot with the OM-4T. The first one was shot with the
>> 40mm f2 Zuiko, the second with the 28mm f2.8 Zuiko and the third with the
>> 50mm f1.8. All on Ilford XP-2.
>>
>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com/
>>
> Great subjects, great compositions! I don't get the tonal
> balance/distribution. Are our monitors THAT different? Or just our tastes?
>
> On my monitor, much of the subtle cloud detail is lost. I assume these
> blog images, in addition to being communication with those who know you,
> are intended to impress people who drop by and attract business.
>
> Obviously, I know nothing about your prints, and assume they are great.
> But these web versions, as presented and seen on my screen, wouldn't
> lead me to make much of an effort to see the prints if I didn't know
> anything about you
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Crawford/Waldo%20Canyon/>.
>
> Yes, there are halos around the wires in 7, too much trouble to fix on
> the small image in what is merely presentation of an alternate view.
>
> Anybody see the giant cloud creature in #9?
>
> Moose
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