The start of another series from some years ago, "Hergiswil in snow for the last time". I was about to move from Hergiswil to Lucerne, a new chapter was starting, most of the dreams had to be abandoned. Though it proved to be the right think to do, still I miss the rather naive but also hopeful times of Hergiswil, when it seemed that life "has taken a form" and no problems were on the way. But so it goes many times. You try to fill your bucket with water and when it's full you kick it down... just for having to try to fill it again! ;-)
I tried to keep the series as consistent as possible, which was also not as hard to do considering the fact that only brown and white tones were dominating. I also think that many of the images could be much better, like for example this one. It went a bit too busy with all those branches, didn't it? Any comments would be very welcome.
Hi Stan, and thanks a lot for the encouraging comment. I must find some way to introduce a more "finished" look in such images. It should somehow convey more "quiteness", I guess. I tried different crops of this, but it dodn't really help much. So I think that the composition had to be completely different. Must retry them next winter.
Indeed film is demanding especially under such circumstances. It always keeps a certain amount of surprises - good or bad! Thanks heavens after some years of trying things systematically I have a small kind of "experience" about that and so I can "more or less" predict what the image will look like. But there are still more than enough deviations from what I think that the image will look like. Anyway, for the subjects I deal with film is the first choise and also strongly preferred by the people for which I do the sessions. And I like film also very very much. I like its idiosyncracy when it comes to the more "classical" subjects.
Still, and I wouldn't imagine that before, even moire time goes actually for selecting images and preparing them for delivery. This takes a week. Physically less tiring but it needs time to do the job carefully and present good quality. But this of course goes for anything else as well, I guess. Good things need time, much like any bottle of good wine does before one can drink it.
Hi Nick, I think the composition and textures of the snow is quite interesting in this. Nice DOF with the soft background at the bottom and through the branches. The contrast between the branches and snow is good. You are the one to decide the busy part. Try some different crops and see if you like them better. Glad to hear that your shoots went well. Busy is good. Film is so demanding when you are under pressure whether from others or yourself. The waiting of the process is hard not knowing if you nailed it or not. Nice for you to have access to a club darkroom. Take care and be well, Stan
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