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Peter Burda
{K:4807} 6/3/2003
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well done details in shadows ....
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John Myers
{K:4308} 5/31/2003
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thanks guys:)
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Gregoir Hoppenbrouwers
{K:1073} 5/31/2003
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Well composed clear eveningshot. Very good b/w tones and detailed in the dark areas. Well done !!
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Martin Wipp
{K:211} 1/21/2003
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I really like this photo. I personally find the composition to be pleasing. I am most impressed with the detail in the "shadow" area (the trees) while not burning out the rest of the photo.
This photo inspires me to go out and try some black and white work at night.
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John Myers
{K:4308} 11/15/2002
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thank you all very much! i really appreciate it, and i am further encouraged to do more now:)
ron, i processed in a stock d76 solution for about 5.5 minutes at 73F. my exposure meter (spot meter, metered for the mid to low tones on the front chair and table legs of the middle table) said 20 seconds was the time i would need, so i did that and then another shot taking in reciprocity failure (this one has reciprocity taken into account, as i found the negative to have a lot more detail). i scanned it on my scanner's auto settings with Vuescan...i didn't try to use all the DPI my scanner can give, because i'd just have to resize anyway and it would not be all that sharp. the only thing i used PS for here was to sharpen it up a bit because the scan made it a little soft.
sean, i can get a top view...but the way the building is designed, i would be about 50 feet above the tables, hehe.
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sean slavin
{K:3488} 11/15/2002
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this is pretty cool. i like how the tables and poles glow and that there's enough reflected light to give detail on the underneath of the umbrellas. any way you can get up high and look down on this? that could be interesting as well. 8)
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Dawna G.
{K:7709} 11/15/2002
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John, you are really mastering the bw night stuff, this is fantastic...
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Kurt Yang
{K:967} 11/15/2002
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very intersting to read those comments. To my feel, very nice photo.
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Steve Kompier
{K:4629} 11/15/2002
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Hey John,
Nice to see you getting out at night again. This is very cool. Symmetrical would be one way to shoot this and worth exploring, but this is fine too.
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Ron Browne
{K:1282} 11/15/2002
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What Koen said. But beyond that, it looks like a very nice exercise in contrast control. I love being able to see into the shadows here. Good detail in the branches and I'm picking up detail on the sides of the building. Uploads beautifully on my monitor.
Can you share some of your process ie. development times, scanning, PSwork etc.?
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Ron Browne
{K:1282} 11/15/2002
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Koen B
{K:3279} 11/15/2002
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I think this is a very interesting subject. The poles seem to glow. Placement of the tables in the frame could be better indeed, I think. Two tables in the foreground are located too much at the edges of the frame. Symmetry is not a requirement for an interesting work like this however.
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