- fading forest - Photo

Photographer's Note

You people should be with me here now. We have this incredible weather here in Ski. It's foggy, frosty and cold...wonderful for people with cameras ;)

This is of course PP, but only in toning, levels & grains. The scene is unscattered, and it felt like being inside the image!

S5000, robiuk, klima, jp80, Guenther has marked this note useful

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klima (11) 2004-12-02 15:19

I find the grainy manipulation interesting and appropriate because you say there is fog & frost. That is the experience that your photo reminds me of. I also like the composition: the two diagonal lines (tree tops, top left to middle; hedge & tree bottoms, bottom left to middle) fading into a misty blur. Quite unusual and interesting I think. I can look at this picture for a long time.

marcelo_gomes (517) 2004-12-02 15:25

It愀 a wonderful pic with the trees in diagonal. But I think it愀 too grainy. Maybe a little less grain would be better.

S5000 (4) 2004-12-02 15:57

I like what you did here. It reminds me of snow storm. The slight sepia is good which gives it a vintage look as with the grain. Nothing wrong with this image.
Well done

Mike

crnaofca (15) 2004-12-02 16:32

looks like hundred years old photo:) i like it a lot:)

robiuk (10807) 2004-12-02 18:09

Very attractive scene with good composition and nicely layed perspective.
I'm very pleased with sepia tone and idea of adding some grain - maybe a bit to heavy, but still very very good, Terje!

jp80 (8443) 2004-12-03 4:13

Very beautiful picture, "artistic" one. I love this grain, fantastic effect. The crop is good too, maybe I would have shoot a little bit more on the right. Very beautiful picture Terje.

Pascal

eleparc (24063) 2004-12-03 5:38

wow! what a nice scene... when you are in your apartment, warm, looking at it on your computer screen;-) hahaha! in fact i love to see it for real too;-) very intense scene! bravo!!

torben (3100) 2004-12-03 12:15

A photo that is created, not just taken. Post-processing is a balancing act and the balance itself is a part of the impact. I think you are perfectly in balance here, the post-processing captures and enhances the mood that was already there, making the communication stronger. (When the balance tips, the post-processing takes over and the image is not seen anymore)

Polka (588) 2004-12-03 13:19

Hej Terje,

I like very much this photo : the grain, colours, framing... all is very nive.

Bos (628) 2004-12-03 13:28

Nice grainy shot, well done

Darren (6823) 2004-12-05 9:12

Very interesting shot, both the original capture and the post processing I think. Certainly your toning gives the look of a very old print (Luko would likely be able to tell you what kind of paper and toning). I think one of the things I like here is that with a little immagination, the trees can appear to be many different things.

Luko (14000) 2004-12-06 10:05

hmmmh, perhaps bromoil technique or something like that, grain is far too regular in the highlights to be somehing I know (replying to Darren ;)...)... or simply not a photo but a charcoal drawing on irregular heavy Canson paper.

I agree with Torben that PP balance is responsible for more than 50% of the result here, hence you need to be very precise with your effects. All in all, lovely but a hint more contrast would be welcomed IMHO : it has already balanced beyond the non-photo line (or may be is it me, because I just can't find any chemical PP that would emulate this one...).

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Guenther (10915) 2004-12-10 9:07

Great shot, Terje! The tree line fading away is very impressive and I find your PP, adding grains in particular quite appropriate for the effect.