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"Middleton Top"

The lone wagon stands at the top of the incline on Middleton Top. It is a welcome reminder of what was there many years ago on the Cromford and High Peak Railway in Derbyshire.


Middleton Top by Mike Swain, on Flickr
 
A revamp of an old image - Noss Mayo in South Devon

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Cheers
 
This was a pretty crappy photo in colour - I made the mistake of using a CPL on my Fuji X100F without trying it out first and it overcooked things. However in B&W it does have some merit and I have tried my best with the limited software that I have. It was shot last week whilst walking the Purbecks - the dog on a lead in one hand (to stop him leaping over the cliff after the wildlife) and the camera in the other - which isn't the best way to get a decent photo but it's the only way I have :)

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Rosedalelad said:
This was a pretty crappy photo in colour - I made the mistake of using a CPL on my Fuji X100F without trying it out first and it overcooked things. However in B&W it does have some merit and I have tried my best with the limited software that I have. It was shot last week whilst walking the Purbecks - the dog on a lead in one hand (to stop him leaping over the cliff after the wildlife) and the camera in the other - which isn't the best way to get a decent photo but it's the only way I have :)
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dad1a by mrcrow_uk, on Flickr

hi DAD
a crop from the left would do two things
transform this into a landscape...the sea isnt really a major player here..the eye would then tend to stop at the promontory at the top left
and
get rid of the sense that the horizon isnt level...perhaps just a tropical illusion...
and a full fence post in the lower right...just pulls the eye in better
cheers
geof
 
Well Mr Toad, I think I'm inclined to agree with you re the cropping. I will have another go - btw the horizon is actually level (I did check as I hate sloping horizons) but as the coastline goes in and out you get the impression that it isn't.
 
Rosedalelad said:
Well Mr Toad, I think I'm inclined to agree with you re the cropping. I will have another go - btw the horizon is actually level (I did check as I hate sloping horizons) but as the coastline goes in and out you get the impression that it isn't.
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thanks
re the horizon...coastal shots where the sea meets a rugged shore always throw up this horizon thing
that is why i said it was a tropical illusion...
like you i can see no reason why the natural horizontals cant be checked...i use my cropping square to check mine
on buildings etc its usually the verticals
glad of your comments
cheers
geof
 
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john.margetts said:
I prefer the second one.
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well thank you john
i have done some in past times like the second and found stonework is more pleasing..that is why i did this one just to see if i was perhaps trying something which others found a bit underworked
cheers
geof
 
Wisner 4x5 TMAX100

Exposure f45 10 seconds
(metered exposure was f45 1.5 sec. I added 2 stops to get into zone 7 plus 2/3rds stop for bellows factor
Developed for 7 sec at 19 deg which was -15%
Scanned using Epson V850 and cleaned up in PScc
My plan is to take the same picture today on 8x10 and make a contact print...........
All in all very happy with the outcome
Neil
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ndwgolf said:
Wisner 4x5 TMAX100

Exposure f45 10 seconds
(metered exposure was f45 1.5 sec. I added 2 stops to get into zone 7 plus 2/3rds stop for bellows factor
Developed for 7 sec at 19 deg which was -15%
Scanned using Epson V850 and cleaned up in PScc
My plan is to take the same picture today on 8x10 and make a contact print...........
All in all very happy with the outcome
Neil
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Very nice rendition - is it my eyes or is the vase leaning to the left? Also I think it would be great if the base of the vase and the leaf on the right were in the frame - otherwise it's superb.
 
ndwgolf said:
Wisner 4x5 TMAX100

Exposure f45 10 seconds
(metered exposure was f45 1.5 sec. I added 2 stops to get into zone 7 plus 2/3rds stop for bellows factor
Developed for 7 sec at 19 deg which was -15%
Scanned using Epson V850 and cleaned up in PScc
My plan is to take the same picture today on 8x10 and make a contact print...........
All in all very happy with the outcome
Neil
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Basically, if someone said they were taking photos of flowers in black and white, I would tell them not to bother - colour is one of the essential joys of flowers. In this case I would be very wrong. Agree with Rosedalelad about the lean of the vase (but not about the tip of the leaf).
 
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