Something Different Today, a photo from Utah, West

Photographer's Note

The color original in the workshop. Obviously this is one of the most hackneyed subjects of all time, but when you see this in the golden light of early morning or the red of sunset it is impossible not to try.

Nobody ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

Critiques | Translate

rcrick (346) 2007-06-28 3:23

Stunning shot not much more I can say.....well done Rick

partha (14023) 2007-06-28 3:29

Hi Animesh,
It reflects your strong creattive mind u have. Great composition , excellent pespective and B&W suits nicely here.
Regards.
partha

carlab (2097) 2007-06-28 3:31 [Comment]

Show Comment

DarkoG (8) 2007-06-28 3:31

Good shot. Very desolated place.

sidstakes (772) 2007-06-28 3:45

I know it's cliched, but it has perhaps now become so...not when you originally shot it..nice light, tonal gradations..
Regards,
Siddhartha

king (4242) 2007-06-28 3:47

Hello Animesh
The spjere of this picture: desolation and again desolation.
Choice for B&W is very effective.
Frame supports the shot.
Well done!
Huub.

polter (7239) 2007-06-28 4:41

I think there is no theme photographed enough. There is always place for new effort. I think you've succeden in your gothic vision of the place. So - big smile from me. Greetings T.

dkeus31 (27739) 2007-06-28 6:31

hello Animesh,
Perfect BW with great contrasts you present us here!
the tree gives a good foreground.
regards
didier

chc (1468) 2007-06-28 6:56

Ouafff! The composition is stunning. I don't need to watch the Workshop. Your choice of B&W is boviously good!
christophe

KevRyan (22956) 2007-06-28 8:44

What fantastic gradiation and a wonderful composition the effect of shadow on the lighter side and light on the darker side provides the contrast - the direction of the light you've caught this at is perfect.

best wishes Kev

Floydian (30970) 2007-06-28 9:43

Hi Animesh,
I was never in to the Kodachrome 64 film (was a Velvia shooter), colours were to soft for me and the processing took long before i saw results. But seeing this oldie i have to admit that the color version is excellent, real deep warm colors, i like that a lot. Your conversion to b&w is also what i like, hard contrast...wonderful.
Your subject may be classic, that tree stands no longer. I was there in '94 and he stood half, almost to the ground. Last year he was gone and the last remains were lying all over the place...so in a way this picture is unique ;-)
Great shot...i like it a lot.
Regards, Henk

[2] +

designsoul (17843) 2007-06-28 21:50

Yes, Animesh, a picturesque one, but as you couldn't, so I cannot resist looking at it and looking at it, even when I should be packing, since we're moving in a day and a half... but this shot is just so classic, starkly dramatic through your contrasty bw conversion and the framing device of the dead tree that Henk wrote existed no longer, that I needed to halt for a sec among the boxes and write a bit on it too.
Take care, see you on TE in a while,
sasa

Polonaise (5802) 2007-06-28 21:56

Animesh Perfectus The 1st.

Your Majesty...
You had the kindness to do it..!
Further more...
You have the kindness to do it perfectly.
Love the subtleties in it...
The game of lights and shades...

deep bow

humbly...
g.

bantonbuju (51815) 2007-06-29 4:18

art of black and white photography on the top level...
a lesson on how to use contrast...
love this one, animesh...
bw, j.

Clairedelune (4923) 2007-07-02 8:45

I am stunned by this photo, Animesh!
As simple as that.
Stunned, amazed, dazed, petrified.
And you want me to write a critique?
The light here is very the Queen! Not only on the rock, but also on the tiny branches on top.
This is an incredibly beautiful B&W conversion. A lesson for me.
I'm just wondering at a little strange artefact. In the sky, there is some parts that are without grain, mostly obvious on the right side of the frame. It is there also on the color version but less apparent. What can cause that?
Anyway, still after a few days, I keep in coming to this photo. I think it is a benchmark in this genre. And I will keep in looking at this one...
Claire

cam (9043) 2007-07-04 5:21

LUGUBRE! (french for gloomy-had to look at the dico for this one).The tree reaching over the rock looks like the arm of the black lord trying to capture the monument for its own benefit.Guess I am reading too much Tolkien.By this I mean a very good composition.
I gave a look at the color picture,its color so soft under the new day's light,that I find remarquable the conversion to B&W and the way you got that gloomy look.
Thanks to your good eye in seing the potential in this good(color)photo and making it in a piece of art.
Wishing you a good day
Charles

prantik (1136) 2007-07-05 6:11

May be the most hackneyed subject of all time, but your rendition is uniquely marvelous. One needs your composition skill and sense of aesthetics to create a gem like this. As Claire said, it stands as a benchmark in the genre. The light on the branches is ethereal and so is the play of light and shadow on the rocks. Any geological society would love to have this picture on their cover page.

ps: the colour version reminds me of one of my favourite childhood movies, Mackenna's Gold. However, I prefer the BW version.

nerve (10231) 2007-07-11 23:18

love this one, beautiful, i prefer b/w here, much better.

sadeik (3282) 2007-07-24 9:04

Its bold and contrasty and excellant, very different and I am pleased to see it this way

Simon

ALSOM (6616) 2007-08-17 2:28

Both are nice, I do prefer the drama b/w, very nice processing (some details lots in the highglight though), constrasty. I like the dead tree surrounding the far hill.

azizbilgili (2111) 2009-05-29 7:08