I haven't been on FM for over a year. The BW's I've seen are really good. Here is something I have been working on.
Comments always welcome
Update:
I probably should have told how this was shot. This was shot in a moviing van out the front window between the wiper blades clearing off the rain.
Don
Update again:
This was taken in Bhutan in March of this year. We were travelling into the HAA Valley on a narrow road when a rain storm came up. I was lucky as I was sitting in the front next to our driver. It is interesting that from that view point it was easy to get good compositions of winding roads and country side.
Welcome back! I like this shot for several reasons which includes the grittiness of the image, the leading path, as well as the timeless feel. However I am having a hard time finding the "subject" in the image. My eyes constantly dart back between the pokes in the distance and the tree in the top right. Hope this comment helps.
I like the road leading me into this shot. It has a very profound feel of "gloom."
I'm fighting my own personal battle with vignettes these days. I love them, but tend to overdo it. This could be one of those times; most specifically on the upper left where the tree gets blurred. If that's truly fog, I apologize...
I like the image and the overall effect or mood it has.
Looks nice as toned.
I also appreciate knowing the backstory to an image. So it is interesting that this was made through a rain covered vehicle window. Good shot for that.
But, when I see something like this I always want to know more and feel this forum does "little" for placing the photo in a real "place" aside from an abstraction of "image."
So...where is this?
And...what are those "flag" like things in the distance on those poles?
I tend to agree with some of the negative comments above but would like to offer a possible solution. How about going to a sepia tone or some similar low color look. That would allow you to pull the focus of attention back to the elements in the middle distance where it belongs. IMHO - The use of a little color, not full color, would do wonders for this shot yet still keep the old fashioned tone to it.
