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Unsure of the name of this plant, but..

Postby Alastair Moore » 12 Nov 2012, 22:55

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I think this is the large format photograph I've taken that I'm most happy with. Not sure why, I'm just really pleased with how it turned out. I think I got the depth of field and the exposure nailed. I really like it and I'm going to make a print of it. This is the first shot I pre-visualised and it turned out exactly how I imagined it.

Sorry if I sound like I've just photographed the Mona Lisa but sometimes everything comes together :)

Of course, Flickr does something to images when they resize it or whatever they do to images so the toning is a little off and it's not as sharp as on my screen.

Nikkor-W 150mm, Ilford HP5+, Rodinal, scanned with VueScan.

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Re: Unsure of the name of this plant, but..

Postby Walter Glover » 13 Nov 2012, 08:22

It feels good when you can first start to realise your ideas, dunnit?
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Re: Unsure of the name of this plant, but..

Postby Lachlan717 » 13 Nov 2012, 10:53

It's a Cotton Palm; one of the Washingtonia species. Possibly a young Washingtonia filifera.

Glad that your hard work's paying off. As Walter puts it, it feels good! IMO, nothing in photography feels quite as good as when a really good neg comes out of the soup...

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Re: Unsure of the name of this plant, but..

Postby Ray Heath » 13 Nov 2012, 14:15

great work Alastair, good exposure and sharp where it should be

I found that once I started to get previsualisation happening it lead to confidence and more successful images

to extend your pre-visualisation, how will you print this in regards to dodging and burning?
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Postby Alastair Moore » 13 Nov 2012, 15:02

Ray Heath wrote:great work Alastair, good exposure and sharp where it should be

I found that once I started to get previsualisation happening it lead to confidence and more successful images

to extend your pre-visualisation, how will you print this in regards to dodging and burning?


It's currently being digitally printed (on my Epson 3880) as I don't yet have room for a wet printing setup (other than contact printing perhaps). I've actually recropped it on advice from someone on LFPF and that seems to work much better. I haven't thought much about dodging and burning - I suspect that will come a little further down the line in my large format photography "career"!

I will probably experiment with that on some smaller sheets of paper (currently printing this large - 13x19 paper) but one step at a time :)

Cheers all for your feedback, much appreciated!

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Postby Alastair Moore » 13 Nov 2012, 15:08

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Here's the final crop and a little bit of burning.


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