Pictorialist Landscapes

Challenge #19 in the Prime Subjects of Photography series. Hosted by Mark Scott Abeln.

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Submit a photograph of a beautiful landscape. Your purpose here is not documentation: rather, you are producing a work of art, which evokes mood, a sense of beauty or sublimity, even spirituality. Be inspired by the Pictorialist photographers of a century ago, who heavily manipulated their photographs. Aim for art and aesthetics rather than technical proficiency.

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Announced:

Thursday, 8th September, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 15th September, 2011 – Wednesday, 21st September, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 22nd September, 2011 – Wednesday, 28th September, 2011 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Post process as much as you want, just as long as your final result is closer to photography than to digital art.
Composite images are acceptable.
Aim for a beautiful look, rather than an edgy look.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Be sure to follow dpreview's guidelines for submitting images.
The following are not rules, but rather suggestions:
The artistic and emotional qualities of the final image are more important that the subject matter.
Heavy post-processing is a given.
Be inspired by paintings, especially Romantic paintings of the 19th century.
Subjectivism is highly encouraged.
Aim for a final image that has a dreamlike quality, a definite mood, or allegorical character.
Highly compose your image, either in initial capture or in post-processing.
Including a figure in a landscape can alter it dramatically.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

Not restricted

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Neutral Tones

by Steve Throndson

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"Neutral Tones' is the name of a sad but beautiful poem written by Thomas Hardy a long time ago. "We stood by a pond that winter day . . .

Camera:	Mamiya film camera
Lens:	90mm Sekor
Submitted:	Sunday, 18th September, 2011 20:28 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 18th September, 2011
Focal length:	90 mm
Shutter speed:	1/15 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	100
Notes:	Original was a colour negative. Lots of Photoshop filtering and then painting back the layers with the history brush.
Views:	79
Galleries:	View this photo in Steve Throndson's gallery

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