3 Black & White images

[David Zimmerman]

Comments are always appreciated







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David L. Zimmerman

 

[stana]

Hi David,

First the good news. I like images 1 and 3 in this set. In number 1, I wish you could have moved the blocky looking thing and pointed it more into the corner. Otherwise I like the jumble of objects, textures, shapes and lines. The dof in number 3 works very well to my eyes. I like the lines of the wood moving to the right as well as the texture of the blocky thing on top of the boards.

Number 2 seems a bit too busy with no clear subject in it to my eyes.

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Stan Abraham

 

[NCPhoto]

I particularly like the 3rd one... and agree with the previous feedback, the second one is technically nice but doesn't really do much for me.

Keep 'em coming.

Nicholas
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[Kolya]

Can you tell us how you did these? How did you get such great black and white?

Great work - and I really like number 3.

Cheers,
Kolya

 

[Andrew Prince]

Hello David,

I really like the last one! The diagonal lines, dof and b&w come together well. I also am a sucker for old tools and such. Very Nice!

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Warm Wishes,
-Andy

 

[David Zimmerman]

Hi David,

First the good news. I like images 1 and 3 in this set. In number
1, I wish you could have moved the blocky looking thing and pointed
it more into the corner. Otherwise I like the jumble of objects,
textures, shapes and lines. The dof in number 3 works very well to
my eyes. I like the lines of the wood moving to the right as well
as the texture of the blocky thing on top of the boards.

Number 2 seems a bit too busy with no clear subject in it to my eyes.

Thanks for looking, Stan

Would you believe I did move the "blocky thing" (lobster trap marker buoy)? Originally it was dead center.

The object in #3 is a wooden pulley, used for raising lobster traps from the sea bottom.
David L. Zimmerman

 

[Alan F]

Very nicely detailed. I like the contrast and texture of these. I guess you are off with another series now? Good work I must say.

Thanx... Alan

Life is too short not to enjoy...

 

[Todd B.]

Pictures like these are always hard for me to judge. I don't take many if any like this. I should try though. I can say excellent quality and very sharp. Thanks for sharing.

Todd

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[David Zimmerman]

Very nicely detailed. I like the contrast and texture of these. I
guess you are off with another series now? Good work I must say.

Hi Alan;

Not another series, but rather some spur of the moment stuff from this past weekend, Thasnks for the compliment.
David L. Zimmerman

 

[Robert M28897]

David,

The second image probably catches my fancy best, because of the highlights in the ropes, which I find very appealing. In general, I find it's very difficult to portray quiet black and white scenes effectively on the Internet...I'm sure these make for terrific fiber or even inkjet prints, but they look very flat online. I did see some image you posted in another thread (one with horses comes to mind) that had great sparkle and looked fabulous all the way around, but I think it's just tough to make the magic of B&W come alive on the web relative to print media...but I'm probably just being really picky.

Personally, I've worked on medium format fiber prints over the last year in the darkroom, and had a few of them scanned, and they turned to lumps of coal when I put them on the web. Oh well. My experience is that high contrast portraits, night scenes and street photography work best in the online translation...anything with significant detail in the midtones or shadows just gets trampled in a haze of gray. But I'd love it for you to prove me wrong.

Thanks for sharing these,

Robert

Comments are always appreciated



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David L. Zimmerman

 

[David Zimmerman]

David,

The second image probably catches my fancy best, because of the
highlights in the ropes, which I find very appealing. In general,
I find it's very difficult to portray quiet black and white scenes
effectively on the Internet...I'm sure these make for terrific
fiber or even inkjet prints, but they look very flat online. I did
see some image you posted in another thread (one with horses comes
to mind) that had great sparkle and looked fabulous all the way
around, but I think it's just tough to make the magic of B&W come
alive on the web relative to print media...but I'm probably just
being really picky.

Personally, I've worked on medium format fiber prints over the last
year in the darkroom, and had a few of them scanned, and they
turned to lumps of coal when I put them on the web. Oh well. My
experience is that high contrast portraits, night scenes and street
photography work best in the online translation...anything with
significant detail in the midtones or shadows just gets trampled in
a haze of gray. But I'd love it for you to prove me wrong.

Thanks for sharing these,

Robert

My experiances duplicate yours. The prints are awesome while the images on the internet come across as samples.
David L. Zimmerman

 

[David Zimmerman]

Can you tell us how you did these? How did you get such great black
and white?

Great work - and I really like number 3.

Cheers,
Kolya

Start with a very high quality image, and then just a simple conversion in PS.
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David L. Zimmerman