Velvia: Egret in water

Ed Leys20479 · Apr 16, 2001

Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide enhanced FP4

Greg Durrett · Apr 16, 2001

I'd love to see this in print. Very serene and solemn. Don't you just love those SilverOxide filters?! What do you scan with BTW?

Greg

Ed Leys said:
Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

jacques · Apr 16, 2001

Hi Ed,

Fogg of life, could we be so gracefull ?

Looked up egret in the dictionarry, well it was there but the translation seems to be into French. Well so I asume it's just the name of the bird.

Well not only the bird in the fogg above the water, aren't we all as the bird in the fog above the wter.

Even during the periods we think we all see it clear, still we are in the fog.

The fog. is just misty, nothing to fear about, we still can find our suny place and luckely we do most of the time and if we don't well no problem as we know most of the times ther is that litle spot of sun light.

jacques

Ed Leys said:
Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

PowerPet · Apr 16, 2001

Beautiful! Magical!

Now, where can I see a larger version of this image to really take in all the details in it? :-D

Hugs,
Petra

Ed Leys said:
Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

JimK/Canada · Apr 16, 2001

Its perfect. I really like the faint building in the background. Calm. Simple. "They" say that subjects with the simplest content are the most difficult to compose, since each element and its relation to other elements carries far more weight than each individual element of a more complex set. In other words if any small part is wrong in a simple composition, the entire composition is ruined. And, in this case, the photo is simple and the composition is just right. Very nice work.
Thanks for sharing,
Jim

Ed Leys said:
Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Robert M28897 · Apr 16, 2001

Ed,

No flattery I could provide would do justice to this great shot. Lucky for you, I don't have to rely on fatuous verbiage this time around.

It just so happens I was glancing an hour ago at a magazine (Photo Life, a Canadian mag) and they were profiling a photographer who said his favorite photograph was Tom Mangelsen's "Born of the North Wind", a stunning panorama which earned him the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in 1994. (I can't seem to link directly to the page with the image, but if you go to http://www.mangelsen.com and do a search on "Born of the North Wind", you can see the picture)

Your photo inspired in me the same kind of awe. Fantastic job!

Best regards,

Robert

Ed Leys said:
Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Elizabeth23842 · Apr 16, 2001

This time I'm speechless... Absolutely beautiful!
Liz

Ed Leys said:
Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Frances · Apr 16, 2001

Excelent B&W pano look!
nice work Ed real nice.

Frances.

Ed Leys said:
Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Ed Leys20479 · Apr 17, 2001

But other people can look, too...

scanned on 4000dpi Microtec ArtixScan 4000T

PowerPet · Apr 17, 2001

Yummy! :-D

Now I want a copy of it to hang on my wall... 1.5 meter wide or something like that ;-D

It's brilliant, I love it Ed!

Hugs,
Petra

Ed Leys said:
But other people can look, too...

scanned on 4000dpi Microtec ArtixScan 4000T

Ed Leys20479 · Apr 17, 2001

Hey, thanks Greg. SilverOxide is some truly great stuff. I have the full set of "Ilford" filters. (I always liked Ilford B&W WAY better than Kodak)

If you've looked at the bigger image down below I did for Petra, you'll find my filmscanner referred to, so you may have seen this by now. But anyways, it's a 4000 dpi Microtec ArtixScan 4000t. I DO like it.

Best regards,

Ed

Greg Durrett said:
Greg

Ed Leys said:

Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Click to expand...

Ed Leys20479 · Apr 17, 2001

Yes, Jacques, just as you thought, the bird is an egret.

I am a great friend of fog. It can be very comforting, as it quiets the sounds of the world into stillness, and can make us feel that we are alone, walking around within a very small clear ball that contains everything we actually need to see.

The mind is always happy to fill in what it truly needs to see.

Your distant vision,

Ed

jacques said:
Fogg of life, could we be so gracefull ?

Looked up egret in the dictionarry, well it was there but the
translation seems to be into French. Well so I asume it's just the
name of the bird.

Well not only the bird in the fogg above the water, aren't we all
as the bird in the fog above the wter.

Even during the periods we think we all see it clear, still we are
in the fog.

The fog. is just misty, nothing to fear about, we still can find
our suny place and luckely we do most of the time and if we don't
well no problem as we know most of the times ther is that litle
spot of sun light.

jacques

Ed Leys said:

Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Click to expand...

Ed Leys20479 · Apr 17, 2001

Petra, it's really just a tiny little bird, no more than 1/2 inch tall, so a photograph can't be TOO big.

I am trying to free up enough domain space to put up a new gallary I've started to work on now, so I usually resist requests for larger photographs. But I think I have been able to free up enough space, and I can tell you like this one a lot, so possibly I can do something. (Of course, both you and I know that I HAVE done something already. I just can't keep a secret.)

And, of course, I'm glad you like it. Thank you.

Warm hugs,

Ed

PowerPet said:
Hugs,
Petra

Ed Leys said:

Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Click to expand...

Ed Leys20479 · Apr 17, 2001

You're welcome Jim, and thank you. I'm really happy I HAVE it to share.

Naturally, fog helps a LOT in keeping things simple. And it certainly helps in establishing a certain moodiness. If you look at the larger version below I did for Petra, you'll probably discover that a few things might be different than they appeared in the original version...

Ongoing regards,

Ed

Jim K said:
Ed Leys said:

Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Click to expand...

Ed Leys20479 · Apr 17, 2001

Hi Robert, thanks for the tip on "Born of the North Wind". It truly IS a very fine image.

What's really cool about it is that if you right click on it and select the "view image" option (at least in NetScape) you get to see a MUCH larger example of it. I'm certainly happy that mine causes the same feelings in you as his, even if I tend to feel that mine was largely a matter of being in the right place at the right time. I tried two other photographs before the egret turned itself in a worthwhile direction.

Complete regards,

Ed

Robert M said:
No flattery I could provide would do justice to this great shot.
Lucky for you, I don't have to rely on fatuous verbiage this time
around.

It just so happens I was glancing an hour ago at a magazine (Photo
Life, a Canadian mag) and they were profiling a photographer who
said his favorite photograph was Tom Mangelsen's "Born of the North
Wind", a stunning panorama which earned him the BBC Wildlife
Photographer of the Year award in 1994. (I can't seem to link
directly to the page with the image, but if you go to
http://www.mangelsen.com and do a search on "Born of the North Wind", you
can see the picture)

Your photo inspired in me the same kind of awe. Fantastic job!

Best regards,

Robert

Ed Leys said:

Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Click to expand...

Ed Leys20479 · Apr 17, 2001

Thank you Liz, I sincerely appreciate anything you have to say. I certainly appreciate your own visual talent.

The warmest of all regards,

Ed

Elizabeth said:
Ed Leys said:

Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Click to expand...

Ed Leys20479 · Apr 17, 2001

Thank you Frances. Given the wide range of YOUR excellent photographic skills, I really appreciate your comments.

True regards,

Ed

Frances said:
Frances.

Ed Leys said:

Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Click to expand...

Ed Leys20479 · Apr 17, 2001

Thank you again Petra. I didn't really think there was all that much to look at in all that fog, but I made a bigger one anyway. I guess I'm easy.

Now, about a 1.5 meter wide one... I appreciate that, but you've let me see enough truly excellent photographs of your own that if you don't already have your walls papered with them it's near criminal!

My very warmest hugs,

Ed

PowerPet said:
Now I want a copy of it to hang on my wall... 1.5 meter wide or
something like that ;-D

It's brilliant, I love it Ed!

Hugs,
Petra

Ed Leys said:

But other people can look, too...

scanned on 4000dpi Microtec ArtixScan 4000T

Click to expand...

50mm · Apr 17, 2001

I love the quiet and peaceful feeling of this picture. Beautiful!

xin

Ed Leys said:
Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Ed Leys20479 · Apr 17, 2001

Thank you very much, Xin. I truly appreciate your comments.

Best regards,

Ed

xin said:
xin

Ed Leys said:

Egret in water

Nikon FA, Nikon 28 ~ 85mm zoom;
yellow filtered and converted to greyscale with SilverOxide
enhanced FP4

Click to expand...

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