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Vajdas Plunge
{K:12} 2/12/2004
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Very nice
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Domenico Pescosolido
{K:10022} 8/16/2003
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Remarkable work, excellent shot.
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Joksa Juoperi
{K:13473} 4/23/2003
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Nicely composed landscape wiit good colours.
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Lisa Patterson
{K:90} 3/31/2003
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Love the idea of this photo AND the series. I like your title too--the color seems to be slowly draining out of the sky as though to mark the year's end. Gorgeous!
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Connie Sunderland
{K:376} 3/30/2003
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Well I was going to make a nice comment about this photo... and it really is nice... but being one of the West Virginia hillbillies you refer too... well.. the still is a lil low on fuel.... so I'm goin out to find a nice tree.... later :)
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David N. VanMeter
{K:552} 4/28/2002
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Awesome! I got a chill when I looked at it. I am also glad to hear your comments on the Kiev equipment.
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kennard
{K:106} 3/19/2002
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I was immediately attracted to this shot because I have an oak tree that I have also claimed for the same type of four-seasons shots. Interesting to see you're using a GPS to mark the location, because that's what I'm doing too. I'll upload a shot of it tomorrow. I like how you positioned the tree at the gap in the clouds, as if it's reaching up through them, or maybe the branches are creating the gap. Nice job.
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Joe Shupienis
{K:19} 1/5/2002
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For even more fun with your GPS:
www.geocaching.com
I try to take pictures of each one I find...
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Lisa Brainard
{K:743} 1/5/2002
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Cool idea, Joe, with the GPS. I've seen people try to do this before, but yes, you are gonna NAIL the exact location! (Forgive me, I got a GPS for Christmas and now see yet another use for it. :-)
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Joe Shupienis
{K:19} 1/5/2002
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Thank you for the nice comments! The frostbite on my cheeks is feeling much better from your warm remarks !
The location is near Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, about 30 miles from Morgantown and 90 miles from my home in Pittsburgh. I use a GPS to locate the tripod in the exact same spot for each visit -- I have a goal of shooting this tree in all four seasons (if some hillbilly doesn't take a chainsaw to it to fuel his still).
I use 120 size NPH and NPS for both portraits and landscapes, deciding on that film after much research. I find the the extra dynamic range allows me to get more subtle colors and much more shadow detail. Had I used a contrastier film, the foreground would have been black in this shot. Notice that the light source (sun) is in the frame, and I still have shadow detail. I also use Kodak Portra NC (and on bright sunny days, VC for even more contrast) and usually keep a different type of film in each of my film backs.
A word about the camera: Many people are skeptical about the quality of the Kiev 88CM cameras made in the Arsenal Factory in Kiev, Ukriane. I am using a 2001 model and the "Russian" lenses and camera have given me many wonderful medium-format images such as these. For 10% of the price of similar Hasselblad equipment, the results can be almost as good, if proper care is taken when using the camera.
Yes, I still shoot Nikons, and have lots of expensive lenses for that system. I try to use the proper tool for the job and for "landscapes", the medium format choice is what I now prefer, since the cost of Kiev equipment is not prohibitive to me on a schoolteacher's salary.
Here's the same scene on October 21:
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Steve Kompier
{K:4629} 1/5/2002
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Wow...a classic. Those russian hassies, do alright.
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Lisa Brainard
{K:743} 1/5/2002
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Great shot! Great subject matter! Great color! I enjoy this because it's a shot with the type of landscape I have now here in Iowa.... it shows the beauty in the "plain" landscape.
OH! One thing I just caught on it. Are you shooting from the road and there is the walled edge of snow from the snow plow? Guess it would be nice to get rid of the bit of brownish road then
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Dave Holland
{K:13074} 1/5/2002
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Man, I really like this one. Where do you live?
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Jason Neymeyer
{K:137} 1/5/2002
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I really like this one. Your choice of film is very interesting, I don't see many people choose NPH as a landscape film. Was this film choice intentional, or did it just happen to be in the camera after shooting another subject?
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james mickelson
{K:7344} 1/5/2002
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So stark, cold, and lonely. Forbidding almost. Great color.
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