Friday, March 23, 2007
Lake District, England
This is an early work, in small format. Back then I was intrigued by light and shadow oppositions. The area is magic, I went twice and miss it since. I'd probably work that negative differently now, but I resisted changing it.
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A terrific feeling of tumbling down that scree slope and into the water.
This is certainly a long way from the normal view of the English Lakes. You've turned a soft and pleasant landscape into something altogether more daunting.
I like the three zone effect, but I keep feeling that this is the right hand end of a panorama and somebody is keeping me from seeing the whole.
I think that what I like about this is the way the landscape withholds information: each surface conceals valleys or information is lost behind folds in hillsides. Areas in shadow are always a technical challenge but I think that the righthand side works well and is picked up by the inkblack reflection (how easy it is to print is another matter). The line of the cloud on the lefthand peaks suits your composition well. I've never been to the Lake District - living on the Celtic fringe spoils one! Still, this picture reminds me that we need to make the effort (out of season).
Very powerful graphically -- with the stong tonal contrast and triangular shapes. Quite dramatic. From this image it seems a place removed from any of the concerns of man. A big feeling from small format!
Some very good use of diagonals in the mountains and the cloud formations. John touched on a little of how I too felt about this image. It witholds so much that I fell a sense of silence viewing the shot. It's probably due to the lack of 'life' in the shot (apart from what can only be Nessie on vacation). The row of trees along the far mountain are too small in thius version to create life and the dark righthand mountain looks too moonlike.
With all the emptiness this portrays I am in need of some interest on the water - even a stronger reflection may have worked for me - or in the sky.
It's certainly appealing to look at but is not ringing all my bells unlike some of your earlier postings.
"something altogether more daunting"
I would even say foreboding. I would not want to be walking along the shore on the right. Surely that bit of black in the water is something menacing waiting to pounce.
I'd be curious to know how you would work this negative differently now.
This image has a very 3D feel about it and the recession through the hills creates the depth.
The sky has the feel of a threat of rain and the image grain adds to that feel.
I prefer the east of Cumbria on the other side of the motorway and Yorkshire. There are lakes and hills there but far fewer grockles.
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This is certainly a long way from the normal view of the English Lakes. You've turned a soft and pleasant landscape into something altogether more daunting.
I like the three zone effect, but I keep feeling that this is the right hand end of a panorama and somebody is keeping me from seeing the whole.
With all the emptiness this portrays I am in need of some interest on the water - even a stronger reflection may have worked for me - or in the sky.
It's certainly appealing to look at but is not ringing all my bells unlike some of your earlier postings.
I would even say foreboding. I would not want to be walking along the shore on the right. Surely that bit of black in the water is something menacing waiting to pounce.
I'd be curious to know how you would work this negative differently now.
The sky has the feel of a threat of rain and the image grain adds to that feel.
I prefer the east of Cumbria on the other side of the motorway and Yorkshire. There are lakes and hills there but far fewer grockles.