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1963 Massey Fergusson
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Hi Joseph,
Another image that I like very much. Those little porches & that wall must have been the style of the time. Our old house, even though located at the south east corner of the country, had very similar style. My Dad (Thankfully still hail & hearty at 80) might have stood like that with our dog, Sailor, looking lovingly up at him. Yes, you could have included all the tractor but you did’nt & that’s ok. I get the picture.
Well done & thanks.
John.I’ve been labeled a lurker by by fellow countyman…probably justified in this thread. Interesting to see you posting images again Joseph…it’s been a while (obviously apart from the documentary on the Arca Irish).
The images – not exactly landscape, nor not enough isolation for architecture and considering we don’t have a motorsport category I suppose they fit better here. But you knew that.
I commented on Martins images some time ago where I stated they were examples of perfect exposure – these are similar in that you see what’s in the image without having to guess and I’d imagine the original takes the biscuit altogether. I prefer the second, not that it’s a contest, but the presence of a person with a stance that would make the image pre 1963 Massey and increase the appeal.
As for the 3/4 Massey – I’ll bet if it was 100% in the image it wouldn’t help to frame the central character as well as it has. As a matter if interest – the dodging in the sky – at the exposure time or printing?
Alan
Thanks again for the comments-
Nice to get a few from some actual landscapers too-
Alan, funny you should pick up on the shadow detail-
the particular film/exposure/developer combination is very suited for making the most of the shadow detail,
at the expense of other things-Here’s a crop-
24x36mm…
As I said, I’m new to this, so there’s a lot of fine tuning to be done,
particularly in the film developing, but in other areas as well-The bright area around the perimeter is a result of continuous agitation of the slosher,
which results in over development of the edges-
The continuous agitation is good for shadow detail, but at the cost of acutance,
and the over development is as a result of waves of developer reflecting off the sides of the tray.So the next developer I’ll use will be intermittently agitated,
won’t produce as much shadow detail, but may produce sharper looking prints-The chopped tractor that you all mentioned-
The farmer went off to feed his sheep, but said he’d come back to have his picture taken,
so I set up the camera, and loaded the film-He came back, and I told him where to park, and I took the picture immediately-
Faffing is a big part of this thing, and I wanted to keep it to a minimum-Like you, I don’t think the cutoff is a very big deal-
I actually like the tightness of the elements at the sides of the picture…Sinead, I do reckon the farmer will like these, which I suppose makes it worthwhile-
There are other questions which could be asked, like why at all-
but the main purpose of this shot was an exercise in using the camera and making a print-
so whether the picture ends up as an exercise in kitsch is another question (my question) entirely-John, thanks again, glad it still resonates-
Jess the Border Collie (although some way north of the border) was a real working dog,
and was 100% attentive to the farmer all the time-
just in case there were some sheep to be ordered about-I’d imagine this would be something repeated all over the country…
As to whether it’s Landscape-
well, I took a leaf from Rob’s reckoning-
it’s where the landscape used to be-
tenuous enough, but it’s not really Architecture and Urban Landscapes…And yes Sean, a lot of work to get it around-
but that’s why I made my custom roller-
Carrying it will be another project for another time-Thanks again for all the comments-
apologies for going on…joseph
Hi Joseph,
The second image is really fine! I like it!
As mentioned by Wonka it is jus a pity about the tractor rear end, anyway
the area or scene is well captured with the man, his dog, his tractor & his house
with a beautiful backdrop.Well exposed and definately more contrasty than the first,
but :lol:
For me there is a magenta hue to the second one :?
Sorry, you can tell me to Fheck off . . .
Love the picture anyhoo
Alan
great post – thanks for sharing Joseph- and for detailed replys from which i am learning a lot!
Thanks Alan, thanks Gerry-
Learning- never stops really-
just the long as I keep making mistakes…Alan, I did calibrate the scanner, but I might not have got it right-
probably didn’t actually-
colour management is a bit of a nightmare-However, as I said the last time,
this is a scan of a print,
and the tones aren’t neutral-
so I tried to represent that-I’m not sure that it’s very strongly toned, doesn’t look like it here..
How does the detail look, is that neutral?
Thanks again for the feedback-
joseph
No its not that bad, really nitpicking.
Nice to see some great results from the A.S
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