One mad bull
by bigskyeye

Comment:
Not just an amazing freeze-action shot, and such an interesting capture of the cowboys, but such wonderful light. Great B&W processing and tonal range ~ carried over from your large format camera days, I expect.

Tidal Flats at Full Ebb
by nickyb

Comment:
I love those tidal flats out at Eastham and this is a beautiful capture of them Nicky. Well done.

The Littoral Zone
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Such wonderful textures and light brought to life in the processing. My kind of scene, as you know ;-)

out standing on your own two feet
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Lovely image and in jmritz's style, with hints of PennyStreet's style in there as well. Great combination!!

Come play with us
by romanlatham

Comment:
Great capture in the style of jmritz

Sitting on the bench
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
I like the added grain, but I don't find the image otherwise ambiguous or dancing like a jmritz image. Great viewpoint over the area.

i am me
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Great capture of the yawn!! Lovely light and shadow.

Over the Next Ridge
by Cutter

Comment:
Congratulations on the ribbon. Love coming back to view it again.

Loch Vale
by hahn23

Comment:
Congrats on the ribbon, Richard. Lovely tones and clarity of details. Love the larger version.

Surfboat, Old Harbor Life-Saving Station, circa 1902
by PenelopeK

Comment:

Originally posted by blindjustice: The processing is subtle and fine. I especially like the door and the window, the lines giving movement to the boat.

Thanks Paul. Those were definitively key elements that drew me to this, plus the light on the oars.

Regarding the crop. Thanks for the feedback from those who commented on it. I was at the wide end of this lens and I couldn't stand any further back. I was up against a locked door. I could have switched to the 10-22mm lens but I really wanted the benefit of the L glass in my 24-105mm lens plus the area around the bottom of the boat was marred (IMO) by metal supports and other objects. Once home, I considered cropping more off the bottom to get away from the look of having "just" missed getting all the boat in the image, but to my eyes that just wasn't as interesting.

Message edited by author 2012-05-31 21:03:41.