Rope & Nets 2 - Carl Radford

Rope and Nets without the mark down the right-hand side.

Camera:	Contax G2
Lens:	Carl Zeiss Planar 45mm f/2
Film:	Ilford Delta 400
Exposure:
Flash:
Support:
Filter:
Adjustment:	Scan of print. USM & levels - slight burn of bottom right corner.
Posted:	16-Jun-2003

Rating: 8.38 (21 ratings)

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Comments

Very Well Balanced

Very well balanced composition. A tough shot to maintain tonal range. Did you rearange any ropes or nets,or is it a found subject?

Don     16-Jun-2003 at 15:17

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This is how I found them Don...

I moved my feet to get the best composition :) That said I wouldn't've been adverse to rearranging them if I needed to but it's just nice to work with what you're presented with.

Carl Radford     17-Jun-2003 at 00:14

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I enjoyed the organized chaos in this picture and how it was all tied (pun) together with that one lighter shaded coil. This ozzes with texture.

Ed Ng     17-Jun-2003 at 00:52

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love it!

full of texture, and organised chaos! the leaves in the top corners frame it nicely and add a bit of contrast, and i think it would have lacked that 'something' had they not been there. the rope and seaweed tumbling through give it a sense of movement. quite simply i love it!

rachel miles     17-Jun-2003 at 01:17

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Ansel Adams style

Composition, grayscale balance: all perfect. If only we had more sharpness on the foreground ropes ...

Carlo Consoli     17-Jun-2003 at 02:58

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The print is

outstanding!

John Allen     17-Jun-2003 at 05:20

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Many thanks all...

for your comments - I appreciate you taking the time. The print is my best yet - shame it missed the print exchange!

Carl Radford     17-Jun-2003 at 05:27

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excellent use of tones

I'm sure this does make a great print. Please get it into the next print exchange.

Gregg Humphrey     17-Jun-2003 at 10:40

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Carl, very nice tonal and texture study. The positioning of the lighter colored ropes on the top was fortunate.

Bruce McKinney     17-Jun-2003 at 16:59

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Good seeing Carl! Nice image.

Kevin Conville     17-Jun-2003 at 22:26

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Impressive.

Has all the qualities I like in a photograph, texture, depth and contrast.

Benjamin Lynden     18-Jun-2003 at 09:48

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The more I look at some of the images of objects etc the more that I think this deserves my rating.

Dave Richards     22-Jun-2003 at 04:27

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As everyone said

- excellent tonality; excellent sharpness too. I also like the empty space formed by the deep-black areas. Not wanting to get detail out of the shadows can sometimes be a good idea, as this image shows. Anyway, wasn't it you who mentioned the empty space in my image of the old Japanese lady?

Wilfred van der Vegte     22-Jun-2003 at 06:18

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good one!!

wonderful exposure and good composition

Daniele Esposito     25-May-2004 at 03:01

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