Aida wrapped in black cloth - Baltasar Alvarez Quintana

Purposely highly- contrasted copy on high-contrast paper in darkroom.

Selected for the Hall of Fame on 2005/Nov/01

Camera:	Contax G2
Lens:	Carl Zeiss Planar 45mm f/2
Film:	Kodak Tri-x
Exposure:	Unrecorded
Flash:
Support:
Filter:
Adjustment:	Several basic Photoshop adjustments
Posted:	02-Apr-2005

Rating: 8.93 (28 ratings)

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Comments

My first 10 goes to you

This pic is on its way to the 2005 Hall of Fame.

Jean-Christian     03-Apr-2005 at 13:24

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Really Impressive

Black and white...
But i also read red tone.  
Pure feeling is very well matched with the object.
Very nice image.

Thanks.

Sunnyjun Jo     06-Apr-2005 at 19:25

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To Sunnyjun Jo

Red tone? I don't know. The pic was definitely taken Tri-x B/W. Perhaps it was scanned as a color pic, I sometimes forget to switch. I scan both B/W and color, and sometimes I convert to greyscale in PS. That´s the only possible reason. I have right in front of me the 10x15cm B/W copy I scanned just about a week ago.

Thanks a lot for your nice comment. Greetings from northern Spain  

Baltasar Alvarez Quintana     07-Apr-2005 at 01:47

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Enhorabuena por la Top-Image!. Saludos, Luis.

Ludwig Argüelles     09-Apr-2005 at 02:02

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Muchas gracias, Luis. Un saludo y deseando ver nuevas fotos tuyas.

Baltasar Alvarez Quintana     09-Apr-2005 at 02:38

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aida

more striking than Naobkov's novel. the subject seems on the verge of anticipation/expectation - very beautiful. very pure. es una foto muy, muy bueno.

[Unknown]     29-Apr-2005 at 06:04

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Overwhelmed...

...Phil... that's how I feel after your comment. I think you're being very generous. I'm happy you enjoyed it. Muchas gracias

Baltasar Alvarez Quintana     29-Apr-2005 at 12:51

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Glad I took the time to browse

Glad I took a look at more of your uploaded images. I love this photo. It's an excellent "abstraction" of a little girl. I get to fill in the blanks in my mind about why she is wrapped in black, looking into the distance, etc... Thanks,

Kevin Laycock     19-May-2005 at 20:52

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Aida

"Stunning" David

Westie     02-Jun-2005 at 06:53

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I feel that your aesthetics has been condensed to this photograph. Although this photo is simple, however, I think that this is one of a really wonderful photograph among Gpages. Thanks.

[Unknown]     01-Nov-2005 at 21:35

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Congratulations

Baltasar, congratulations. Your inclusion in the G HoF is long overdue imo. This is a wonderful image.

Gregg Humphrey     05-Nov-2005 at 12:57

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Thanks, Gregg.

Comforting words in times of growing perplexity. Cheers from northern Spain.

Baltasar Alvarez Quintana     06-Nov-2005 at 04:32

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