A Windswept Land

[Pete Askew]

Here is the complete current sequence. Not entirely sure about the order at the moment and will probably shuffle them around on http://www.babelsberg-studio.com at some point. Will probably add some older shots too later on.

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Nice set Pete. I'm a little concerned though that if it is indeed a windswept place, why are the trees all standing so straight?

 

[Pete Askew]

Good strong German trees! Take it from me though, it is often b***** windy there!!

 

[Vic Shaw]

good old German engineering! nice set Pete these are going to look great printed!

 

[Bryan Hunt]

Great set Pete my fav is still the Woods followed by the tree lined road

 

[Paul Lange]

Good stuff and again that shot of the trees is really great, it does stand out on its own from the rest a little bit though. I really like the grainy vignette that you have on some of the skys. It really transforms a pretty much empty sky and give it a nice depth.

 

[Hamish Gill]

That first one is a beauty!
really pulled it out the bag with this lot pete ... i like them a lot!

number three, i think is a miss ... But the rest are really nice!

 

[Brian Moore]

Lovely set, Pete. It takes a good eye to spot a picture in some of those, but your compositional sense trumps even your eye.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Ooh, I can't decide which one is my fav.
I do like them all.

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Ooh, I can't decide which one is my fav.
I do like them all.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The last two are my favs. Nice toning - simple - and great compositions. You should take up photography seriously, Pete. I think you could be quite good at it

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Pete, these are very nice. I like the 5th, 10th, 11th (favorite) most.

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks Nihat. Number 10 is a favourite of mine also and I have shot these scene several times now. The last time was on 120 film but I am planning to shoot it again on 5x4, maybe this April if the weather is kind to me. I also like the football pitch as this informs me about this small village. And I deliberately made the woods appear slightly mysterious as they are the only relief from the open countryside and you go suddenly from open, exposed land to a dense, tall treed wood.

Although I did not grow up in this place (Ina did), I find it, and the house, very evocative and a great source of inspiration.

http://www.realphotographersforum.com/general/4794-time-place.html

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Loving 10 and 11 - the plowed furrow and the way it changes the color of the soil in #11 especially

These remind me of that 70s BBC TV series about the French Resistance in WWII - Secret Army

The opening credits had stills of roads crossing a European landscape as I remember

Here we go:

[video=youtube_share;eTkdxWCpJYM]http://youtu.be/eTkdxWCpJYM[/video]

 

[Pete Askew]

Isn't evocation a wonderful thing?!

 

[Beth Carter]

i keep coming back to look at these. all of the images are strong enough to stand on their own, but fit in well together.

couple of my favorites:
5 - love the road.
6 - great lighting, adds a lot of mystery to the image.
10 - wonderful comp., probably my favorite of the bunch.
11 - love the leading lines from the field.
12 - nice repetition in the trees going down the road

 

[Barry Keavney]

Beautiful set Pete!

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks Beth, thanks Barry.