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Pete Askew

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The path that takes you the 2km from Hoheneggelsen Station to Gross Himstedt. As often in the German countryside, you will find a station literally in the middle of nowhere that serves several villages. Luckily there is a cycle path to drag the suitcases along!

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A leading line from the right foreground, a white stump on the left, a long road and trees leading off into the distance...the comp could not be more classic or better. I love the little trees on the horizon. Fine shot, Pete. Fine indeed.
 
Brilliant Pete, certainly reminds me of being back home. For some reason the Germans have been dedicated to laying trees so symmetrically on the side of the roads. :)
 
Love the converging lines of the path. The whole landscape takes on a triangular shape with every line sort of pointing to it' apex, or an infinity, at the right of the frame. The post then anchors it all.
Like Allignment, you're definitely into slide rule and drawing board precision with these compositions.
the image has a lovely old fashion feel to it.
 
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I like this too! You used to shoot a lot more of this sorta thing Pete... Unless you just post less of it ... Or I don't see it?
 
Thanks Tom. This ail probably end up as part of the Windswept Land series and I took few more today to add to it so, yes, I do still take shots of this landscape and in this way. Some I have posted but others are just accumulating until I work out what to do with them. The main series and the Time and Place ones were supposed to go into an exhibition earlier this year but I never made time to get them together (and in fact I am pleased I didn't - it wasn't the right place / format). I think a book format would work though.

http://www.realphotographersforum.com/forum/threads/a-windswept-land.1475/
http://www.realphotographersforum.com/forum/threads/a-windswept-land-ii.12771/
http://www.realphotographersforum.com/forum/threads/of-time-and-place.4794/

This was my original idea for this image but in the end I preferred it without the figure.

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This is a fine shot in it's own right and I love the texturing on the path with the little shadows of the grass.
Pete I'm interested why you choose to call the series Windswept Land; I find this and the other pretty calm and still. Hope you don't mind me asking.
 
Not at all Tom. The Lower Saxony planes are very windy. It is a flat landscape and the near-constant wind shapes the feel of the place (it can be appreciated better in some of the others in the series). It is quite desolate in some ways and we often feel oppressed by the idea of coming and spending time here. Again I wanted that to come across. Having said that I feel quite inspired when I am here.

I intend to go back through the whole series and process them in a very consistent way as that would suit the mood I am after I think. Any thoughts?
 
So the atmosphere there sounds possibly comparable to that in Dungeness; oppressive but exciting in a way. Maybe it's that very oppression that actually calls you back there. I always feel there is unfinished business in Dungeness.
Definitely, a consistency in processing while retaining the all important aura of the place. I believe this is what we are really photographing in such places. If they are going to be exhibited, presentation would probably become as important as the processing; meaning the wrong mat colour or frame, if been used, could easily loose what already has been achieved.
These two images come without a busy sky; would the series contain images with a heavy sky? Trying to imagine if such a sky would be disruptive amongst the quiet of others. Just thinking out loud here.
 
Sorry, I should have looked at these earlier.
The order in which you posted these I think answers my question about the skies. Keeping the clouds as a separate set, not mixing them?
Fine work all round and the work on view at Babelsberg sets a standard that I can try to aspire to. Sets the bar to a new level. Will go back and spend more time with them later this afternoon. Thanks for pointing me to them.
 
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