Critique Welcomed Eastern Washington Somewhere

[Brian Moore]

Northeast of Walla Walla I think,...not far from the Palouse region.

Canon F1 with Kodak Tri-X.

Eastern Washington Somewhere by brian moore, on Flickr

 

[Ralph Turner]

Wonderful sense of the vast, open space, Brian. I really like the 'layering' of light and shadow cast by the clouds.

 

[Brian Moore]

Wonderful sense of the vast, open space, Brian. I really like the 'layering' of light and shadow cast by the clouds.

Thanks Ralph. Much appreciated.

 

[Len Philpot]

Great shapes and contrast. I'm curious what it looks like in color, too.

 

[Brian Moore]

Great shapes and contrast. I'm curious what it looks like in color, too.

Thanks Len. I'm afraid you'll have to use your imagination to see a color version; I shot it on black and white film. (I'll look to see if I took an i-Phone shot here. I sometimes do that. If so I'll post it.)

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Long, straight road to nowhere...
...reminds me of heading east from 97 earlier this week in central Oregon.
Great shot Brian!

 

[Brian Moore]

Long, straight road to nowhere...
...reminds me of heading east from 97 earlier this week in central Oregon.
Great shot Brian!

Yep. Very similar I imagine. Thanks, Gary.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

A road movie by Wim Wenders, if it weren't for the fact that it has too much grain. Nice one, @Brian Moore. A good work of light in time and space.

 

[Brian Moore]

A road movie by Wim Wenders, if it weren't for the fact that it has too much grain. Nice one, @Brian Moore. A good work of light in time and space.

Thanks a lot Gianluca. I agree that the grain is a bit much. I tried to smooth it out in post but could only go so far before I started losing detail. (Come to think of it I could try doing some grain smoothing just in the sky with masking,...didn't think about that before. May give it a go!

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Thanks a lot Gianluca. I agree that the grain is a bit much. I tried to smooth it out in post but could only go so far before I started losing detail. (Come to think of it I could try doing some grain smoothing just in the sky with masking,...didn't think about that before. May give it a go!

If you want to do it, do it, but I wasn't suggesting that. I think the beauty of film is also accepting what it gives back.

 

[Brian Moore]

If you want to do it, do it, but I wasn't suggesting that. I think the beauty of film is also accepting what it gives back.

I agree with you. But now I want to do it.

 

[Brian Moore]

An edited version (@Gianluca Drago: what do you think?)
Eastern Washington Somewhere by brian moore, on Flickr

 

[Beth Carter]

i like the grain on the web version, but i think the cleaned up version would work better for print. i'd love to go drive that road.

 

[Brian Moore]

i like the grain on the web version, but i think the cleaned up version would work better for print. i'd love to go drive that road.

I think you’re right, Beth. Thanks for your comment.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

An edited version (@Gianluca Drago: what do you think?)
Eastern Washington Somewhere by brian moore, on Flickr

Also good this one, with less grain. But now I've gotten used to the first, more dramatic, one. Probably a middle ground between the first and second would be my favorite

 

[Brian Moore]

Also good this one, with less grain. But now I've gotten used to the first, more dramatic, one. Probably a middle ground between the first and second would be my favorite

Well I'm not doing another one, Gianluca!