Gloomy And Dark

[Nick Lukey]

Been a bit of a nightmare this week weather wise, everytime I went out the weather was cack. Monday found me in the middle of a moor caught in a rainstorm of biblical ferocity. Anyhow enough chuntering,

An image from Wolfscotdale


An image from Monday just before the rain, the image really doesn't belie how misty and dark it was.

 

[Pete Askew]

Biblical?! It even divided the hills! Nice.

Love the soft and smudged tones in the second.

 

[Brian Moore]

Love 'em both, Nick. Worth getting cacked upon for!

 

[Aldous Lau]

Nice set Nick

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

From what I see here on my tab, they look great. I'll definitely have a better look at them tomorrow.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Seen darker and gloomier...life's not so bad, Nick. These are great, btw Love the wiggly path in the second.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

And as I said, great and the last one is like a fairy tale, just wonderful

 

[Paul Lange]

I love the PP on these and do wonder if they would look great printed large.

 

[Nick Lukey]

I love the PP on these and do wonder if they would look great printed large.

Hi Paul most of my stuff goes large, I have big walls to fill They stand up well to resizing, I tend not to crop too much either, so that helps keeping artifacts at bay. The largest I've gone is 4 feet.

 

[Paul Lange]

Hi Paul most of my stuff goes large, I have big walls to fill They stand up well to resizing, I tend not to crop too much either, so that helps keeping artifacts at bay. The largest I've gone is 4 feet.

And who says size doesn't matter.

Out of interest what papers do you tend to go for with colour and black and white? I have been trying various samples but find a lot of them a much of muchness. Some suppliers seem to have bewildering arrays of offerings but they mostly seem to be just variations on the base and the OBAs used.

 

[Nick Lukey]

I tend to print on an archival Matt 260 gsm paper, it works very well for mono, colour tends to mute a little. For gloss I use Hp universal gloss, has a real nice depth to it. My printer is able to create it's own paper profiles as it has a built in spectrophotometer which is very handy.

I find that most of the papers are the same and are just rebranded, Once I get a good paper I stick to it, the Matt I've using for the last nine months or so, has been very consistent, and also is a great price. I have long been an Epson large format fan, but the switch to HP has been a real eye opener, the HP is seriously frugal on ink, never seems to waste any unlike the Epson.

 

[Paul Lange]

I use Marrutt Archival Matt quite a bit which is not quite the same as the Epson paper. Colours are not as vibrant as gloss or semi glass papers but that suits my photographs. I find it odd that such an economical paper is my preference over many of the more expensive Baryta and Fine Art types.

 

[Pete Askew]

I am very impressed with Canson-Infinity Photo Satin and BFK Rives.

 

[Nick Lukey]

I use Marrutt Archival Matt quite a bit which is not quite the same as the Epson paper. Colours are not as vibrant as gloss or semi glass papers but that suits my photographs. I find it odd that such an economical paper is my preference over many of the more expensive Baryta and Fine Art types.

Paul it's often the case, my Matt paper works out at around £40 a roll that's 42in by 30 metres

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Nick, just love these landscapes, absolutely superb.