River of Light

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• oreyd (238)
• [2008-06-20 22:18]

this is truly amazing, thanks you for sharing this!

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• BennyV (1285)
• [2008-06-21 2:12]
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Hello Peter,

On the edges of photography, but your work merits its place here. It was indeed that 'primal earth' feeling that drew me to this shot (and set me off looking at your other uploads too). Impressive work.

Benny

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• auldal (639)
• [2008-06-21 4:32]
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Absolutely fascinating, could you post the original as a workshop for comparison?

What techniques did you use to achieve this effect?

Alastair

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• Clairedelune (4730)
• [2008-06-30 20:51]
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Hello Peter,
I went to your website, curious as I continually am, by the technique you used. I see there many very beautiful "photos" (or should I say "photogravures"?). I looked at the technique but I am totally a visual one on this matter. I have to see it and put my fingers to the task at the same time. And add to that that I am a lazy one! So, no hope for me! :))
Anyway, very interesting work, not seen often. I appreciate that. Indeed, it reminds me some old photos I can see in my history of photography books.
I cannot judge well about the technique since I don't know about it. I would just point one place that look a little strange to me which doesn't look that strange in your original version. Ok, I'll try to tell you where it is: left side of the river, the slope of the mountain in the back. There is some small trees that are almost gone in this version. In the original, I can see a ray of light that is probably the reason. It looks more like a drawing of a shape and is a little different from the rest. Well, I am not too sure I explain well myself. Hope you understand what I mean.
Very interesting work, Peter.
Claire

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• Polonaise (15749)
• [2008-08-14 18:52]
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What is so special about those old photographs (or, whatever name given to them ?)...
They are so charmingly imperfect by comparison with the modern ones...
You said it took a month to convert your digit into the photogravure one...!
What would be the other purpose for it than one incredible thing...
A nostalgia for those oldies...
For the style that can't be explain, or it's explained falsely as a something 'better'...
If you read those manuals and books specializing in all of those old techniques - they are ALWAYS emphasizing the special, upgrading values of those lithographs, gums, photogravures, silvers and glass plates...
It's a myth…
They have NEVER been better…
They have NEVER brought up something more… Something that was missing in a normal, progressive science , year by year - photo technology…
They were ALWAYS classical…(whatever the heck that means ???)
Every time I tried ANY of these methods within my years in the darkrooms (complete waste of time !) - I never got anything better… I got only different… For once… For twice, and then…
Oh, man… Forget it… It's a bull crap !

Today…?
Aaaaa… Today is a different story…
Today I can do it differently ( for the sake of being different) with the few clicks of the mouse…
The whole, incredible word of technology is at my finger tip…
The only thing that limits my efforts to hit the skies - is my very own brain… My very own imperfections…
There were never in history of photography greater methods of doing great photography than today…
EVER…

What's left from those old times…
???
Something that can't be substitute…

A nostalgia…

But that's the heart… It has nothing to do with the pixetalgia… Or, digitalgia - as a matter of fact…

Your picture Peter, is such a beautiful nostalgia… Nothing else but a romantic, charming nostalgia.. A dream…
The less of it - the better…
The more I'd love it…

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That Clairedelune girl…
Getting a critique from her is like emptying a bottle of the good, vintage wine, sitting alone in your room…

They don't write that kind of critiques any more…

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