Welcome back to another blog everyone! It’s been another busy week on the server, and with the darkest weeks of winter past, members posted lots of fantastic winter imagery, along with some sunnier shots to remind our snowbound members what we’ve got to look forward to in spring!
Gallery Gems
Myshra once again demonstrates her mastery of black and white film and willingness to brave the elements with this standout image from a trip to Minnewaska State Park. The bright highlighted snow in the foreground sets a reference point against which the eye can appreciate the depth of the shadow amongst the trees and the texture in the gray wintry sky.
OMS members are never afraid to get experimental! We’ve had some great experimental photographic challenges in the past, and sometimes we get peeks at experiments in the gallery! Fabri pulled this Harman Phoenix out of it’s canister and rewound it backward before shooting it, “redscaling” the film. The experiment turned out great, and this look really suited the architectural subject!
With protestors taking to the streets in many cities in America, Gary posted a gallery of some excellent documentary photography of the Chicago People’s march. This image in particular stood out, a perfect moment of both emotion and action captured simultaneously.
Smooth snow meets crispy black trees in this gorgeous telephoto landscape detail shot. From a distance it’s hard to know exactly what you’re looking at, but as the eye teases out the nooks and crannies and individual trees, this image goes from an excellent textural composition to a feeling of awe at the beauty of this ridge and the way it was framed!
When one hears about wet plate photography color isn’t generally the first thing that comes to mind. Lithe subverted that expectation in this plate, carefully pouring the developer off the top edge of the plate so as to purposefully under-develop those areas. The way the green stain frames the building is perfect, and contrasts nicely with the smooth, bluer tones of the rest of the image.
That’s all for this week – until next time, keep up the great photography, and for those of us in the northern hemisphere – spring is coming soon!
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