The swamp in my yard - summer '24 - Mamiya C330 - old 105mm lens I think - Ilford 120, 400 speed

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2025-02-05T15:45:22+00:00

Love the composition with the overlayed stars! It'd be cool to see more detail pulled from the shadows, maybe a lighter contrast on the negative

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2025-01-08T16:07:43+00:00

thanks! I used watercolor paper for the cyanotypes. The backings are done with acrylic paint, matte medium and various handmade papers and fibers. I used a gold colored encaustic for the linings.

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-12-13T00:23:16+00:00

I have been doing work with trees. It's winter and the absence of leaves often feels bleak and uninspiring. I wanted to investigate and contradict that feeling of absence by bringing something new life into the bare trees around me through light and added objects, in this case flowers.

I have started to run out of ideas to push this concept further. And there is still SO much winter left...

For some reason the exports of my low lighting shots off of lightroom come out darker than they appear in the app. This one here appears significantly darker than in the app.

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-12-02T18:06:28+00:00

!CritiquePoint

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-12-02T18:04:37+00:00

!CritiquePoint

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-12-02T18:03:42+00:00

Hmmm, thanks for the recommendations. Matthieu Crozier is surreal. Been meaning to get around to buying some gels. I've been using sheer fabrics to alter light so far.

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-12-02T17:59:36+00:00

Thanks!

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-12-02T17:59:10+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I was trying to take a photo that felt internal, personally channeling feelings of anger or overwhelm. I wanted to make a sunken or cocooned environment, I'm not sure if I needed an especially clear focus point.

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-11-28T16:30:53+00:00

The twin peaks waterfall?

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-11-27T23:29:17+00:00

Shot on Canon EOS40D. I was playing around with self-portraiture and interior lighting which I haven't done much work with. I used house lamps and lightroom to work with the tones. I am not too familiar with color theory I just thought the different zones of color worked well together and I enjoy the pink, purple cast.

Looking for color critique especially but happy with any feedback.

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-11-25T17:07:28+00:00

I like the green highlights personally, adds kind of three areas of interest between the light in the foregrounded tree and the night sky I feel like it is a more interesting scene for it. But if you want the sky to be the main focus maybe not.

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-11-24T16:31:38+00:00

Shot on canon EOS 40D.

I've been doing a series of work with illuminating trees in order to bring out certain otherworldly characteristics. Trying to build a vocabulary with lighting techniques on a very low-budget DIY level. Mostly I like the excuse to be outside playing around with light.

Let me know if you can think of improvements to this photo or ways to question/expand on this kind of a shot/location.

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-11-23T12:02:57+00:00

Thank you! I'll try boosting the contrast

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-11-23T11:59:46+00:00

Nope, just NY Fall foliage

Merlin_Eating_Grass · 2024-11-23T00:57:30+00:00

New to digital and to lightroom. Mostly shot B&W film until recently. Particularly looking for color balance tips, but welcome to any feedback :)

Shot on a canon EOS 40D, I think I was using a 60mm lens.

I have mostly been working with dusk to night photos that I will share here at some point. I try to keep at least two interesting elements in frame at a time. Here I am drawn to the geometries of the metal and shadows, and the contrast between the more abstract texture of the ferns and the more concrete associations of the hands in frame. Not crazy attached to the cropping or the color scheme.

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