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OK, for some reason this has been tagged as digital but it isn't - it was shot on 35mm film.
One from the archives - all the way back to 1988 when I'd just got into photography. It was taken with what was then my pride and joy, a £12 secondhand Praktica. Don't know why I haven't posted it before, it's not a bad little photograph. The gate isn't quite as sharp as it could be - I must have focussed a little too far back, but it's hardly ruinous.
This has been cropped to make the gate more central. #2 shows the uncropped version. I prefer the positioning of the gate in #1 but I like the way that the light filters through the upper branches in #2.
| Brand: | 35mm |
| Lens: | 50mm |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Back in the Day |
| Username: | 
spaceman |
| Uploaded: | 25 Mar 2011 - 8:57 PM |
| Tags: | Black & white, General |
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oh i love this! Great play with dark and bright, black and white.
Excellent. I actually prefer v2 gate position as I feel that the more open space to the rh makes me believe the gate is an entrance to what's beyond. In v1 the more central position of the gate makes be feel that the gate is a barrier to what lies beyond. Both versions therefore have there own story to tell so both are very valid . . . just different. Shows what an effect a crop or change of compositional positioning can have.
Bruce
You're able to see far more in my photographs than I ever can Bruce. And now that you've pointed it out I can see exactly what you mean about the central position of the #1 gate making it look like a barrier. That's something that would never have occurred to me. Thanks Bruce 
Love the hard, contrasty, tones Michael, they work well with this scene, also it gives the tree a presence that keeps us fixed firmly in the image, fine work,
Adrian
I also prefer v2, but for a different reason - I like the complete archway created by the two trees, that frames the pathway beyond the gate -moving the eye beyond and ito the distance - love the grainy texture - very powerful mono
Helen
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