Eternal Flames

Stunning! Well seen and executed, no nits...worth all the effort you put in, would love to see a huge print!

Lon,

It was the color and contrast the I liked the most upn first seeing this. The texture is also breathtaking in how it actuall does mimic fire. Really well seen and I think definitely worth the effort.

It looks good, Lon. I can see that putting this together must have been hard. Your persistance paid off.

- Dan.

Amazing!! I love the wonderful colors and depth you captured.

The fire analogy fits this piece perfectly. Great work, Lon.

Lon I really love the blues mixed in with the orange texures. I would hate setting up the 4x5 but its times like this where the details make it worth the while.. great work and a terrific find.

A very good abstract, Lon. You captured many of the elements of art.
The color looks fine on my monitor.

Wow, this is really cool looking image. Beautiful texture, color and detail. Contrast looks perfect to me too. Great abstract, Lon.

I just love this Lon. I didnt get a chance to respond to your other posts and wanted to tell ya that these are great. The intimate scenes really grab me and Im enjoying each one.

Thanks for always being so kind and honest Lon
I reposted a crop version of mine. Thanks again.

AWESOME!!!!!! The color, light, and detail are just over the top good in this. Definately worth the time.

Chris

Intelligent tough works always pays off. This is a stunning intimate Lon! One of your recent best. I know it's tough and sometimes you have to be kind of a contortionist to get to the ground glass but it pays off in spades sometimes. Sure did this time for you. Outstanding image! Three dimensional to boot...

Best,

Jose

I tried these when I was shooting 4x5 and could never get the focus. Color/contrast looks right on to me. Composition-wise, the light area in the ULC corner tends to draw my eye a bit, but given what must've been a pretty restricted frame, this is good shootin'.

WOW, this one really came out very nice, Lon. I can almost see or at least imagine the old lens looking like a twisted eyeball at the end of the bellows to meet this menagerie. The color looks good here, not sure about the contrast/saturation. That's always hard for me to tweak that into acceptability at times. It surely does not look overdone anyway.

Another top notch image from top to bottom Lon!

This is tremendous Lon. Just incredible. The lines, textures, the warm and cool tones, just amazing. Abstract yet still grounded. I'm really glad you made this with a 4x5 even though I will agree it can be a real pain. A large print of this will be simply awesome. Spectacular.

Technically, this is superb! Great sharpness and the colors look spot on. Love the detail. I plan to look a few more times, but the comp. is not really resonating with me.

Wow, this really grabs your attention! This is a very strong image, I think with less saturation and lower contrast it would lose some impact. That’s just my thoughts, I love it as is. Great shoot, Lon!

Truly stunning Lon. Great eye for this, and well worth your efforts. Love it!!

Amazing Lon! The center area in the comp. makes the image - or lets say is the icing on the cake! Colors look great - very reddish and saturated, but I like it. Great eye again Lon.
The website-work is mainly on picking the images for it and resizing them - and takes a while...

Wonderful colours, textures and depth!
Fitting analogy with the fire... with some imagination the centre part also looks a bit like the path to some cave entrance to me with the lhs being a canyon wall ;-)

What a great find, Lon

If this does not grab your attention I don't know what does! A fine fine close up of the textured weathered tree. I can pick out severl geometric shapes here which add to it for me. Love it!

There is a lot of discipline that goes along with photography, and when you get it right, it is so well worth the time and effort. Gorgeous Lon, perfect in every way.
John

Flawlessly exposed and composed. Quite original, too.
Love the triangle that serves so well to draw ones eye from the lower left corner toward the upper right while encompassing the entirety along the way.

Lon, I almost thought it was a bristlecone. The firery red accenting the scene reealy gives taht kick it needs or still doesn't need.

How long does it take getting seeing things upside down?

Lon,

This is gorgeous! You worked this wonderfully, and the detail is outstanding! Print it!

This is the same tree I photographed two years ago on our first trip together up there. Was this the one you mentioned later, in camp? Mine showed more of the tree. I guess it's true that 'birds of a feather flock together', as they say.

Nice work, indeed!

-P

There is just a ton of detail in this shot, I like this one even more than your last post.

Wow, thanks for all the comments! I really appreciate it.

Steve: "How long does it take getting seeing things upside down? " Viewing upside down and backwards doesn't take much getting used to actually. And actually because the view is that way, compositions can be made with easier respect to the shapes, forms and balance because you're less focused on the scene and subject matter, but rather composition - if that makes sense.

Preston: "This is the same tree I photographed two years ago on our first trip together up there. Was this the one you mentioned later, in camp? Mine showed more of the tree. I guess it's true that 'birds of a feather flock together', as they say. "

Yes Preston, I believe it was the same tree. Very funny that you should mention "birds of a feather," because you'll have to check out my next post. :-)

Thanks again folks!

Lon

This is a fabulous Lon. I like the color and contrast as well as the lines and intimate detail. Beautiful!

It's not often that imtimates like this have the wow factor but this one certainly does. And it keeps me looking for a good while too. No doubt an image you'll savour for years.

I think the colors & contrast are awesome. I really like the cool tones you left in the shot, work great with warm tones, nicely balanced. Excellent abstract shot Lon.

This is en fuego. I love this. Lon, you really have a great knack of finding these amazing scenes within the scene. The depth of colors and the detail throughout is off the chart.

Lon, the time was well worth it! This is awesome! I love the movement/lines here, and the colors are so rich.

Hard working photographer! Lon, this is simply amazing. Textures, interplay of colors, lines, everything is exceptional. I would love to have a print of this.

Excellent abstract here, Lon. The fiery red, patterns and textures are mesmerising - beautiful work!

Hi Lon,

Nice approach to an oft shot type of scene. Good comp, but the colors seem a bit hot. As is, it's a great interpretation of your tree.

You 4x5 guys... always making it harder than it needs to be. I absolutely love the colors and detailed lines captured here. I'm a little ambivalent about the overall comp, but still find it quite pleasing. Very nice work... especially considering how hard it is to capture with a 4x5.

This is fantastic Lon. I like the choice of framing and the color and detail are incredible.

amazing texture and colour. I like specially how the film has rendered that mixture of cold blue in the shade with the natural red of the wood. This is amazing Lon, keep on the good work. Cheers, Rafael.

Beautiful image Lon. illuminated colors and composition are really neat. Abstracts from Trees are very nce subject. -Swamy

The colors, details and texture are all amazing to me as well. Well done.

I really like the detail, lots to look at and enjoy, you have a great eye.

Lon, This image looks very Tony Kuyperish.