Michigan Sandstone

Kris,

I really like the scene and setup here. Nice combo of rock and the tiny pool - the pine needles add a nice touch as well.

I think the b&w works well here, but am curious about color too; can't tell if this is a blue/gray granite type rock, or a more red/orange sandstone. Oops, never mind, I see this is b&w film - no color choice here.

Always hard to tell what's going on with these small web versions, but the bottom area appears soft. You didn't mention the shooting aperture, but I'm thinking a shallow depth of field, because the pine needles and water area look pretty sharp. Having said that, I might be tempted to crop from the bottom to remove the oof knob in the LLC. You also might want to experiment with raising the tonal values and contrast a little bit - lots of mid tones going on here.

I really like the scene, with some fine tuning I think this would make a fine print.

Lon

Really like the tonal gradations in this and the nice details in the rock, especially the curving band from the upper right to the bottom. Might consider cropping a bit off the right hand side up to where that banding starts to try and emphasize that element of the composition; just a thought of course. Nice to see some b/w medium format images.