Jack, Thanks for the comments. The color images still need work, but I am going for more of a hand-colored look with them. I think it's a reaction to "Velvia Generation" images. With the workflow I use it's bit tricky to balance the coloring with the underlying contrast--Guess I'll keep working on it....
--Mark > > >Jack Davis >Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:56:58 -0800 > >Mark, >Dark barren images have a foreboding feeling to me that may mask the >intended message. On my monitor, the color images are very flat and >pale as well. It's not necessarily an unappealing look and may lend >itself to a desired sense of "old world" or "aged". >Best of luck with the project. > >Jack > >--- Mark Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> All, >> >> I'm working on some images of local vineyards areas (Clarksburg, El >> Dorado, >> and Shenandoah Valley AVAs). I'm doing a fair bit of digital >> darkroom work >> and all of the pics in the gallery are "work prints" (i.e., I'm not >> done >> with them yet). The first three images are were taken last month on >> a >> bright sunny-cloudy day in between rainstorms. The vineyards are >> mostly >> bare at this time and I'm trying to convey a certain stark, spare >> feeling. >> The last image was taken last fall right around harvest time and >> shows an El >> Dorado vineyard fully leafed out. >> >> http://www.westerickson.net/vineyard/ >> >> Please feel free to provide comments and directions you might take >> the >> images. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mark
