Winter Corn

Gary Glass

I thought I'd share a new gallery I've put together. I can't decide whether I think it's good or terrible. I guess what I have against it is that I failed to capture what I was after. But what I have for it is that I like the shots I got. So it's kind of a love / hate thing. Anyway what do you think? Did I blow it or is it worth looking at? Here it is:

http://www.shutterglass.com/wintercorn

Dick on Aruba

Hi Gary,

I looked at all 27 of them and some of the pics are impressive but with others b&w just don't work.

Generally I find your b&w too agressive. This kind of b&w works better in dramatic war pictures to put accent (to magnify) on the devastation.

Dick.

Gary Glass

Dick on Aruba wrote:

Hi Gary,

I looked at all 27 of them and some of the pics are impressive but with others b&w just don't work.

Generally I find your b&w too agressive. This kind of b&w works better in dramatic war pictures to put accent (to magnify) on the devastation.

Thanks for the comments, Dick. What do you mean by too aggressive? Too contrasty?

ShepsMom

Hi Gary!

I did too look at all 27 pictures. I liked some of them better then others. Corn close ups were somewhat interesting. I didn't care for B&W grass/corn field, it just doesn't have any effect, if might have been better in color?
Keep on shooting! We all here to learn, and listen to the better ones here
Thanks for sharing your work!

Dick on Aruba

Gary Glass wrote:

Thanks for the comments, Dick. What do you mean by too aggressive? Too contrasty?

Nnnnnyes......also. I was hoping for a softer and wider B&W DR.

Maestro

Gary Glass wrote:

I thought I'd share a new gallery I've put together. I can't decide whether I think it's good or terrible. I guess what I have against it is that I failed to capture what I was after. But what I have for it is that I like the shots I got. So it's kind of a love / hate thing. Anyway what do you think? Did I blow it or is it worth looking at? Here it is:

http://www.shutterglass.com/wintercorn

Let's see. I definitely like the B&W treatment with the shots that show the kernels. The best shot in the gallery is the one where the husk is gently torn away expose the kernels. In fact, you named it Kernels. The other shots of the cornstalks, shafts and other parts of the plants just did not have the same impact as the kernel shots for me. The larger angle shots of the stalks and the fields just seem to lose focus. There doesn't seem to be a focal point in those shots. They seem washed out and do not have any definition to me.

On another note, you have very nice site. I wish I had those HTML, CSS, Java scripting skills.

Gary Glass

Maestro wrote:

The other shots of the cornstalks, shafts and other parts of the plants just did not have the same impact as the kernel shots for me. The larger angle shots of the stalks and the fields just seem to lose focus. There doesn't seem to be a focal point in those shots. They seem washed out and do not have any definition to me.

That's kind of what I was going for with those shots, the masses of lines and form, like a Pollack painting. The way that it feels to stand in a field of dry corn when the wind is blowing.

But yeah, I'm not a 100% pleased with them either. They don't have the sharpness I wanted.

Thanks for thoughtful comments, Maestro, and everyone.