Postcard Exchange Round 14 Results and Feedback ...

[Buster6X6]

After a slow down last week I received three post cards today.

Mick Fagan's ad on bathroom with wonderful tonality and sharpness.

Grains & Pebbles from Jacco de Kraker Very interesting still, I like how the white lines on the rocks and up in a circle on the last rock , and grain of the pavement at the bottom disappears into gray on the top. Well done.

BDial's " Beacon Hill-Railing". Great composition and DOF. I like it.

Thanks Jacco on the comments for my entry in this round.
Cheers Greg

[kraker]

Originally Posted by Buster6X6

Grains & Pebbles from Jacco de Kraker Very interesting still, I like how the white lines on the rocks and up in a circle on the last rock , and grain of the pavement at the bottom disappears into gray on the top. Well done.

Thanks Jacco on the comments for my entry in this round.

Thanks Greg, and you're welcome. Small correction, in the hope it doesn't spoil the picture: what may look like pavement is all sand & beach (hence the "grains & pebbles" ).

[Tim Gray]

2 more today. mikeg's wonderful flower shot almost looks like a negative. And crispinuk's shot of the trees looks fractal. Amazingly sharp. Is the horseman 980 a 4x5 camera?

[Buster6X6]

First I thought it was sand but few black spots at the top of the image made me change my mind that it was pavement. Thank you for clarifying that. Very interesting image never the less.

Greg

[ozphoto]

Another card arrived today after a very slow week.
crispinuk's great picture of the Australian wilderness.

So, the cards that have reached me down here in Australia so far reads:
crispinuk
mark fisher
rob skeoch
erikg
mick fagan
blackdog
anke drewitz
lillian sly
warren hiner
darwin
david bram
akki14
rudiger
raechelle
buster6x6
peter schrager

Thanks everyone for another wonderful round!

[rst]

Two more cards arrived: crispinuks old trees, full of fine detail, very nice and, very different from that Barrys "Beacon Hill-Railing". I like these kind of minimalistic images, thanks for this. I will be visiting Boston in August and then I try to find this railing

ciao
-- Ruediger

[Tim Gray]

I was fooling around in the darkroom while printing my cards. Here's a picture I took with only the safelight - think of it as a preview of the cards...

[crispinuk]

Right on cue Tim Gray's card arrived today. Made me laugh (been there, done that )
Tim's card has proved that this exchange has been everything I'd hoped with a range of cards from fine art to fun.
When the stack gets to 30 I'll sit down and summarise each one I've recieved.

Crispin
P.S. thanks for the comments so far on mine. I wasn't too sure whether to go for gloss or satin finish. I think in general the satin looks nicer but the gloss has a slight edge in showing fine detail which seems to have worked for my pic.

[gr82bart]

Hi Folks,

Just to be different again, everyone should be getting a Polaroid 600 'postcard' this week or next. Went in the mail today, so cross your fingers all of them will get through to their respective destinations.

Regards, Art.

[gr82bart]

OK, another bunch of postcards.

• Randy's 1957 AZO of bleeding hearts is unique - which I like a lot.
• Barry's railing is wonderful image - very nice.
• The pebbles on the sand by Jacco is amazing - I really, love this image.
• A nice -x-ray like image of a clematis from MikeG.
• The tangled trees of Otway National Park in Australia from Crispin.
• Tim's BBQ in flames image is hilarious.
• I was actually disappointed Mick's bathroom image wasn't his darkroom - now that would have been kewl.
• Rob sent a beautiful waterfall postcard.
• I love Anke's salted paper print postcard of lime trees.
• Ritchie's two monkeys made me smile.
• That's a dog, Eric? I thought it was a horse! It's a gorgeous image.
• Terry sent a peek into rural Payette, Idaho.
• I like Paul's almost clandestine orchestra pit image of a contrabassist. What the heck is a contrabassist?
• I had a sneak peek of Peter's Bahama image and loved it instantly. Actually reminded me of many of the images I captured on Maui. Except Peter's is much better printed.
• I love Jake's perspective.
• Adrian's huge postcard arrived slightly dinged, but the strong landscape scene overwhelmed the post offices attempt to ruin this postcard.

Fantastic postcards again, people. Thank you all so much. Keep them coming.

Regards, Art.