The Land of the Midnight Sun

[John 2]

Somewhere near the Arctic Circle.

[madcrow]

Fabulous image, great DoF, composition and the sweep to the mountains.

[Cogito]

Good heavens! Suddenly there's someone else still using a DCS-R1 - then I saw the Exif!
Still a nice image.

[tbob]

Good choice to go black and white. The tones and textures are great.

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[John 2]

Thanks Maurice, Tony, Trevor and John. Tony, it's an old image. I used to use the DCS-R1 as a holiday camera even after graduating to a DSLR because of it's excellent Carl Zeiss lens but it's a big piece of kit and relatively noisy at anything above about ISO 400. So it now sits in a display cabinet looking at me because its trade in value is zero. It's a sad end for a well made precision instrument forced by the march of technology.

[bnnrcn]

Very nice composition John A bit too crisp though, too much sharpening ?

[John 2]

Thanks Binnur. Perhaps? - but it's not a recent image and I can't remember how I processed it. Any one else got any thoughts?

[proseak]

I still have my R1, and love it; never tried it for B&W though... maybe I should.

Nice pic btw

[Craigie]

Nice one John.

[bje07]

Very beautiful aerial perspective and curves drawn on the sea.

[John 2]

Thank you Peter, Gary and Jean. Peter, I know I talked of a lack of P/ex value but actually I'm quite fond of the camera. It was the first quality digital camera I ever owned that was a bit beyond point and shoot and I think it was the first perhaps one of the first to have an articulating screen. That lens also looks impressive.

[Dave A]

Wonderful image.

Dave

[NorthernFocus]

I agree with prior comment that this is a good choice of B/W. Generally speaking the shot is nicely composed. But split horizons rarely work and IMO this is not one of those rare times. Vignette also feels a bit heavy.

[John 2]

Thanks Dave, thanks Dan. Dan, the vignette immediately registered with me when I read your comments but I wasn't so sure about the split horizon. It isn't quite on the C/L. However, I had a play and ..................



.............which I like a lot more if only because the more panoramic format emphasises the sweep of the ships wake even more. So thanks for the push. It's an old image but I might re visit it. I could probably do a better job of the PP today.

[NorthernFocus]

Even the slight offset is an improvement IMO. But it's personal taste. Losing the really dark portion of vignette at upper right removed a distraction. It is a nice image.

[Wavelength]

Excellent image

[rpcrowe]

I have only one comment: Beautiful!

[John 2]

Thanks Dan, Nandakumar and Richard.

[IzzieK]

Excellent composition as always, John. The edit is better slightly.