Husn Al Heem (Nakhal Fort) No2.

David A Lockwood Black & White. 17/08/201310/10/2016

A slight change to the crop & framing from the previous one, I also burned in the fort a little more.

Published by David A Lockwood

Amateur photographer with an interest in Prehistory (Rock Art). View all posts by David A Lockwood

Published 17/08/201310/10/2016

6 thoughts on “Husn Al Heem (Nakhal Fort) No2.”

Stephen G. Hipperson says:

17/08/2013 at 21:41

Have you tried dropping some tone into it?

Reply
1. David A Lockwood says:
  
  17/08/2013 at 22:51
  
  No, I think I will just put it down to screen view as the silver gelatin print looks ok.
  On the first one I went from PC to laptop and thought there was the need for some change but….
  Hence the second one, which happens to be the crop I used on the print.
  
  David.
  
  Reply
  1. Stephen G. Hipperson says:
    
    18/08/2013 at 13:36
    
    Sorry, I wasn’t commenting about your picture as such, simply suggesting there might be an additional option – e.g sepia toning. Your image has that wonderful timeless quality reminiscent of images of the early 1900s.
    
    Reply
    1. David A Lockwood says:
      
      18/08/2013 at 14:29
      
      Ha – thank you because that feeling was and is what I quite often try for in my B&W film work.
      It was just a previous comment made by ‘mostlymonochrome’ that it looked like a model.
      Got me looking at it again (upside down and in a mirror – he was right ! ) so was thinking of ways to change the way it looked on the screen.
      I always like critical comments, it shows the person takes the trouble to really look.
      As for sepia ‘old style’ I will tone a print and see what happens. I have been using some Kodak brown toner I still have and made the digital representation match its colour (sometimes I just scan the print with my Canon 9950) All good fun…….
      
      David.
    2. Stephen G. Hipperson says:
      
      18/08/2013 at 20:37
      
      the ‘model’ impression may be caused by the apparent hardness of the light? This may be made more accentuated by the diminished size of viewing on the web – less graduation between the tones?
      I don’t know much about real photography but maybe dodging the background a little to give a ‘diminishing in the distance’ would add more scale.
      it all looks perfectly fine to me!
    3. David A Lockwood says:
      
      18/08/2013 at 21:24
      
      Thanks for the suggestions, I will go away and play for a while. If I come up with a result I’ll post.
      But you are right when it comes to the web; my problem is that I take photographs with a print in mind and the negatives don’t always scan well.
      
      David.