February 2008
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The story behind it
01/02/2008
It was summer in the Northern hemisphere. But in the Lake District, during those specific days, it seemed to be winter. It was pouring down, day after day. A friend and I had traveled to one of the most beautiful places in England, for 5 days of photographing and walking in the mountains. In the first day, we packed our tent, around 10h a.m., with no signs of rain. Just 1h after this we were already under shelter, looking for a place to stay. We found a Youth Hostel, where we stayed for the first 3 days. We got wet every day, but did walk around. The clouds were persistent, as well as the rain. We still managed to deal with photography. We were also very persistent.Comment
Technical issues
01/02/2008
This photograph has been taken with professional slide film, Fugi Velvia 50. I used the panoramic Hasselblad XPan camera, with the 30mm lens and tripod.The overcast day contributed to the white diffused light, and the lush saturated colours. These are further brought up by the greater sensitivity of the film to the green colours.
The fine grain of the Velvia, the minimum aperture of f22, with the greatest depth-of-field, the tripod and no wind resulted in an exceptionally sharp photograph, with high visual resolution.
Critial review
01/02/2008
It is a landscape photograph, without the openness of the most classical ones on the theme. The old and falling wall occupies the upper half. This is counterpoised by the visual strength of lower ground, in the foreground. The tree and the gap in the wall capture our first look. We then bring our eyes to the trees at the back, especially that single one seen through the doorway.The wall gap is intriguing, showing separated trees, some on this side, others on the other. There is a path guiding us there.
The static imposed by the horizontal lines fights against the dynamics brought up by the visual cut in the trunks and by an entrance through which we are invited to pass.
Where you should place it
01/02/2008
This photograph brings up peace to the observer and to the space where it is located. This is due to its colour and the natural content. At the same time, it is not static at all, providing dynamics to the living room or a work environment.It requires good lighting, for the colours and extraordinary detail.
It goes well with a dark or light coloured wall, brown or grey. I do not advise using wallpaper with detail.
As a large print, it provides various types of feelings, between the dynamics, the tranquillity and the doubt of what lays beyond the gap in the wall.
