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Graveyard, Plymouth, Massachusetts

© John H. Siskin

Graveyard, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Uploaded: October 05, 2006

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Laura E. Swan level-classic May 31, 2008

Very eerie. Did you develop this one your self? Love the BG effects in the tree line. -Laura Swan #932410

John H. Siskin May 31, 2008

Hi Laura,
This image was taken by homemade super wide camera. It is originally on Kodak T-Max film. I scanned the negative and added a small amount of red, say 5-7 units to the bottom of the scale and took away some blue, about the same amount. I did this using curves in Photoshop. That made a nice black and white image of the negative. Later I went in and did a digital solarization: I made the middle part of the curve in Photoshop the lowest point and took the left side of the curve up to the top. This exaggerates and reverses the color I put in earlier, as well as reverses the shadows of the original. I think this made a suitably eerie graveyard shot. I am pleased that you find it effective. Thanks, John
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Laura E. Swan level-classic May 31, 2008

Whoa! That was a lot of work!

That's what I really appreciate about you John. You spare nothing to achieve your goal. :) It's a great quality to have.

I am this way in others areas of my life and as it -can- become, at times, burdensome I always feel glad to have taken the extra time and to have made the extra effort. -Laura #6002139

John H. Siskin May 31, 2008

Hi Laura,
Photography is an art and a craft. In order to become good you need to practice craft. The practice of the craft has become much simpler than it was when I was young, but you can still improve through practice. I never worked with glass plates, but I have spent a long time behind a view camera and processing film. I consider these some of the finest hours of my life. I would say the great difficulty is when you labor and get nothing, because of bad choices or bad luck. At least things worked well for this shot!
Thanks, John Siskin
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