Reginald Johnson
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Noosa Harbour, Winter Sunset
Gelatin-silver photograph on Fomabrom Variant 111 VC FB, image area 16.3cm x 21.4cm, from a Tmax 100 negative exposed in a Mamiya RB67 camera fitted with a 50mm f4.5 lens and #25 red filter.
I did my last serious colour photography in 1977 and I don't feel like going back to it even for a gorgeous sunset. Whether a sunset is a subject that can be done with merit on monochrome materials is a moot point. I happen to think so.
I thought it would be impossible to capture a sunset in black and white, without shadows or including the setting sun itself, at least partially. But in this picture you have used everything else to bring out the effect so wonderfully. The bright reflection to the left, the differential illumination of the clouds, silhouetted leaves, may be there is more. I can almost smell the evening!
Reginald