Capital Birch
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 1979
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #82 is ‘capital’
The noun capital can hold different meanings, and as always it is subjective what to choose to express a theme in a photo.
I like birch trees. I love the fine detailing from the stem, to branch to the twigs. From big to delicate. A birch can be intimidating, towering over me.
Looking up a birch gives me a feeling of humility. This photo is from 1979, a time when i was printing in a darkroom on paper. And loved big abstracts in monochrome.
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About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
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10 Responses to “Capital Birch”
What a great take on my topic … I like birch too – and we have plenty of here in Sweden. Beautiful tree … beautiful image. You delivered again, Chris. *smile
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Thank you Gustava, I am happy not to disappoint you on this one
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Chris … I’m sure that will never happen! *smile
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What a nice compliment, thank you
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You’re more than welcome.
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Capital idea. Well done.
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thank you John
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I too love birch Chris. That’s one of the largest I’ve seen!
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The angle makes him quite impressive, but he is about 15 meters I think
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Clever! Even way down here at the bottom of the world, I love the delicacy of the birch trees in my garden. They grow very large here probably because of the mild climate.
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