Submitter's name:	Joshua Putnam
Title:	Interurban Forest
Gear used:	OM-1 with internally-mounted Wratten 87, Vivitar Series 1 28-90mm
Diaphragm:	f/16
Shutter speed:	1/60
Film used:	Kodak High Speed Ifrared HIE
Subject information:	A forest of utility poles and antennas sprouts from the rich soil along the Interurban Trail in the Kent Valley south of Seattle.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

I like the heavy contrasts in this shot. Another thing which works brilliantly, is the way the road and the right shoulder seem to divide the foreground in a black and white triangle going off into the distance, the way the left of the road and the right of the shoulder start in a corner of the picture is what really makes this shot most excellent to me!

Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

Nice use of HIE! Is that a menorah on the left?

Comment left by: Eric Pederson (epederso@darkwing.uoregon.edu)

Nice to see some IR work here. Appropriately surreal. Not that you had much control of this, but I would have prefered no slight wisps of cloud as at this resolution, they look like mineral stains on a print rather than a feature of the landscape.

Comment left by: Mike Cormier (no e-mail specified)

Hmmmm... Now who was it who was using all that IR film lately...? Reminds me of how I really ought to try this stuff out ;) Nice shot.

Comment left by: The Photographer (no e-mail specified)

bbbean: the "menorah" on the left is the sort of tower used for a lot of cell/PCS services, an array of individual antennas around some central equipment. It just happens that the antenna elements are much more IR-reflective than the rest of the tower, which gives it the "menorah" effect.

Comment left by: Chris Barker (imagopus@threeshoes.co.uk)

Nice and mysterious, as I expect you intended it.

Comment left by: Wayne Harridge (no e-mail specified)

Strong composition, enhanced by the contrast

Comment left by: Moose (dreammoose@attbi.com)

I guess I just don't 'get' IR. Most of the IR pictures I have seen just look odd, rather than engaging or even particularly interesting. My loss, I'm sure. In any case, I'm clearly not qualified to comment further on this one.

Comment left by: Charles Sdunek (charles@mormons.com)

I like it. I hope to try some IR one of these days. It is very interesting to me, how things look using this film... I spent some time as a dragon gunnner in the army, and always thought the thermal night trackers were very cool to look through...but way too heavy to carry. heheheh.

Comment left by: John A. Lind (no e-mail specified)

A very interesting use of HIE. I wouldn't have guessed looking at the thumbnail. Looked more like a very snowy and frosty ground deeply contrasted with the pavement and sky. From the thumbnail I would have guessed a high contrast B/W with a very deep red filter. Good use of the highway and the vanishing point from its perspective lines to draw the eye into the image. I'm wondering if you cropped this one as all the poles are straight but the horizon is pushed down. If the bottom is cropped you did a good job as it retains a natural perspective. If it's not cropped, you did something else magical to keep all the poles vertical. An interesting concept with dramatic contrast.

Comment left by: The Photographer (no e-mail specified)

Yes, it is cropped, the horizon was originally almost dead center, but I composed it planning to crop off the foreground where the trail hits the edge of the frame. (Wish I could say I'd done it with a shift lens, but I haven't found the money for one just yet.)

Comment left by: Mickey Trageser (no e-mail specified)

I always have liked strong contrast in black and white shots, but this goes beyond that to include a nicely a detailed midrange in the vegetation. This infrared thing has me fired up!

Comment left by: Jez Cunningham (no e-mail specified)

Gotta crop the right third off (ust to the left of the second pole) and then a bit off the top too!

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