Submitter's name:	Chuck Norcutt
Title:	On the Horn Pond Upper Path.
Gear used:	OM-2n + Kiron 28-70 f/4 @ 28mm.
Diaphragm:	f8
Shutter speed:	auto - probably about 1/125
Film used:	Kodakchrome 64.
Technical information:	I'd have used my 24mm if I had it with me. This was scanned on my Acer Scanwit at 2700 dpi and then whittled down to 72 dpi before the JPEG conversion or 25MB down to 100KB. Needless to say, the slide is better.
Subject information:	This is one of several walking paths surrounding Horn Pond which is the reservoir for my town of Woburn, Massachusetts. This is the "upper path" which winds around through the hills on the south side of the reservoir. After three rolls of film I finally settled on this shot which is one of the few to display some color in the very early spring. I liked the strong shadows of the trees cast by the late afternoon sun.
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Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

Nice colors - I'm beginning to develop a better appreciation for K64. Composition-wise, I wish there was some element a little better defined as the subject of the shot.

Comment left by: Winsor (wincros@earthlink.net)

Really nice shot. Looks almost like large format the way you gathered everything into the lens and holds up well in the the 35mm frame. Really rich colors and nice handling of exposure scale. One of those shots that could hang on a wall a long time before it gave up everything it could give.

Comment left by: Brian Swale (bj@caverock.net.nz)

Well Chuck, you really show what the ScanWit can do too! This photo shows what I like about deciduous woodland; on a sunny day the rich browns of the fallen leaves come to the fore. Taking the shot of a rising slope enables these colours and the forest detail of boulders and tree trunks to fill the picture with these details, and the foreground shadow pushes the viewer eye to the best part.

Comment left by: Chuck Norcutt (chucknorcutt@attbi.com)

Re: Barry's comments about composition. Me too. After nearly 40 years of "pitcher takin" I still don't know a lick about composition. At the time I took the shot the shadows seemed to be the strongest elements in the picture but I don't know how to make them (plural) be the central object. There's also competition from the path which I also saw as a strong object in the picture.

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

Lovely colours, and the path has a timeless quality about it.

Comment left by: Roger Wesson (roger@worldtraveller.f9.co.uk)

The lack of a single focal point doesn't bother me. I'm hugely impressed by the rich colour of the scene, and the detail in the darker areas. It has a wonderful crispness, and I bet the original slide looks even better projected on a large wall.

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

I like the richness and detail in the ground

Comment left by: Andy Radcliffe (andyjradcliffe@aol.com)

Lovely (and very striking) colours -and that path just makes me wish that I was there following it! I'd love this on my wall-wish I'd taken it.

Comment left by: Walt Wayman (hiwayman@mynra.com)

This picture looks like any one of a hundred places I've been, and I feel like I could walk right into it and on up and over the ridge to see what's beyond. Perfect lighting and exposure.

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