Topic: Farm Series

[CarlRadford]

I have been thinking about returning to the farm and making a small series of images. These are parts of the farm that I have collected apart from the skull although I am sure I'd find a rabbit skull on the farm! The background is a piece of worktop from the kitchen on which is placed a slate tile from one of the byres. The bottle is one of many that John and Robert ploughed up over the years.

The first is a double exposure with the whole scene being given 7 secs before removing the skull and exposed again for another 7 secs.

The second is made up of three exposures, the whole scene exposed for 7 secs, the skull removed and another exposure of 6 secs, the bottle removed and another 6 secs exposure.




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[CarlRadford]

Another from the series.



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[Ed Wenn]

These I like very much. Have been staring at the bottle a lot in the 3rd snap - it's amazing. Not usually one for skull photos, but somehow these get through the filter  Good work, Carl.

[Heather]

Honestly, I don't think the skull adds too much to the photos. It looks like a white paint splat on the paper behind... for some reason it looks very flat and not like an object? Overall it's a cool series and I like old bottles 

[Ed Wenn]

Agree with Heather. On re-examination it's the 3rd photo that stands out to me. The bottle looks wonderful and the wilted flower suits the overall tone. Better without the skull.

[CarlRadford]

Appreciate the input - a good friend said less Blakemore and more Radford - that sums it up

[Janet_P]

I think the bottles work particularly well, especially in the second shot - they have a very painterly quality to them - as though they have been half washed in but not completed.
Lovely

Janet

[ndroo]

Superb! I love these very much. Each unique in their own way. More to share?

[beck]

Damn. I just came back from your website to view the other farm series. And a most grand series it is. Gorgeous work. Most of them cannot even be dated. So primitive. Superb photographs and printing....and a very nice website, Carl. Cheers...

[Andrea.]

A little bird tells me Mr Radford is up on the Isles :-) Can't wait to meet him ! Hopefully

[Andrea.]

Ere, that Carl fella is a nice chap. Took me tintype and everything :-) Up here on the Isles an all.  Chatted, drank coffee, had cakes. And choccy biscuits. Dodged the rain and talked some more.

Nice. So glad I met him.

Tintype is on my blogette if anyone's interested - won't post it here because I don't like flaunting myself :-).

Anyway, trust me, Carl is a nice chap :-)

[CarlRadford]

Ere, that Carl fella is a nice chap. Took me tintype and everything :-) Up here on the Isles an all.  Chatted, drank coffee, had cakes. And choccy biscuits. Dodged the rain and talked some more.

Nice. So glad I met him.

Tintype is on my blogette if anyone's interested - won't post it here because I don't like flaunting myself :-).

Anyway, trust me, Carl is a nice chap :-)

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[david b]

That tintype portrait is fantastic.