Holywell Pond Panorama Print Creation:Composition and Printing
Background On the back of my previous panoramic print (We Are So Small in the Eye of God) I am encouraged to take another image through to completion. I have selected one I mentioned in a previous blog post . This image was taken at Holywell Pond in the RSPB reserve at Fen Drayton. It is a classic early spring scene at the refuge which consists of a series of abandoned gravel pits that are now tree-lined lakes for waterfowl. Holywell Pond is used by fishermen (as are most of the lakes in the reserve) and so has a few small wooden platforms dotted around the edge. I took this photo mid-morning in early spring trying to capture the look of the trees perched on the edge of the water. I cycle past this on my commute to work and the image had grown on me. I photographed it with my Fuji G617 panoramic camera with a 90mm lens. The negative is about three times long as it is high. The scanned negative of the image is as follows. Composition Thoughts As before, my challenge with the...