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Post by The Wirefox on Feb 7, 2012 11:29:03 GMT
Kit
This is the sort of photography we should all have a go at. It is incredibly liberating and allows us to create without constraint. I love hotel room door and redemption. Both very powerful photographic negatives of the mind.
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Post by robnaylor on Feb 7, 2012 11:57:06 GMT
Agree with Steve on the hotel room door - nice image, and the composition works well with all that negative space.
The other one I really do like is the second version of "Light flew in" that is a great way to photograph a church window, it adds a whole new dimension to it.
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Post by robnaylor on Feb 7, 2012 19:01:48 GMT
The odd couple...the doors, NOT the couple reflected - they are my in-laws!
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Post by clactonian on Feb 7, 2012 20:15:18 GMT
Sadly no chance of getting out at the moment but some from the archive ... Door 1 Door 2 Window 1 Window 2 Window 3
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Post by Barry on Feb 7, 2012 20:30:12 GMT
Clactonian, I like your first one -door 1. Looks great in monochrome with a good range of tones.
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Post by Barry on Feb 7, 2012 20:33:02 GMT
Hi Kit, Great lighting on your first image 'Window, afternoon.' and I bet it look great as a print. But I'm struggling with your abstract windows and doors.
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Post by robnaylor on Feb 7, 2012 22:07:33 GMT
I copied Mandy's idea of a self-portrait into our barn window. (copying is the sincerest form of flattery) It came out quite different, and for some reason looks like a double exposure, but it is one shot.
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Post by clactonian on Feb 7, 2012 22:46:37 GMT
Clactonian, I like your first one -door 1. Looks great in monochrome with a good range of tones. Thanks Barry, that image remains one of my favourites and hangs on my office wall.
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Post by Kit on Feb 12, 2012 23:08:10 GMT
Thanks for all your comments. Very encouraging. Barry - I'm finding that there is quite a journey to be had in getting away from technically accurate and "correct" image making into something that more expresses emotion or experience. I can't draw or paint for nuts but sometimes photography allows me to go to new or deeper places in my mind.
Rob N: you have captured beautiful texture of the concrete door surrounds. Love the way the almost vertical light bounces gently back onto the two doors. Just shows that we can make successful images when the sun is high in the sky... Also, is your barn window double glazed? That may explain the intriguing dual image.
Clactonian: Door 1 is a real beauty. Great processing, bringing out all the detail. And Window 1 - the muted colour works so well. Also like the way you have picked up the textures within the squares.
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Post by maryloveslucy on Feb 13, 2012 2:36:12 GMT
I'm finding that there is quite a journey to be had in getting away from technically accurate and "correct" image making into something that more expresses emotion or experience. I think you already know, but I'll say it anyway. You have been a huge encouragement to me. Even though I don't post what I've been working on... I've been trudging along and finding my own vision...regardless of rules.
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Post by Barry on Feb 17, 2012 16:53:04 GMT
Both of these images were taken last weekend whilst visiting Weobly Castle on the Gower. I will see if I can find a few more windows or doors this weekend, otherwise I will be digging into my archives 1 2
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Post by chrisc on Feb 18, 2012 21:21:52 GMT
Being a bit traditional here...like I ever go too whacky. Found this downtown this morning and it serves to remid everyone oin my neck of the woods how relentless the jungle can be. We are not tropical like you'd get in the Florida Keys, but things tend to grow quite quickly here and vines like these can overtake a structure in no time. Lot of humor here...look where the other door leads out to. Come October, this is where some of my retirement money will come from. Makes you Wonder
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Post by chrisc on Feb 19, 2012 14:41:50 GMT
Both of these images were taken last weekend whilst visiting Weobly Castle on the Gower. I will see if I can find a few more windows or doors this weekend, otherwise I will be digging into my archives Me thinks these would be best served in B&W...perhaps even a bit of sepia or selenium to the tone. Had to do a slight clockwise rotation. Now looking at them side by side...I think it is (as always) personal preference, I am not sure which I like best...joke's on me!
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Post by Antonio Correia on Feb 19, 2012 16:24:40 GMT
Coloured version, toned, none or both ?? The white area is intentionally burned ! Which I like best ? The second one for sure ! Lacks an Human figure ? Perhaps. Side by side versus
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Post by chrisc on Feb 19, 2012 16:35:21 GMT
I think it is a lack of understanding what I am looking at that keeps me from taking an active viewing role. Not sure a figure would change anything unless the figure is doing something I would recognize - or particiapting in something. I think the room is too busy and the color definitely oversaturated. Blown out doorway hurts my eyes.
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