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Post by GeneW on Nov 25, 2006 11:31:30 GMT -5
Woke up to a very foggy morning and the temp was low enough that the fog was condensing into ice crystals on various surfaces. I shot mostly film with a Nikon FM2n and Bessa L, but I grabbed a few shots with my digi peashooter. Cyclist Spider Web Ice Crystals Taken with an older 4 megapixel Canon S45 Gene |
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Post by physiognomy on Nov 25, 2006 12:16:37 GMT -5
Nice shots Gene! Man, it does look cold out there... I know the sunshine here this morning is deceiving & I'm glad that I have spent a lazy morning in my warm apartment!
Peter
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Post by nikonbob on Nov 25, 2006 12:49:09 GMT -5
Gene
I like the last two very much, must be the colours and composition. Nothing at all wrong with the first either it is just that the last two are more appealing to me. I wonder how the first shot would look in B&W with just the cyclist and traffic light heads in colour, then again maybe not.
Bob
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Post by GeneW on Nov 25, 2006 13:34:35 GMT -5
Peter, Bob, thanks! It wasn't terribly cold, Peter. Around the freezing point when I first went out but warming up to 11C today. No wind at all.
Bob, I sometimes desaturate all but one or two colours, but most of the time I don't think it works very well. I like the closeups, but my fav of the three is the cyclist. I find it reminiscent of Martin Parr. But that's just me.
Gene
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Post by PeterW on Nov 25, 2006 14:05:41 GMT -5
Hi Gene, Unlike Bob I prefer the first shot (sorry, Bob, wouldn't do for us all to like the same things). The first picture is so atmospheric, and it tells a story. I like the way the cyclist is glancing right as he starts off. It makes me look also, just to make sure the cars are stopping, and then my eye goes across to the little figure in blue muffled against the fog as he crosses the side street on the way to work carrying what, a lunch box? The fog emphasises the differential focus by subduing the background colours just enough. If it were mine I think I'd strengthen it a little by cropping the bottom to the top of the manhole cover and a shade off the right, say between the pole with the dial on it and the traffic lights. This would remove the parts that say nothing and lead your eye straight to the cyclist. Use a couple of pieces of paper on the screen and let me know what you think. Nice shot, and one I'd have been proud to have spotted and taken, but then I'm never up and about these days until the streets are aired, if I can help it  . I like the other pictures too, and they're well taken, but for me they're static, and I get a slight feeling of deja vu. You could find similar ones on a lot of cold mornings. By comparison the first one lives, a moment frozen in time (no pun intended) that's unrepeatable. PeterW |
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Post by GeneW on Nov 25, 2006 16:40:59 GMT -5
Peter, Ron, thanks for the kind comments. Those are good suggestions, Peter!
Gene
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Post by John Parry on Nov 26, 2006 14:18:58 GMT -5
Ha! Going to disagree with everyone and go for No. 3.
Yes I like the foggy cyclist (who looks as though he/she has a life expectancy of about 5 minutes btw !!), and I love the craftsmanship on the spider's web (although I notice that you weren't depending on light coming through the web - interesting !).
The third (for me) showed your eye for the unusual that had to be captured. It isn't the 'wow-factor' - although that comes into it too. In this case, it's just the observation/registration/confirmation thing. I try for that, but you're a master at it Gene!
Regards - John
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Post by GeneW on Nov 26, 2006 19:47:48 GMT -5
Thanks John. I think if there's a theme to my photography it's simply "everyday stuff I chanced to see"
Gene
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Post by herron on Nov 26, 2006 22:32:49 GMT -5
Gene:
I like the shots...and have pretty much the same comments as Peter on the cyclist...but I really like the spiders web -- static or not!
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