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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: seamus finn on January 28, 2010, 02:34:21 pm
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I looked out my hotel window in Barcelona and this is what I saw across the street.
Cheers,
Seamus
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When i click on the link i get the following error:
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When I click on the link here, it works but obviously I've messed up - not surprising since this is the first time I've tried to upload an image. Sorry about that - will try again. Thanks for the interest.
Regards,
Seamus
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When I click on the link here, it works but obviously I've messed up - not surprising since this is the first time I've tried to upload an image. Sorry about that - will try again. Thanks for the interest.
Regards,
Seamus
[attachment=19813:The_Window_Cleaner.jpg]
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Very nice! That was worth the wait. Nice timing.
Eric
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Very nice, shadows and all, which gives the image a lot of depth.
JMR
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Very nice shot !
I'd like to see more of them under different lightning or weather conditions.
Should be fun to explore this interesting motive, I believe.
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For ChristopherC - This was taken a moment or two before the window cleaner fortunately put himself into the frame. When that happened, I changed position slightly to include the shadow on the bottom right in the first picture above. It seemed the right thing to do. My decisive moment anyway!! To me, there is an amazing difference between the two versions. What do others think?
Seamus
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For ChristopherC - a moment or two before the window cleaner fortunately put himself into the frame. I changed position slightly to include the shadow on the bottom right in the first picture above. It seemed the right thing to do. My decisive moment anyway!!
Ooh! I like that one, too. It took me a little while to figure it out. Very nice abstract.
Eric
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Seamus, That's a shot I ought to see in B&W magazine when they have their next single photo contest. Very good seeing!
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Thank you very much for your generous comments.
Taking up the theme of abstracts, I spotted this while standing in a bus queue in York St., Sydney, Australia. It's a building behind me, reflected in the windows of a building in front of me.
Regards,
Seamus
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You've got a fine series going. I hope you'll share more of them as you discover them.
Eric
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Thanks very much, Eric. Now you've got me going!
These are rooftops, Girona, Spain
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Basically I like every of the images you posted here.
Concerning the first two I am happy you shared the second version.
It is much more orthogonal and IMO a strong image.
I believe a sort of combination between the first with the window washer
and the second with its much stricter lines would be a great thing to have.
Thanks for sharing
~Chris
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You might call the series "Rhythm."
Eric
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Thanks, fellas - I'm working on it. Your interest and encouragement much appreciated.
Regards,
Seamus
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Continuing the theme of windows:
Manhatten Canyon (in which I was nearly run down trying to grab the shot in the middle of a hectic New York street!
Regards,
Seamus
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Very nice work!
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Manhatten Canyon ....
I believe this is the type of image which needs a large format print to really work as intended,
because the relatively small figures at the bottom should be at recognizable size.
I like it.
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Continuing the theme of windows:
Manhatten Canyon (in which I was nearly run down trying to grab the shot in the middle of a hectic New York street!
Regards,
Seamus
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I took the thread a bit late so I won't comment the first images (but I like them very much).
This last image from Manhattan is fantastic. It give a very good impression of the height of the buidings and contrast is perfectly controlled. A real winner!
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I looked out my hotel window in Barcelona and this is what I saw across the street.
Cheers,
Seamus
[attachment=19832:The_Window_Cleaner.jpg]
I love this.
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Continuing the theme of windows:
Manhatten Canyon (in which I was nearly run down trying to grab the shot in the middle of a hectic New York street!
Seamus, Fabulous shot. Berenice Abbot would be proud.
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Thank you all for your comments. I'm flattered.
This is in response to Christopher C: I went back to the original raw images - there were only three - and followed your advice. I'm not sure I got it right.
Bests regards,
Seamus
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Keeping up the theme of windows, this location is Grosse-Isle, Quebec, Canada
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This is in response to Christopher C: I went back to the original raw images - there were only three - and followed your advice. I'm not sure I got it right.
Bests regards,
Seamus
(http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/uploads/monthly_01_2010/post-9448-1264967020_thumb.jpg)
I like this one.
I don't want to look pedantically - but I believe some perspective correction in some image
manipulation program like PS could help getting that fully 100% orthogonal look and give a certain
'punch' I was thinking of. Maybe you also might want to lighten some of the dark tones of the window
washer person to get more detail.
I'm messing with some of your artistic decisions here and want to state that these ideas of mine are
just pure subjectivisms.
Great image and thanks for sharing !
Cheers
~Chris
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Agreed about the perspective correction, Chris - I confess to being a bit careless about it which is a major omission when submitting something on a forum like this. Mea culpa. I've tried to extract some more detail from the cleaner guy but to be honest, there isn't anything worth talking about.
Thanks again,
Seamus
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I was out walking the camera one evening in Sydney, Australia and spotted this.
Cheers,
Seamus
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Enough already with the windows, I hear you say! So here's a parting shot. It's a window in Kilkenny Castle, Ireand.
Cheers,
Seamus
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Seamus, That's beginning to look like a pretty fabulous portfolio. Have you thought about a submission to LensWork or putting together a dozen of them for B&W's next portfolio contest? If you haven't, you should.
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Seamus, That's beginning to look like a pretty fabulous portfolio. Have you thought about a submission to LensWork or putting together a dozen of them for B&W's next portfolio contest? If you haven't, you should.
I agree with Russ on this one.
Eric
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Eric and Russ:
I'm chuffed beyond belief that you think so well of the stuff. You're setting a very high bar, though, but, heartily encouraged and more than a little astounded I'll press on and submit a few more here as they come to hand if it's o.k. with you. Your opinions, plus the views of any others who care to comment, are invaluable and deeply appreciated. Rest assured: I am on a deep learning curve here!
This is one of the houses in Barcelona designed by Antoni Gaudi:
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Montreal:
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New York:
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Finally, this is at Ground Zero, NY in 2004 when work was under way on the restoration of the site and surrounds. This damaged nearby building was draped in a fine protective material, and when I looked at it, the hair began to raise on the back of my neck. I had already spent the morning photographing some very poignant scenes and was deeply moved. My immediate thought was: Shroud. But as I slowly raised the camera, I change my mind. No, I thought, it's Resurrection. The image may mean absolutely nothing to anybody viewing it here, but to this day, it disturbs me. I'm sure it doesn't belong here but I thought I'd share it anyway.
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That's definitely my parting shot on this thread at least so thank you, one and all for your kindness. Although I've been a member since 2004 and contributed my fair share of posts until a bout of ill health intervened, I've never uploaded images to any site - this is my first. Hence my utter astonishment at how well the stuff has been received on what, in my opinion, is the best photography website in the world.
Cheers,
Seamus.