Contre Jour, is it the thinking mans' bokeh?

[froyd]

Are you saying that anything shot into the sun becomes CJ?
Thus, many shots that are merely silhouettes are also CJ?


I appreciate that the 3x lads seated would have qualified, but why is the girl drinking from a straw anything of note?

Likewsie Sparrow's very wide shot of a man is a street in b&w - why is of note as a possible CJ shot? It contains nothing shot into the sun. Likewise his / her shot of a man in the mid day sun with a parasol - CJ?

Or the strand of grass above? Is this really CJ ?

Or is it in fact that the Thinking Man's Bokeh is seemingly culling many at the first hurdle: that there is a shortage of Thinking Men in point o' fact adding to the OP?

Perhaps a qualification as to what is C-J would be timely?
Tim

Meow!

Here is my definition of contre jour. Please don't shoot!


93250005 by kafe-pic, on Flickr

Complete with flare, courtesy of a collapsible Elmar.

 

[dave lackey]

Stewart,
I like this thread...hope to get some time later this week to post some too!
Thanks for starting this as there are some good images here for sure!:angel:

 

[Chris101]

Chasing the eclipse into the dirt:

 

[Sparrow]

Are you saying that anything shot into the sun becomes CJ?
Thus, many shots that are merely silhouettes are also CJ?


I appreciate that the 3x lads seated would have qualified, but why is the girl drinking from a straw anything of note?

Likewsie Sparrow's very wide shot of a man is a street in b&w - why is of note as a possible CJ shot? It contains nothing shot into the sun. Likewise his / her shot of a man in the mid day sun with a parasol - CJ?

Or the strand of grass above? Is this really CJ ?

Or is it in fact that the Thinking Man's Bokeh is seemingly culling many at the first hurdle: that there is a shortage of Thinking Men in point o' fact adding to the OP?

Perhaps a qualification as to what is C-J would be timely?
Tim

Contra Jour; Against the Day(light) ... it's french

A timely qualification;

Pedant, noun;

a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French pédant, from Italian pedante, perhaps from the first element of Latin paedagogus (see pedagogue).

 

[peterm1]

_1000298d modified by yoyomaoz, on Flickr


_1000387 copys by yoyomaoz, on Flickr

 

[TXForester]

 

[jmanivelle]

Time scaled by careca2013, on Flickr

 

[DtheG]

DSCF3468 by DJClark, on Flickr

 

[DtheG]

and another

East Beach Café by DJClark, on Flickr

But it may be argued that this is more a shilouette than contre jour.

 

[jmanivelle]

"Contre Soleil"

M8 Serenar 28 3.5 by careca2013, on Flickr

 

[driver]

sundown in low-fi by Mike McGarty, on Flickr

 

[Chris101]

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"Contre Soleil"

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A couple excellent - and diverse - examples of the genre!

 

[sreed2006]

Olympus Pen FT with 20mm/F3.5.


Collin McKinney Statue by sreed2006, on Flickr

 

[Chris101]

 

[jmanivelle]

Let's keep this thread alive ...!

shot that with a Kodak Retinette .


Sun over the Méditerannée.

 

[Sparrow]

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[Keith]

 

[Sparrow]

... lovely photo sir

 

[airfrogusmc]

Thanks

A couple more