The Final Essence...

[peterm1]

With this picture I'm reminded of a Fran Liebowitz' comment "The thing I hate most about nature is the overhead lighting."

HP5-Plus cooked in Rodinal
Ikonta 531A

I like this. Very nice pic.

 

[peterm1]

My final essence. Shadows, shapes, colors and light

Waterwall and abstract 2 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[Taipei-metro]

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Arcadia, Los Angeles County 2021

images by Taipei-metro

mFTLumix G6,
Zuiko14-42 (#1,3), Nikon Nikkor 28mmF2.8 (#2/ 56mm 相當)
Sony 32gb c10 card made in Taiwan

 

[DwF]

My final essence. Shadows, shapes, colors and light

Waterwall and abstract 2 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Thank you Peter, and likewise (not just reciprocating! I appreciate your feedback. I liked it as one does becoming attached as we process an image but was unsure that anyone would see anything in it.

Yours though has the depth of a block print and you nailed the color!

Cheers,
David

 

[DwF]

http:///p/2kUoGtZ

Arcadia, Los Angeles County 2021

images by Taipei-metro

mFTLumix G6,
Zuiko14-42 (#1,3), Nikon Nikkor 28mmF2.8 (#2/ 56mm 相當)
Sony 32gb c10 card made in Taiwan

Taipei-Metro,

I like this one, and the first one. Posting as you have here, just three as a triptych made it easy for me to appreciate. More than three and I get saturated quickly. 🙂

David

 

[Taipei-metro]

Taipei-Metro,

I like this one, and the first one. Posting as you have here, just three as a triptych made it easy for me to appreciate. More than three and I get saturated quickly. 🙂

David

Thank you Dave! much appreciated!

 

[Taipei-metro]

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Arcadia, Los Angeles County

images by Taipei-metro

LumixmFT G6, ZuikoKit 14-42
Kingston 16gb c10 card made in Taiwan

 

[Greyscale]

Leica M3 DS, Carl Zeiss ZM Biogon 21/2.8, Kodak Plus X expired 1977 EI 100, Clayton F76 1:19 12 minutes by Mike Novak, on Flickr


Leica M3 DS, Carl Zeiss ZM Biogon 21/2.8, Kodak Plus X expired 1977 EI 100, Clayton F76 1:19 12 minutes by Mike Novak, on Flickr


Leica M3 DS, Carl Zeiss ZM Biogon 21/2.8, Kodak Plus X expired 1977 EI 100, Clayton F76 1:19 12 minutes by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[paulfish4570]

good ones, dwf ...

 

[paulfish4570]

a better crop:
IMG_4048 - Version 2 by paulfish3006, on Flickr

 

[DwF]

Taipei Metro and Mike (Greyscale)- Very nice triptychs

Paulfish, I agree the crop focuses the viewers attention better..scary! 🙂

David

 

[peterm1]

Thank you Peter, and likewise (not just reciprocating! I appreciate your feedback. I liked it as one does becoming attached as we process an image but was unsure that anyone would see anything in it.

Yours though has the depth of a block print and you nailed the color!

Cheers,
David

Thanks DWF. I really like your photo as you got it all right - perspective, composition - especially how you concentrated attention on the reflection not the "real" pier. Most photographers would have been tempted to try to get both in. Yours is a better way of doing it. I have some that this one sort of reminds me of taken in an urban setting. Especially the first one below which has the same wavy characteristic. Interestingly all of these including the one I posted previously were shot in Melbourne, most likely on the same trip. I must have been going through a phase back then. 🙂

Waves by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

This one a bit less so but it aims for the same - to entrance with reflections that force the viewer to think and interpret what is going on.

The power of blue by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[robert blu]

... I must have been going through a phase back then. 🙂

For sure a good phase Peter !!!

 

[Greyscale]

Leica M4, Zeiss ZM Biogon 35/2, Kodak Tri X EI 400 yellow filter, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100 16 minutes. by Mike Novak, on Flickr


Leica M4, Zeiss ZM Biogon 35/2, Kodak Tri X EI 400 yellow filter, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100 16 minutes. by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[DwF]

Thanks DWF. I really like your photo as you got it all right - perspective, composition - especially how you concentrated attention on the reflection not the "real" pier. Most photographers would have been tempted to try to get both in. Yours is a better way of doing it. I have some that this one sort of reminds me of taken in an urban setting. Especially the first one below which has the same wavy characteristic. Interestingly all of these including the one I posted previously were shot in Melbourne, most likely on the same trip. I must have been going through a phase back then. 🙂

Waves by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

This one a bit less so but it aims for the same - to entrance with reflections that force the viewer to think and interpret what is going on.

The power of blue by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

I like both of these Peter, and yes the focus is more on overall form and less the representational aspect, a pier, a window set on a building, but more how they contribute to the "bigger picture" For me it's why I post those here in "Final Essence" And as I recall you mentioned earlier Final Essence can also be linked more to the decisive moment aspect of shooting.

For me, this one below sort of falls that way. These two were sitting near where my friend and I were having a drink after making our way into town from SFO. She recognized my distraction at wanting to get the camera out and capture a moment. Knowing with the low light, there would be movement just added to my enthusiasm 🙂

Cheers,
David

 

[peterm1]

I like both of these Peter, and yes the focus is more on overall form and less the representational aspect, a pier, a window set on a building, but more how they contribute to the "bigger picture" For me it's why I post those here in "Final Essence" And as I recall you mentioned earlier Final Essence can also be linked more to the decisive moment aspect of shooting.

For me, this one below sort of falls that way. These two were sitting near where my friend and I were having a drink after making our way into town from SFO. She recognized my distraction at wanting to get the camera out and capture a moment. Knowing with the low light, there would be movement just added to my enthusiasm 🙂

Cheers,
David

Thanks DwF. I like photos which allow movement to occur too. Including yours. The thing is blur can turn an image (which occurs in a moment of time) into a kind of narrative by implying a bigger story about what is going on. Here is one I made a few years ago in Melbourne. I used a slow shutter speed in a darkened alley to emphasise movement. I agree this kind of approach helps capture the essence of the moment.

City Life, City Night, City Lane by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[DwF]

Yes^^^ you certainly caught it Peter, especially in the expression on the subject closest 🙂

David

 

[DwF]

Watching the Cheese

Watching the Cheese

Leica M3 50mm "Rigid" Summicron Kodak Ektar 100

 

[peterm1]

Leica M3 50mm "Rigid" Summicron Kodak Ektar 100

Nice one! ��

 

[DwF]

Thank you Peter 🙂

David