W/NW Quiet photographs

[peterm1]

I just posted this over at Flickr. It's an old image I never posted before due to its excessive softness (I guess I just plain blew the focus). But yesterday when I found it again I decided I never the less liked its painterly and impressionistic quality and its composition. So I proceeded to prepare it for posting. All in all, I do not mind the results, though I keep kicking myself and asking how I got it so wrong in the taking of it.

In the context of this RFF thread it struck me that it also imparts a kind of serenity and quietness. I suppose formal afternoon tea has that effect on some people. Besides I have never known tea and scones to lead to rage parties or riots. Or orgies for that matter, though if they did........................

The Beauty of Blur - Through a Tea Room Window by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[Shac]

 

[Shac]

 

[Damaso]

 

[mcfingon]

Lovely! It looks like a Japanese classic artwork come to life.
John Mc

 

[mcfingon]

My wife having a rest on a motorbike ride in the early 1980's.

Pentax MX camera, Fuji slide film
John Mc

 

[Vince Lupo]

After The Rain by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[DwF]

Lychens on Stone

Lychens on Stone

28mm Elmarit-M v4

 

[raid]

Thoughtful by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Very nice, Peter. You have a talent for creating such moody images.

 

[Photog9000]

Morning Paper, Burgos, Spain

has a nice HCB feel to it!

 

[newst]

2018-07-26 Stage A7II Rokkor 35-70 DSC09122 by newst54, on Flickr

 

[markjwyatt]

Time by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[MJ Buckpitt]

Table for one

Table for one


The Charles River, Cambridge, MA by Mel Buckpitt, on Flickr

 

[peterm1]

Internal Quietude

Street - A Reflective Moment by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[dourbalistar]

Leica M5, Leica Summicron 50mm f/2 v3, Ultrafine eXtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


2020.05.16 Roll #246-04861-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[newst]

2014-10-15 Trooper 5x7 by newst54, on Flickr

 

[peterm1]

Figures at the Waterwall by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[ninadp]

 

[Out to Lunch]

 

[peterm1]

A quiet moment to oneself on a busy street

Dark Street by Life in Shadows, on Flickr