WNW: Making Ugly Beautiful

[dasuess]

 

[PhotoMat]

[/url]Light Studied Studebaker by PhotoMat2008, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[Mackinaw]

Jim B.

 

[peterm1]

Cranes on the skyline by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Hong Kong - On the island side by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[daveleo]

Maybe not "beautiful", rather "not ugly" ....

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[peterm1]

ancient shed by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[gnuyork]

 

[dasuess]

 

[PhotoMat]

 

[Dirk]

Plant by FilmFlamMan, on Flickr

 

[peterm1]

I used to do a lot of architectural shooting and my preferred way of making the image was to get in close for details. Sometimes ugly items or at least prosaic and banal ones could look, if not beautiful then at least interesting courtesy of a more creative approach to composition and framing:

Convergences by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Rooftops by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

DSC_057800867 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

_DSC3971a by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

_DSC3886a by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

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[dasuess]

I used to do a lot of architectural shooting and my preferred way of making the image was to get in close for details. Sometimes ugly items or at least prosaic and banal ones could look, if not beautiful then at least interesting courtesy of a more creative approach to composition and framing:

_DSC3886a by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

I love his image and I guess it is the kind of thing I had in mind when I started this thread. Nice...


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[peterm1]

I love his image and I guess it is the kind of thing I had in mind when I started this thread. Nice...

Thank you. I have made quite a few images of this sort. I love reflections. Here is another of the same building but in (somewhat enhanced) color and from a different angle.

Shards of light and colour by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

The following two were made in Hong Kong where there is no shortage of ugly old buildings to reflect in shiny new ones.

Hong Kong - Old and new 2 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Behind the Peninsula Hotel by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Or to sit beside them in intriguing ways.

Hong Kong - Old and new 1 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Or just to be there in your face.

20101031-L1040888-2k by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

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[music_healing]

Elements by William Jusuf, on Flickr



Sincerely
William Jusuf

 

[gnuyork]

 

[MV72]

 

[kxl]

On the banks of the Mekong river between Vietnam and Cambodia

 

[charjohncarter]

Tri-X HC-110h by John Carter, on Flickr

 

[Robert.M]

Canon G11

 

[Robert.M]

Canon G11