😂😳😬 I hadn’t thought about the all male Fellowship and the implication for you two when I made my analogy! The almost total absence of females in Lord of the Rings is definitely a blot on Tolkien, much as I enjoy his books. Apologies to Els and tell her I must have been thinking of Tolkien’s unfinished sequel, where the Followship is led by Eve, the brave artist against the orcs of convention and mediocrity 😊 It’s a long shot, but she might believe me. OK, so she didn’t.
Pete
The large blocks and bands of saturated colour are very tasteful. They are satisfying as abstracts, and we see them that way for a while. Since they are appealing images, the photos invite the viewer to study them further. But why? What is there, apart from walls, a door and pipe-work? I think that is what makes the viewer want to study them, attracted by the colours and composition, we scour the frame to see if there is more, and find the fine detail. The texture of the wall, cracks and imperfections, details in the pipe-work, nuances in the colours, and, even though they are small enough things, we see them as rewards for looking. They are details we would normally never notice, and is a sign of these photos’ power and ability to lead the eyes , where they would normally never go.
Pete
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Thanks Pete. Especially about noticing the detail in the fine structure of the images. If you look closely enough, you'll see the debris I couldn't get cleaned off the film when I mounted it on the scanner drum, and the bubbles in the mounting oil I didn't completely spot out in post!
Rich
The light was coming in through the window, although it was quite subdued, and the objects were well lit by the gallery's lights and the reflected light from its white walls. However, the walls were not really quite as bright as the image would suggest. I had opened the lens to f2 to leave the sculpture sharp and the window slightly blurred, which resulted in a high shutter speed. I didn't think of the lights emitting light in waves of 50 Hz, i.e. it takes a 1/50th of a second to light the entire scene, which meant my shutter speed (1/2000 sec!) resulted in beautiful dark stripes across the walls! To remove those I had to increase the exposure of the walls by a silly amount, whilst protecting the window and the sculpture. Hence the super-white background.
And SimpleJoy, I am afraid I still haven't found time to try your suggestion of a paler window.
Pete
I'll tell her.
She might be charmed.
She is easily charmed and pleased, I suppose.
After all, she is married to me.
Roel
Presumably a speed limit for low flying Mavericks.
6abc.com/top-gun-scene-photo-recreate-goose/1519645/
BTW, I really like this image.
The catch is good. The concept is excellent.
And it is especially great that the "upside down" Aha-Erlebnis is quite subtle. The trees and the pole don't give it away, and the row of houses is small and thin enough to make the viewer look twice. Showing the sign with much more background would not have been as effective.
Roel
A lovely photo! Perhaps just a mite over sharpened! 😀
David
I didn't see the Lord of the Rings link either. Now that it is pointed out, how could it be anything else?
Els? Elves? It's starting to add up. Check for pointed ears Roel.