[ Ernest ] - landscape/views/nature - ALLinONE thread

[Ernest]

This thread is the same idea like the one with portraits, here just different subjects will appear.
So let's start:

001.

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002.

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[eob]

"The Atmospheres" seems to be a very appropriate title for the series. Dreamy, melancholic, tranquil, almost lazy approach to these themes play together very well with focusing our attention on seemingly unimportant subjects. And that approach also shows how undeniably rooted are those subjects in those particular scenes.

I like this series a lot better than the "glam-shot" series.

[aprilS]

eob says it so well...

My impressions (at least so far in the series) are of summer days passing: a moment, a memory, a glimpse in time.

I particularly enjoy the point of view in #1, as if laying on my back in a field, watching the clouds go by. In #2, I have the feeling of discovery; finding something hidden.

This series is also much easier for me to enter into than the "glam" shots.

[Ernest]

003.

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[eob]

This image is sooooo very different from the first two... It has a very dark meaning - perhaps that of a nature being gravely endangered by an encroaching civilization (there may be a lot of different meanings - as usual - depending on the state of mind of a viewer).

That dark meaning is signified by buildings seemingly greedily leaning towards the tree and by the stark artificial light. The tree is lone and helpless, despite its size.

[aprilS]

And the starbursts from the buildings seem to be "zooming in" on the tree -- putting it under spotlights of interrogation: "And exactly what are you doing here?"

[Ernest]

Heheh interesting comment Thank you.
I deal with this thread as a experimental game, these photos are somehow abstract, somewhat a steppingstone from my usual stuff

[Ernest]

Some UK's "steel landscape" stuff:

004.

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Reading

005.

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Reading

006.

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London Kings Cross St. Pancras Intl

[aprilS]

Too many all at once.

I'm going to step back and contemplate #1.

[eob]

The first two English "steel landscapes" seem to belong to the editorial/reportage kind and are difficult for me to comment on without knowing the context of the whole story.

The third one speaks to me strictly visually - no need for context in this case. The strong graphic pattern and clear perspective make this composition magnetic to the eye. For that reason, I think it could still be greatly improved (purely from the visual point of view, but maybe not from the narrative point of view) if you'd crop off everything below the horizontal line that makes the bottom of that semi-circular window in the back. Overall, I think it is a very strong composition - even the way it is now. Both ordered and cluttered, full of details and yet easy to follow.

P.S. I think that creating this kind of "all-in-one" threads is not very conductive for a deep and constructive discussion. Let's try and simplify our lives...

[aprilS]

P.S. I think that creating this kind of "all-in-one" threads is not very conductive for a deep and constructive discussion. Let's try and simplify our lives...

Two problems I run into:

* No "new content" indicator shows on the front page when images are posted to a thread I'm already following

* E-mail updates say there's a new comment on the thread I'm following, but doesn't tell me that's a new image to view.

[aprilS]

Some UK's "steel landscape" stuff: 004.

Unlike eob, I don't feel the need for context. It's very similar to what I've encountered commuting in an urban environment nearly every day, and I think this image captures that well.

Hard/soft, straight/curved, movement/danger...and tension. That latter is what especially appeals to me.

[Ernest]

I clearly see "new content" indicator on main page or in category when i posted any new post (with or without image).

Images 004 & 005 are from one city, they are somehow a quick story from the place. 004 is from the platform when 005 is from the street just out of the station.

006 is a big international station in the centre of London, where famous Eurostar trains are departing to France (visible on the photo).
Too bad i didn't had an UWA lens at that time, i think it would work great in there, because the station is huge and UWA would definitelly intensify that effect. Cropped 30mm isn't really good lens for this kind of photos. But "symmetry" effect is visible so it's ok.
Also i didn't cropped at the end of the "window", because i wanted to leave that things, which are telling what place is this (trains).

Aprils:

Unlike eob, I don't feel the need for context. It's very similar to what I've encountered commuting in an urban environment nearly every day, and I think this image captures that well.

Hard/soft, straight/curved, movement/danger...and tension. That latter is what especially appeals to me.

I'm happy this image speaks to you in this way
Thanks for the comments.
Ernest

[aprilS]

Some UK's "steel landscape" stuff: 005.

Reading left to right: horizontal, vertical down, oblique toward the back (except the cars are coming forward), with a compressed perspective and emphasis on graphic elements. This density I can appreciate.

But I think there are some elements that merge and clutter which detract from the impact:

* The lamp post hitting the top of the frame (crop down to the train?)

* The roadway curving left out of the frame (crop in to the double-doors on the train?)

* The double-round sign -- how I wish it cut just a little higher into the rail bed, but can also imagine what other problems that framing would introduce.

Still: busy, dense, congested, confusing -- all of that resonates. Unfortunately!

[Ernest]

Hmm about 005 - i am still a bit confused and i have some ideas about cropping it a bit differ. I'll try that and post a new version soon