Favorite Photos

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-18 4:36]
hi lisa,
thanks to your phone, this has the quality of an old movie (or the new ones made with handycams). not only the grains and strange colors, but the atmosphere, especially the poster in the BG supports this. the quality of photos are hopefully not be measured by their sharpness and cleanliness. there is also the atmosphere, the mood and the story, which can be found equally essential, when done in a good and relevant combination.
deniz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-18 4:04]
hi luciano,
i had complaints about the same issue to jerzy (bantonbuju) who had also had the same difficulties in morocco. well, what can you do about it, you must respect the people. it was not that bad for me at all, as i am already not in the pursiut of people photos, but it was becoming a problem even though you were shooting street or architecture photos :) anyway, even though it was difficult to photograph, morocco is for sure a country not to be missed, if you enjoy the warmth and colors of medieval islamic world.
deniz

tedesse (22467) [2013-06-18 1:07] [+]
Welcome to today's neighbor on TE!
Beautiful church today are showing! Excellent POV, beautifully blended into the green of the trees, nice colors and good sharpness. An interesting note.
Regards
Tadeusz

tedesse (22467) [2013-06-18 0:53]
Hello Pavle!
An interesting iconostasis. There has never had the pleasure to visit the Orthodox church. Good POV and composition, nice colors and good sharpness. An interesting note.
Regards
Tadeusz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 17:42]
hi abdmsudi,
this is more than a street photo, this is painting with light! everything here is so attractive: spontaneity, long shadows, warm colors, transparency, incomplete figures as well as complete figures, movement, stillness, the iconic figure of the standing cart rider... a great one, which i hope to be able to approach some day.
deniz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 17:32]
hi sara,
i was in the brancacci chapel in 2004 and it was one of the most mesmerizing experiences i had in florence together with gozzoli's magi chapel in palazzo medici riccardi. of course, brancacci chapel is outstanding with the revolutionarily expressive figures of "expulsion from the garden of heaven", yet "raising of the son" part is also very interesting, raising those "who is who" questions and watering the mouths of conspiracy lovers :)
well, masaccio's work was further continued by filippino lippi, he repaired some destroyed parts (due to medici rivals existing in the murals) and finished some unfinished parts. the faces may have been altered by then, even adding some medici faces after their coming to power.
i haven't heard of any carbon analyzing or x-ray studies trying to date each face or seeing what is hidden beneath the visible pictures. that face in the middle could be lorenzo, imho.
deniz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 16:42] - [workshop] [compare]
hi noel,
i love your interaction with the irish gentleman and the story behind this photo. further, the composition is very well done, not only with the face but also with that charming house and the medieval sheep gate. "walled town" is also a very nice detail.
deniz

ps: i added a WS, i hope you don't mind

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 16:08]
hi valter,
i had a good laugh after your description of "sinuous curves". then i enlarged to photo to see them in more detail... anyway, great sunset with crispy silhouettes. the blaze on the sea is magnificent.
deniz

ps: i don't believe there is a big risk for that photo, as i did very little pp work on it, though it may seem a lot.

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 15:26]
hi wanda,
polar bears are wonderful creatures of nature, combining a wrathful power with a charm excessing that of our childhood teddy bears. you focused on the second part of it, look at those puffy paws :)
your photo makes me wanna go for some petting, though i still have some years to see, hopefully :)
deniz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 15:21]
hi john,
the bug-degraded size of your photo is also quite nice, it still looks lovely in square format. even though i first felt happy about the large size issue, i share your worries about the possible thefts coming thereby.
deniz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 15:03] [+]
hi olivier,

great counterlight photo here with a wonderful new-large size. i like how you hid the sun with the tip of your sail and how the sail got semi-transparent thereafter.

ps: i don't get why your poppies got deleted by the mods. everybody is sharing flower photos from the fields nowadays and yours was a great example, i am sure that it was more than a treknature photo which are supposed to teach us about some botanics issues. so, that decision really makes me think about some double-standards and this thought caused many former members to leave TE. anyway, i'd just like to say don't take it personal, it happens to so many members and happened to one of my portrait photos in the past. just keep on posting photos without flowers and animals, you don't know when it is suitable to TOS and when not. the measures of the mods are obviously subjective...

deniz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 14:50]
hi göran,
there was a specific period in my life when i pondered and pondered about what might such modern artworks could be telling to their beholders. then i concluded that, especially after andy warhol, plastic arts turned completely into a mass production and consumption meta, so decided not to kill my brain cells any further to think about their deep meanings. (but they really can give funny and interesting photos like this). i love the cadrage and the darkness of contrast, and yes, it looks like an interesting work of the artist, probably telling stories about the consumerism, and the isolation of the system workers from the nature.
deniz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 14:42]
hi ray,
it is after midnight here, and this place of heaven will make me dream of peaceful things, i hope. good exposure, clarity and reflections. i cannot take my eyes off the cascade over there. it looks magnificent and adds a majestic feel about the place.
deniz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 14:38] - [workshop] [compare] [+]
hi russ,
you keep on amazing me with the variety of your subjects and styles. after the woodpecker and christ, here comes a graphical architecture shot and further, in b&w. i would definitely go b&w as well, as is so much monochrome feeling in there. your note makes me think that women should go into the "male-classifed-business-areas" more and more. look at how this building blossomed in between the other two solid giants of concrete.
deniz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 14:32]
who would not like to be a bowling ball, dive into that fog down the green hills and hit those blue mountains at the end of the road? a great landscape.
deniz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 14:29] [+]
with a 5d and still need a tripod? and with the tripod you still use iso800, f2.8 & 1/15? i am confused. but yes, street photography in a foggy night should be a very difficult thing. old polonaise would say "go closer till you get to the tongues" but i am quite ok with this distance, which gives you also the romantic environment. without the lovers, it would look rather spooky. street lamp light diffused in the fog is magical, while you also show us that square format is still good to give a perspective depth when you have the right elements and idea of composition.
deniz

tedesse (22467) [2013-06-17 13:21]
Hello Jacques!
Wonderfully contrast to the soaring towers against the sky. Good POV, nice colors and good sharpness.
Regards
Tadeusz

tedesse (22467) [2013-06-17 12:05]
Witaj!
Piekne wnetrze kosciola sw.Elzbiety!
Doskonaly POV i kompozycja, ladnie skadrowane zdjecie.
Dobra ostrosc i ladna kolorystyka.
Pozdrawiam
Tadeusz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 5:57] [+]
so, this is the complementarry photo for your "home sweet home".
i think, one of the missing inhabitants of these wooden houses is hiding down the bstrd's ass... and this should also be the answer to your brainstorm with russ...
deniz

rigoletto (30986) [2013-06-17 5:52] [+]
having talked about mirrors...
it is always a fantastic element for photography (and in cinematography as well).
it makes you think about parallel worlds, alternative dimentions and the questioning of reality. it is important what you see in the mirror, but what the mirror sees is maybe of more importance.
deniz