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Photographer’s Note

Chacha cha

It’s often said that architecture is frozen music. A cliché perhaps but OK, it’s a very fitting way to describe the feeling the rhythm of the lines and angles in a building give you. Some times the rhythm of these elements is so strong and repetitive that buildings even can invoke a dance like feeling. Like in this case - a Latin dance feeling ;-)

Displayed here is the top part of a side facade of the Ayamonte (Huelva, Spain) bus station. Another Ayamonte pic is here.

Chacha cha is a song from the Cuban ‘Son’ outfit ‘Asere’ from their 1997 ‘Cuban Soul’ album – highly recommended

PCS tech: The Oly 8080 is set between 50 and 100 ASA a relatively noise free cam. But when you play with levels and saturation a lot as I did here, there will still appear some noise, so after adjusting the contrast, levels & saturation differentially, I selected the sky and ran the median noise filter set @ 8, selected the large shadow area, (in both cases with ythe magic wand set @ 20) desaturated it a bit and ran the despeckle filter. The other steps were: correcting for perspective distortion; cropping; USM-ing.

exif data

Camera Manufacturer : OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Camera Model : C8080WZ
Exposure time [s] : 10/4000
F-Number : F7.1
Exposure program : Aperture priority (3)
ISO speed ratings : 100
EXIF version : 02.20
Date taken : 2004:12:23 14:11:12
Exposure bias value : 0/10
Focal length [mm] : 14.0 (= 55 mm)
Colour space : sRGB
Image width : 3264
Image length : 2448
Exposure mode : Manual (1)
White balance : Auto (0)
Contrast : Normal (0)
Saturation : High (2)
Sharpness : Hard (2)

Galmeida, digi-mom, jhm, nwoehnl, carper, Tue, Intruder, pamastro, Rinie_Hoff, MoosicMan has marked this note useful

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davido (1982) 2005-05-13 3:21

This is pure. But i don't feel it chacha cha. I feel more like jazz. But that's personal! :) I like the composition. The detail here works very well. Lots of interesting elements, shadows, squares, etc...
Regards, David

Galmeida (12559) 2005-05-13 7:49

Hi Bert,
Simple and a interesting graphic frame very well captured and composed. A nice and strong blue sky is a must and a contrast element here. My last post is about a indoor in a modern building what is a personal and different approach in my usual posts.

Congratulations for this simplicity and resulting picture!
Best Regards
Fernando

jhm (83378) 2005-05-13 8:39

Goedemiddag Bert,
Het zijn de lijnen op deze foto die alles naar de perfectie leiden, zowel het hek in de midden als the T-profielen boven en daar tussen die schitterende blauwe hemel, kan bij de kunst foto's gerangschikt worden Bert.
Goede Pinksteren weekend,
John.

nwoehnl (120) 2005-05-13 11:08

Again a frighteningly precise archi detail, Bert. A textbook example of how to turn a seemingly mundane detail into an arty play of lines, angles as well as shadows and light. Particularly the triangular shadow of the waffle-shaped gate is a detail I like. Very good. I put it into the latest instance of the song title theme.

carper (65742) 2005-05-13 13:18

prachtig grafisch werk bert,
Mooi lijnen spel, uitstekende compositie,
erg goed werk, mijn complimenten hiervoor,
gr. Jaap

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-05-13 16:11

You really got an eye for artistic compositions like this,Bert!
Beautiful lines here in this arrangement,Colors aand contrasts are great.
Excellent shot!
groeten!
hermann

Tue (25608) 2005-05-13 18:21

Hoi Bert,
Prachtige foto, bewijst maar weer eens dat er niet veel nodig is voor een goeie foto! Mooi gezicht met alle lijnen van het gebouw, de balken en de schaduwen en dat vanuit een prima POV! Goed werk! :-D
Prettig weekend, groetjes,
Lars

coco (28146) 2005-05-14 9:58

Great composition.
The diagonals lines make this a different photo.
Diagonals lines, shadows and the walls... is really a great photo.

Thanks for share (but I don't see the chacha cha, sorry).

Intruder (3075) 2005-05-14 15:33

hello Bert,
this is a great example how you make simple things look beautiful, i can see a real talend. the composition, lighting, colors and details are excellent! i can't find a way how you could improve this shot. very well done!
best regards

alvaraalto (5303) 2005-05-14 18:29

Hi Bert,
Dit is weer een prachtige, echte Bertolucci. Ik zou hier ook wel eens rond willen lopen, want het lijkt mij een fotogenieke plaats.
groet Rob

pamastro (7213) 2005-05-15 23:31

Very nice smooth lines. There is a feel in this crop for what you say. The smoothness and the way it makes the textures seem so subtle creates an excellent graphic image. I notice you keep the sharpness on the camera to 2. I usually keep mine set to 0 and do all the sharpening later in PS, which is usually just one run with sharpen. But they always turn out very well the way you do it, just as this one has.

Rinie_Hoff (9334) 2005-05-16 4:15

You're right Bert, full of rythm, and YOU know everything about that, I don't. At least, not when it's for dancing, then my feet get tangled up. But for a Latin dance, I think it's a bit to straight forward ;-)
Very nice composition, Bert, I like it how you show these buildings with your eye, you see corners and special thing, that I would never see.
Nice colors, as well, strong, but alos that little haze of green, and the rings of shadow on the vertical pole. Nice!

magda_indigo (22) 2005-05-21 12:48

love the starkness, the simplicity in the comp, making this a lovely graphic image, very enjoyable to view, M (*_*)

MoosicMan (1231) 2005-05-28 21:14

Hi, Bert,
You have a nice study here, with interesting shapes and shadows, the play of light on the wall. Good sharpness and exposure. Well done!
Best wishes,
Matt

sergio1 (12150) 2006-05-16 5:41

Hi Bert
Excellent pov and contrast. the sharp is great too. I like the details lineal and lights.
Regards
Sergio