TE091 Mirror, a photo from Noord-Holland, South

Photographer's Note

TE091

Self-portrait with Red Car

This is the little village Penningsveer some kilometres east of Haarlem.
The village is situated in the recreation area Spaarnwoude.
This is a former agriculture region. Now a mixture of nature reserve, agriculture and recreation for inhabitants of Amsterdam and Haarlem.

The scene is a little distorted because I had to take the picture in this traffic mirror in order the make a self-portrait.

CliffW, Tue, singuanti, papagolf21, Fixfocus, elihesamian, jmdaoudal, jhm, kent_s, robiuk, Didi, igorb, Emiel_Skyfreak, jafadabret has marked this note useful

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CliffW (2381) 2005-05-14 17:48

It's actually the distortion that I think makes this picture. It forces you to look at the boundaries of the picture and then return in. It's an very interesting view, different and naturally framed.

Tue (91604) 2005-05-14 18:10

Een echte alvaraalto-foto! Origineel, leuke POV, grappig effect! De vervorming door de spiegel is erg goed en het dubbele frame is ook geinig! :-D

MoosicMan (1231) 2005-05-14 19:54

Hi, Rob, I can't say you're that good looking with your face distorted and a black Konica Minolta covering most of it.

However, the photo is nice. I like the square cropping and the full red color. Good work!
Best,
Matt

singuanti (15250) 2005-05-15 0:38

Hey Rob. Nice to see a new post from you. I like the use of the fish-eye look because we rarely see this on TrekEarth. I think there's a self-portrait theme, and if I find it I'll add the shot. This was a great idea and you were very successful with it. I like it Rob, well done!

Emile (20352) 2005-05-15 0:48

Very interesting picture Rob. With an excellent frame, a natural one.
If there is not a distortion in your abdomen beacuse of the use of the fish eye lens, you should loose some weight. jaja
Well done.

papagolf21 (152605) 2005-05-15 4:15

Bonjour Rob,
Auto portrait très original, ou comment se faire photographier par soi-même ! ;-))
Très bon cadrage de ce miroir encadré de bandes noires et blanches alternées sur un fond de ciel bleu. Idée très originale. J'aime beaucoup l'effet rendu en bas et à droite.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Fixfocus (9385) 2005-05-15 4:41

A very creative Self-portrait,Rob!
Excellent idea,-very well captured!
Interesting that you left a view on the sky around it,this adds something like a 3rd dimension to the compo.
Well done!

elihesamian (26149) 2005-05-15 4:59

:))
Very well seen,Rob!
A great work you did with finding this amazing frames!
nicely captured and very well composed,too.
I enjoy it,Rob!

Regards
M

Stepan (27210) 2005-05-15 7:14

The dobble frame is interesting and the deformed car funny.
very well composed.
Stéphane

MvS (4163) 2005-05-15 10:59

Cool shot Rob of you and your Skoda, and nicely framed. No fuss pot can remove this one since the frame is natural! The colours are very clear in contrast to the shadowed frame - nice play with the different light conditions. At first I was a bit worried, but then I saw that you managed to include a bridge in the picture.
Thanks,
Magnus

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-05-15 11:55

This is a very good idea, the framing is excellent whith the borders of the mirror and the colors in it.
Nice auto (mobile) portrait.
Compliments
jean Michel

jhm (211734) 2005-05-15 12:41

Beste Rob,
Zoiets vind ik altijd vrij spectaculair, een panorama spiegel en dan het shot, en wat hier allemaal te zien is, heb ik zeker vijf minuten moeten ontleden, de fotograaf heb ik wel gevonden. Stond deze auto stil op ogenblik van het shot.
Groeten van uit een koud maar zonnig Vlaanderen.
John.

devimeuxbe (58557) 2005-05-15 16:00

hI rOB
Very strange portrait !
Nice work , great composition.
The red car give a colorful impression.
Beautifull
Bertrand

kent_s (1911) 2005-05-16 1:22

Hi Rob
I see that you use your minolta the same way I do. Unfortunately for me you see more great motifs like this one. A distortet car and you in a trafficmirror. It's genius and great

Well done
Hälsningar
Kent

robiuk (10807) 2005-05-16 10:32

An old idea executed in an interesting way, Rob.
I'm pleased you got it right here and think it's very successful for the reason that on one side we have this graphically perfect square framing of the spiegel (straight verticals and horizontals) contrasting the inside frame that is twisted by curved reflecting surface.
The colours and amount of details you squeezed within the central frame iz amazing and the inner composition with all its deviations is just perfect!
I like it a lot!
Robi

weswang (18247) 2005-05-16 12:25

Hi Rob, Nice picture and a nice self-portrait. I like the entire composition: nice frame, twist colorful background. A very nice and creative image. I thought the very out layer was Microsoft window default screen background for a moment. Well done.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-05-16 12:34

interesting shot, it makes us think about, where the phootgrapher is, very good experiment here, I like it

Didi (61589) 2005-05-17 8:21

Hi Rob
It's a very good experience and nice "simply red" colour.
Next time try with a Ferrari :))

Steft (6109) 2005-05-18 7:38

Mooie rood wit blauwe kleuren. Goede compositie met haast een foto in een foto. Leuke vervormde vormen en origineel idee.

john_c (24666) 2005-05-18 10:11

Hi Rob. A unique and interesting shot. I like the POV down the road in one line and the 'self-portrait' in another direction. Well cropped and deftly executed. Cheers.

oochappan (4880) 2005-05-21 17:22

De buitenste grafische framing contrasteert met de reflectie in de spiegel waar je zelf je standpunt verraadt, prachtig contrast Rob en goed belicht zowel in de blauwe lucht als de relectie in de spiegel, je had geluk dat die spiegel zeer zuiver was om een vlekkeloze relectie te hebben.
Goed zelfportrait maar de wijze hoe je dit brengt is zekers ongewoon goed.
Henk

igorb (758) 2005-07-05 14:06

A lot of time it takes to me to evaluate this shot, and I can say there are too many element for evaluating...and every one is amazing.
Excellent shot,excellent work.
Bravo.

ktanska (44484) 2005-08-18 8:51

This really caught my eye even in thumbnail.
There's so many layers: sky, frame, car,
background and the self-portrait. A place
worth going back, on different weathers,
different seasons.

Emiel_Skyfreak (3002) 2007-02-10 21:15

Hoi Rob,

Heb eens een kijkje genemen in uw eigentijds spiegelingen thema, deze stak er voor mij uit, zo op het eerste gezicht. Het mooie vind ik de vele frames die het eigenlijke plaatje omlijsten.
Smal randje, wolkenlucht, rood/witframe van de spiegel, daarbinnen nog een licht randje en daar binnen nog een metale rand die de spiegel omgeeft.
Door de goede crop/kadering waardoor mooie symmetrie is het beeld mooi in balans. De spiegel zelf geeft ook nog een apart bol beeld.
Al met al een goeie combinatie en goed vastgelegd en gepresenteerd.

Groeten,
Emiel.

jafadabret (56501) 2008-05-30 5:59

Rob bonjour, c'est le genre de photos que j'aime avec du graphisme, des couleurs et de la créativité. Ici on a tout cela et très bien fait.
Jacques