Day 07
by hajeka

Comment:
I love the almost front to back sharpness that really makes the details in this photo pop. I'm a big fan of windmill pics. Probably because there aren't any where I live. Thanks for the beautiful "slice of life" from the Netherlands.

Day 6 - Bottle
by jonfrommk

Comment:
Found this for all who were interested......hope you don't mind Jon.

The sculpture is called Bottle of Notes

What is Bottle of Notes?
Claes Oldenberg and Coosje van Bruggen 1993

â€Â¢ The Bottle of Notes is a sculpture made for mima Centre Square by Claes Oldenberg and Coosje van Bruggen. It was completed in 1993.

â€Â¢ The Bottle of Notes is 30 x 16 x 10 ft (9.1 x 4.9 x 3.1 m),
roughly the same height as 28 lemonade bottles stacked top to bottom.

â€Â¢ The Bottle of Notes took 5 years to build and was based on drawings and a smaller sculpture that Claes Oldenburg produced using a plastic bottle and paper.

â€Â¢ Bottle of Notes is made of two steel bottle shapes made up of words. The words were created using giant stencils, enlarged from Claes Oldenberg’s original design. The Bottle of Notes was created by steel works in Teesside.

â€Â¢ The inner bottle is painted blue and includes a line from Coosje van Bruggen's poems based on a childhood impression of Dutch landscape: ‘I like to remember seagulls in full flight gliding over a ring of canals’.

â€Â¢ The outer bottle is painted white and includes a line from Captain Cook’s journals. (Captain Cook is an explorer who travelled the South Pacific Sea in the 1700s. Captain Cook was born in Marton, near to Middlesbrough in 1728). ‘we had every advantage we could desire in observing the whole of the passage of the Planet Venus over the Sun’s disc’.

edited excerpt from //www.visitmima.com/images/pdf/WhatIsMima.pdf

Message edited by author 2007-07-07 17:55:17.

Day 6 - Bottle
by jonfrommk

Comment:
Nice capture Jon. You seem to be surrounded by unique and interesting things. (Note to self: Visit the UK)

Nice colors and interesting border. A definite thumbs up on this one mate.

5
by ivale28

Comment:
Nice macro. I love the warm tones.

Day No. 5
by Germaine

Comment:
Simply Fantastic. The items, even without the description in your comments tell a story. It is obvious that these items do not belong to a young person. The religious elements, the pic of the presumed family member or loved one, the Coptic cross and the slightly frivolous serene looking Asian figurines are all elements that seem like they could tell their own stories apart from one another but together they give a collective glimpse into the of the life of their owner and what is important to that person. The desaturation and soft focus enhance the feeling the photo conveys. Great job!

4
by ivale28

Comment:
I love this! Good use of negative space. The lower left bird is throwing some major Attitude :) The b&w is perfect for this photo.

Day 3 - Claire and shadows.jpg
by rachelellen

Comment:
Great photo! The perspective and composition are right on.

July 3: Lime
by daboardergirl

Comment:
I like this though I can't quite get the words "Fly....be free" out of my head while looking at it :) All kidding aside I like the composition, the tonal parity of the lime and the OOF field and once again your excellent border choice.

day-3-gloomy.jpg
by suiteness

Comment:
Nice photo with good composition. In general I like the photo. My only suggestion would have been to sharpen it a bit more so that the center of the pedal was a tad bit crisper. I find my eyes hunting for the focal point and the due to the size and placement of the center of the pedal this tends to be the point the eye is drawn toward.

day 2 - Mary.jpg
by rachelellen

Comment:
I'm not usually a fan of selective desats but this one works quite well. Good job!

Message edited by author 2007-07-03 23:50:23.