Exhibit
by zeuszen

Comment:
> jm

Thanks for your, undeservedly, sincere comment, jm.
It is the first photo I published after hundreds of, well, 'test-shots' with this sensitive clunker called '10D'. What is interesting, perhaps, is how this capture came to be and why I rendered it the way I did.

When I had positioned myself to take the shot (10D, 300 mm lens, tripod and all), the painter approached me and asked that I, please, not take a photograph of his art. I replied, equally politely and equally firmly, that I was making my own art by taking a photograph in and of a public place. He seemed satisfied or appeased, I'm not sure which, turned and proceeded to stand among his paintings. Needless to say, I took the shot.

The incident prompted me, however, to render him faceless and his art featureless. In retrospect, I am grateful for the challenge (and the adrenalin) he presented me with and a photo which, in the end, lived up to my promise.

Message edited by author 2004-04-22 00:22:24.

Exhibit
by zeuszen

Comment:
> soup

Thank you, Tim.
Exposure see above.
I simply removed colour and decreased brightness by quite a bit while increasing contrast to get the black background and leave little nothing of three of the four paintings but their frames. The process, of course, also rendered the painter standing by featureless, floating among his works.

Message edited by author 2004-04-22 00:23:14.

Pouring down
by heida

Comment:

Originally posted by heida: ...Wish I could have cleaned out that sensor dust, But...

What's a lil sensor dust in an image like this but a distinguishing mark of an honest capture. ;-) Great photo!

Peggy's Cove Light
by mci

Comment:
Also the site of one of the worst aviation disasters in history.

Who's Watching who
by agwright

Comment:
> [Title: Who's Watching Whom]

Self Centered
by crabappl3

Comment:
I can see how some would vote 2 and 3. I can easily see a vote of 6 - 10. But fifty-three 5's?
It's funny, sad and odd, how a photograph which excites some of us is 'averaged' by so many.
Among your best, IMHO.

Message edited by author 2004-04-08 00:20:17.

By Mornings Light
by jenesis

Comment:
Lovely. This and 'Twisted' are very exciting to me.

Country Walking Magazine
by jonpink

Comment:
Re: Gordon's post:

While I agree with G's evaluation and general premise, I find myself less eager to see an 'actor entering the stage'. To me, the scene provides several strong anchors already: the leading rock path as well as the numerous boulders strewn in the grass on the right of the image (foreground), the boulders delimiting the foreground.

I can derive considerable satisfaction from the emptiness of this scene, really. The absence of people, particularly, suggests (to me) a modest sanctum for dissociation ('modest' because the path is so obviously man-made).

I'd rather have a chair, cello or another 'object' in this setting than another 'one of us' in a gortex jacket, but I also and strongly feel that the image is complete and utterly enjoyable as is.

The Golden Years - Spring
by zeuszen

Comment:
It has been interesting, indeed, to read the comments on this photo. I was genuinely surprised by the perception of a 'dead end' here.

Of course, no one can know that the path does not, in fact, 'end' here (it veers off to the left and through the forest), the forest itself, to me, is not akin to a wall but rather to a garden. It symbolizes life, a quality of life and freedom from the restrictions and orders of 'civilised' existence. The alleged 'dead end', to me, really represented a gate and a transformation.

Even 'death', as a consequence of a 'dead end' interpretation, appears to mean different things to different people. In the context of this image, I felt (quite simply) it suggested an integration into the natural order of things, something which places me at considerable philosophical variance with the views of others.

Facit? As a photographer, I might do well to step out of my own sandals once in a while and wear something different, just to see how it goes. ;-)

Thanks for pointing this out. I would have never dreamt of it.

OLD CAR
by GOLNAZZZ

Comment:
A 1960 - 180 (D) or 190 (D).