Comments | mistress_elaine: Naval geometry

mistress_elaine

Naval geometry

Sep 25, 2006 10:46

A companion piece to yesterday's entry.

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seaside, double exposures, toned b&w, the hague, holland

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ex_humanfema327 September 25 2006, 11:53:55 UTC

ooh i like that one! I like how the sun is trapped. Shame you can't do double exposures on digital...

6ft5 September 25 2006, 12:34:53 UTC

But you can get the same type of effect by working with layers in Photoshop.

ex_humanfema327 September 25 2006, 12:37:01 UTC

but that's cheating! (i know, im sulky !!)
It would be so cool if digital cameras had a cross-exposure or lomo setting. really. I'll make one and make my fortune.

mistress_elaine September 25 2006, 14:51:18 UTC

I would totally buy that camera, so GO OUT THERE AND MAKE IT!!!

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6ft5 September 25 2006, 12:33:51 UTC

aah, brilliance!

mistress_elaine September 25 2006, 14:52:26 UTC

Aw, thanks, Göran. I'm glad you approve! :-)

6ft5 September 25 2006, 15:36:22 UTC

and please, keep all the posts up from your trip. I am rather swamped right now and want to be able to go back and read thoroughly later :-)

mistress_elaine September 25 2006, 15:40:16 UTC

No worries, the travelogues will still be up by the time you get around to reading them. I hope you enjoy them. Good luck with all the work!

jardinmagico September 25 2006, 18:41:06 UTC

Oh wow, this looks awesome!!!

What is the second image (not the ship one)? Tiles?

mistress_elaine September 25 2006, 19:19:35 UTC

Thanks! I was rather pleased with the way it came out myself. :-)

The second image is a (very basic) photo of cladding: protective metallic tiles fixed to the outside of a building here in The Hague. I held the camera diagonally and made sure I captured the reflection of the sun in one of the tiles.

mortsleam September 29 2006, 19:19:06 UTC

What luck to get the sun's reflection in such a great position. I like this one better than the previous, perhaps because the two elements are more easily recoginizable.

mistress_elaine September 29 2006, 20:24:21 UTC

Yes, it wouldn't have been nearly so impressive without the sun's reflection. That said, it wasn't really luck. I very deliberately took a photo of the reflection, made careful note of where it was in the picture, and then deliberately arranged the composition in such a way that the ship would move towards the light.

I like this one better than the other one, as well, because it's less "crowded" and has this lovely geometry thing going on. As you know, I'm a sucker for geometry in photos. :-)