Comments | mistress_elaine: Why I l love Cappadocia (part 6)

mistress_elaine

Why I l love Cappadocia (part 6)

Nov 03, 2006 11:34

Chapter 6: In which K gets to pose in a cave ( Read more... )

toned b&w, turkey, portraits, converted colour photos

Comments 13

blackannis238 November 3 2006, 11:14:30 UTC

This will be the silliest comment you get today, I'm sure, but that pose just makes me ashamed. What a lovely straight back! If I sat like that I'd be slouching everywhere... *hangs head*

I'm sorry, it's just that really caught my eye!

mistress_elaine November 3 2006, 12:00:32 UTC

Bah, that's not a silly comment at all... It caught my eye, too. She has very good posture in general, but it shows more in this picture than in most, I think, because she was sitting on a very uncomfortable rock which didn't allow for any comfy slouching. Also, I may very well have told her to sit up straight, as I am the kind of über-demanding, über-perfectionistic and über-obnoxious photographer who does that kind of thing.

Come on, you can give me something sillier than that!

eight_thirteen November 3 2006, 13:33:39 UTC

This is fantastic! I love how even though everything is in shadow, her figure is clearly defined from the background. That is a real nice job in the composition of this shot.

I love the framing also, I am a big fan of negative space. I love how even though there is no doubt as to what the subject is here, my eye still has to wander a bit to make sure I don't miss anything.

The one thing I would like to see though, is the dark areas to be darker. It may just be my monitor, or the way the internet seems to fade colors a bit, but I think this would "pop" even more than it does if the shadows were darker - without blowing out the highlights.

mistress_elaine November 3 2006, 14:08:13 UTC

How does this work for you? I think it's a bit too dark, but it's definitely bolder.

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Actually... mistress_elaine November 3 2006, 14:13:07 UTC

The more I look at it, the more I like this dark version, so I'm going to replace the pic. Thanks for the suggestion -- much obliged!

Re: Actually... eight_thirteen November 3 2006, 14:29:49 UTC

Yeah, I like that better, I am always inclined toward lots of contrast, it gives more "richness" to an image.

I think that if you had cropped this square, or even centered your subject it would have watered down the image a lot. I like how your cropping implies the continuation of the tunnel even though you cannot see it. It is a very nice lead in to her figure. Kudos!

I have not made an announcement yet, because I am afraid of jinxing it. I don't have it in writing yet, but the other bidders were told to take a hike and I have a verbal agreement that the place is mine! Right now we are in the process of getting inspections and going over paperwork-lots of paperwork!

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cosmiccircus November 3 2006, 13:51:48 UTC

How nice and zen minimalist!

mistress_elaine November 3 2006, 14:09:28 UTC

Zen! Ha. I hadn't looked at it that way. Do you think I should submit it to zen_photo, then? :-)

cosmiccircus November 3 2006, 14:35:51 UTC

Sure, why not? You could call it "Now and Zen"...

mistress_elaine November 3 2006, 15:34:38 UTC

Heh. :-)

mortsleam November 3 2006, 20:17:08 UTC

Mmmm... dark caves. For that you get the Dragonskin.

Nice use of negative space, saturation, contrast, excellent pose blah blah blah...

All I think of when I look at this is the song you are (were) listening to.

"We are two mariners, our ship's sole survivors, in this belly of a whale."

Great, now I have to go through all eight minutes of that damn thing.

mistress_elaine November 4 2006, 08:39:51 UTC

Christ, Mort. I'll never be able to look at the picture again without imagining that K is sitting inside the belly of whale. So thanks for that.

Good song, though. Quite worth sitting through for eight minutes. :-)