Pete Askew
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Leica M9 + 35mm Summilux M f1:1.4. ISO 320, 1/30s, f1:2.0. PP in LR, PS and Nik.
Fliegenpapier
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Leica M9 + 35mm Summilux M f1:1.4. ISO 320, 1/30s, f1:2.0. PP in LR, PS and Nik.
Brian Moore
Moderator
I like it better wi' the dash of color from the fliegenpapier. Once again you have lifted the banal to a high level. Very nice indeed, Pete.
Dan Cattermole
Dan Down - The Steampunk Womble
Sieht so aus, Dass die fliege papier hatte keine aktion heutzutage! Lol
Never the less, a great shot again pete!
Never the less, a great shot again pete!
Pete Askew
Admin
Probably because they were all upstairs in the attic Dan!! 
Thanks both.
Thanks both.
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
sometimes i look at this sort of thing and really try to think why in the world i would like it...
I dont have an answer... its "mood" and composition ... which often is enough to make a photo of not much at all inspire something in a person ...
Ive had a few whiskeys ... but thats what i think!
I dont have an answer... its "mood" and composition ... which often is enough to make a photo of not much at all inspire something in a person ...
Ive had a few whiskeys ... but thats what i think!
Pete Askew
Admin
Well I was sober when I took it! But I know what you mean, I'm just drawn to these sort of things for some reason but I'm not entirely sure why.
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
see my other thread about the imagined film ... i think that is what it is ... photos of little details and little else have a wonderful effect on the imagination... I think I am drawn to take shots like this as I like what seeing them inspires in me ... There is little concept, its been "done" a million times but it contiues to work for how different every shot lie this is ...
I suppose it just goes to highlight how different everything is ... we get so used to walking around not looking at things its refreshing to just look at something that we would often walk past ...
I guess it is also what makes a photographer ... spotting simple things ... that are plaseing to look at ...
Im really rambling tonight ... excuse me
I suppose it just goes to highlight how different everything is ... we get so used to walking around not looking at things its refreshing to just look at something that we would often walk past ...
I guess it is also what makes a photographer ... spotting simple things ... that are plaseing to look at ...
Im really rambling tonight ... excuse me
Pete Askew
Admin
Not at all Hamish. I agree. I like the focus on the unnoticed and the sense of flow even when there is one. One of my long-term projects is about scenes from movies that never existed. The suggestion of plot where there is none.
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
Well you might well Find my response to another thread quite apt then ...
Pete Askew
Admin
I did indeed and need to search out that film too.
There are several types of story I think in these 'found' compositions. This one was produced through no thought by the person placing the objects where they were. The cable ot the light switch was just a handy place to tuck a few objects relevant to the things nearby (why the xmas, dried orange though?) and the cable on the ceiling was a good place to hang the fly paper to catch pests in the storeroom. It just needed someone to come along and record it in such a manner as to reveal the pattern that could be seen. Then there are the others where objects are gathered deliberately to create a composition, albeit one that changes at least weekly (eg http://www.realphotographersforum.com/abstract-still-life/2412-upon-plinth.html). The arrangement is deliberate and artistic and the photograph is just a record of it. And this just becomes an acknowledgement of the aesthetics of it in my view. My preference is for the former though and the story hidden behind it. The dried orange dropped on the way from the storeroom and picked up a week later and just hung on the cable. No one came for Xmas and the decorations had been a waste of effort and in any case it was justa token gesture and so the orange sat there unnoticed...
There are several types of story I think in these 'found' compositions. This one was produced through no thought by the person placing the objects where they were. The cable ot the light switch was just a handy place to tuck a few objects relevant to the things nearby (why the xmas, dried orange though?) and the cable on the ceiling was a good place to hang the fly paper to catch pests in the storeroom. It just needed someone to come along and record it in such a manner as to reveal the pattern that could be seen. Then there are the others where objects are gathered deliberately to create a composition, albeit one that changes at least weekly (eg http://www.realphotographersforum.com/abstract-still-life/2412-upon-plinth.html). The arrangement is deliberate and artistic and the photograph is just a record of it. And this just becomes an acknowledgement of the aesthetics of it in my view. My preference is for the former though and the story hidden behind it. The dried orange dropped on the way from the storeroom and picked up a week later and just hung on the cable. No one came for Xmas and the decorations had been a waste of effort and in any case it was justa token gesture and so the orange sat there unnoticed...
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
For me, it's bringing things which would pas you by in a second, into a frame that allows you to study them in detail.
It's then you realize that there are little scenes like this all around you, every day - you just need to know how to look for them, and then capture them.
That's Pete's skill IMHO
It's then you realize that there are little scenes like this all around you, every day - you just need to know how to look for them, and then capture them.
That's Pete's skill IMHO
