Latch No.2

[Julian de'Courcy]

Posted a latch photo yesterday and tried to make an improved version today.

Latch No.2

 

[Pete Askew]

I like the focus on this much more, Julian. Miss the darker tones though.

 

[Dave Green]

Nice Sneck!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

I like the focus on this much more, Julian. Miss the darker tones though.

Thanks Pete I agree fully. I used the Dp3 which at f7.1 loses those milky darks created by the lens's shallow depth shots.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Nice Sneck!

Thanks Dave I'll , I think so, but I'll google Sneck to see.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Did a Latch shot from inside the shed.

 

[Pete Askew]

Now that for me works so much better. Darker tones, shallow DoF and an indistinct background with a touch of mystery to it. Nice.

 

[Glen Roberts]

Nice Sneck!

Sneck!!! I haven't heard that word for Yonks.

 

[Glen Roberts]

Did a Latch shot from inside the shed.

Like Pete I think the second shot works better.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Now that for me works so much better. Darker tones, shallow DoF and an indistinct background with a touch of mystery to it. Nice.

Thanks Pete and again agree . I do enjoy the rich tones and aesthetic niceties of the rendering that can had from the Dp3 with the shallow depth. I've done a lot of this with other camera's, Some of the Canon L tele lenses have a similar colour quality.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Like Pete I think the second shot works better.

Thank Glen, yes not heard sneck before. But I'll keep to my roots and it'll be a latch

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Roots or no roots, this last sample is the better of them, until you get it right. Not there yet mate

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Roots or no roots, this last sample is the better of them, until you get it right. Not there yet mate

Ah Ivar if I could ever get it 'right' I would prefer it within other areas of life than my photography. For years making images there has always been that niggle and realisation that if you ever produced something of undoubted worth, would you ever go out again and try harder. Never reached that point so cannot answer it and maybe it is all down to expectations anyway. Much simpler to do a job with a mandate which is executable. But here I ramble on.
Ok I'll try harder next time

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Well Julian, nothing is perfect and no image shall ever be, too many people. As we call ourselves photographers / image catchers / makers, we all strive to get it right. We never will in our own mind that is and that is good, 'cause then we would stop doing what we enjoy as well as we rob everyone else of the opportunity to either like or dislike what we present. I haven't done my best picture yet, will I ever?

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Well Julian, nothing is perfect and no image shall ever be, too many people. As we call ourselves photographers / image catchers / makers, we all strive to get it right. We never will in our own mind that is and that is good, 'cause then we would stop doing what we enjoy as well as we rob everyone else of the opportunity to either like or dislike what we present. I haven't done my best picture yet, will I ever?

As long as we do not start cutting our ear's of and are aware as you say I think we'll be ok Ivar. Put much clearer than I did and thank you for that.
But I've given up on colour with this one and knowing how much I enjoy the Merlins for their B+W without any simulation , gave it another try.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I feel that the best one in colour comes up against this best last one in bl+wh, where there still is a visible structure and where one can assume in their own minds what it may entail. I'm sorry that I cannot find a better way of expression here.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

I feel that the best one in colour comes up against this best last one in bl+wh, where there still is a visible structure and where one can assume in their own minds what it may entail. I'm sorry that I cannot find a better way of expression here.

Ivar you say what I fully agree with. It is nice to play with some images and see what they have to offer in other presentational ways. I may take some form of light next time as the door is so dark compared to the outside. I'll see what that comes up with. In the mean time I've been in the harbour, where crutches and mud, that kind of mud that sucks you down and slurps as you try to break away, to move forward once again. I tried anyway, I'll see what I have, if anything, although I did not come across any latches.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I can picture you there my friend, in my mind.