Lucie & Simon - Silent World

[Hamish Gill]

Discovered these through a link I was sent the other day. I particularly like these shots there is something very peaceful about them ... not surprising really, they are places that are normally very busy presented as completely empty.

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I found this particularly interesting as it was something we discussed in a few threads a while back
firstly in Jim's thread about http://www.realphotographersforum.com/general-discussion/2875-10-stop-nd-filter.html
and then when he put it into action http://www.realphotographersforum.com/general/2921-street-emptying.html
and when Dan rather successfully managed to completely clear the m5 motorway http://www.realphotographersforum.com/landscape-architecture/3744-where-has-world-gone.html
lets face it though, Lucie and Simon have taken it to a whole other level ... very inspiring i think!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

This is a whole new level!!
What AMAZING work there, great find Hamish!

 

[Brian Moore]

These remind me of Louis Daguerre's image of the Boulevard du Temple--I think that's what it's called--which he took in 1838 and is said to be the earliest known image in which a human is shown. When Daguerre made the image the streets were teeming with people. But the only one who appeared on the slow emulsion plate was a guy who was stationary for long enough.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Very interesting indeed.

 

[Pete Askew]

Interesting stuff Hamish. Would quite like to see this in it's printed form I think but it looks like the only chance is Antwerp this Autumn.

 

[Paul Lange]

I wonder how they done it. Did they get up very early on Christmas day or photoshop the people and cars out. I know the Fuji HS10 has a feature that allows you to take a long exposure photograph that it will automatically delete anything that moves in the frame.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Strong nd filter Paul!

 

[Pete Askew]

I assumed they used two exposures. One very long to eliminate anything that moved and a shorter one to capture an occasional person, blowing newspapers etc and then overlad them and painted through the deatils they wanted. There are a couple of what look like 'ghost-like' artefacts here and there.

 

[Paul Lange]

I saw there was an "oddness" to some of the texture but though it was down to the low res Jpeg. Mentioning the feature on the HS10 has got me all intrigued though. I might borrow my friends and give it a go.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Really makes you look - stunningly beautiful, yet very spooky

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Mmmm - looked through the gallery and I think the vast city expanses work really well - the closer shots of people by buildings less so

The closer shots look like normal shots, taken on a quiet day - it's the city vista shots which really take your imagination on a ride