Two Walls, and One Kind Of Wall

[Rob MacKillop]

Konica Hexar, Ilford XP2, Hoya Orange filter on lens. Cramond village, near Edinburgh.

-1EV:





No EV:





-1EV and Glamour Glow

 

[Pete Askew]

Wonderful stuff, Rob. That first reminds me of some of those pre-war shots of Paris. Or maybe a scene from a thriller / horror film. And I love those sentinels.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The first does tickle the imagination. I see a WWII film...

 

[Pete Askew]

Ah yes, the escaped PoW is about to run around that corned chased by some guards. A shot rings out...

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Excellent Rob and I think you have both hit exactly the era these give off. I was thinking the other evening about what film gives and I just wonder how much the modern day sensor is now being designed too represent how the human eye see's, being very different to how the lens and film depict the scene in front of us, as these show.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Good point, Julian. Do we really want to reproduce what the eye sees? It could come to the point where there is no point in taking a photo - just look and experience. That's not why I do photography. I'm more interested in how a scene makes me feel and what I think of. Trying to capture that doesn't require a replication of the scene.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Good point, Julian. Do we really want to reproduce what the eye sees? It could come to the point where there is no point in taking a photo - just look and experience. That's not why I do photography. I'm more interested in how a scene makes me feel and what I think of. Trying to capture that doesn't require a replication of the scene.

Well said Rob and that's why I like it more than I otherwise would, having no imagination that is. There still is some left as I detect, so maybe I should go back to my studio?

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Good point, Julian. Do we really want to reproduce what the eye sees? It could come to the point where there is no point in taking a photo - just look and experience. That's not why I do photography. I'm more interested in how a scene makes me feel and what I think of. Trying to capture that doesn't require a replication of the scene.

No doubt you have tried the canvas and paint brush where a person can let their imagination loose.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Too messy...

 

[Paul Lange]

I love that little peek of detail on the stairs. Looks like some kind of pattern or brickwork and just enough to keep you guessing.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Paul. I like your observation.