Walls With Windows

[Paul Lange]

Who would of thought of such a thing.


_DSF4425.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr






_DSF4389.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr






_DSF4424.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr
These were all taken with the Fuji X Pro 1 and 27mm 2.8 lens. I think the lens is supposed to be a budget pancake version of the much faster and larger 23mm but doesn't seem to shabby at all

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Lots of interesting buildings where you live, Paul. All very interesting. The lens looks of good quality to me.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Windows with walls...lions and tigers and bears...oh my. That REALLY dates me.
Nice as always Paul.

 

[Beth Carter]

peeping in windows again, paul? worth the asbo. great series, excellent comps., i love how you always frame these windows & doors shots perfectly.

 

[Paul Lange]

Thank you, it was worth breaching the restraining order to get these and I am sure the victims, er... subjects will get over it.

 

[Brian Moore]

These are wonderful Paul. Full of interest,...architecturally as well as just visually for the horizontal patterns.

 

[Paul Lange]

Thanks Brian, I appreciate it very much.

 

[Dave Green]

Love this sort of stuff

 

[Paul Lange]

Cheers Dave. These are from Saturdays trip to Lavenham. I have been there quite a few times but never really managed to get any photographs that I liked before.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

You've got this abstract malarkey to a knack haven't you Paul.
Very impressive!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Yep very good set Paul . always something very alluring about the rectangular shapes fitting to the rectangular of the photo. Or in some case the Square of the photo.

 

[Paul Lange]

Thank you Dan , Julian. Being compositionally challenged these recent project have been as much a learning exercise as anything else. Looking at some thing and standing there until I get the best composition that I can has really helped me to think more before I press the button. A few times I have come away and not liked what I got so if the place was local I go back another day and do it all again.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Thank you Dan , Julian. Being compositionally challenged these recent project have been as much a learning exercise as anything else. Looking at some thing and standing there until I get the best composition that I can has really helped me to think more before I press the button. A few times I have come away and not liked what I got so if the place was local I go back another day and do it all again.

Been there...done that. Someone once told me that there is one advantage to OCD...you get more exercise.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Thank you Dan , Julian. Being compositionally challenged these recent project have been as much a learning exercise as anything else. Looking at some thing and standing there until I get the best composition that I can has really helped me to think more before I press the button. A few times I have come away and not liked what I got so if the place was local I go back another day and do it all again.

One thing I notice quite clearly is it takes me a while in a place to settle in, then definitely the mood changes as you see what is there and how to represent it at it's best. Bit like the old saying 'getting in the zone'

 

[Pete Askew]

Now that is one posh cat flap!

I like the way the colour of the glass links the images and yet the walls are all quite different. Nice variation on the theme Paul.

Mind, the guerrilla glazers are a real nuisance!

 

[Paul Lange]

Thanks Pete. As it was out in the sticks I thought it was a door for hobbits.

 

[Keith Hollister]

I really like the middle one - I think it is much stronger compositionally than the other two. I also think it would make a fantastic B&W with some appropriate contrast manipulation. I love the sloping road and the hobbit-size door The more I look at it, the more interesting things I see.

The 27mm pancake predates the 23/1.4 and 40-45mm has been a traditional focal length for pancake lenses, at least for SLR's. Nikon made a 45mm and Voigtlander (really Cosina) has a very nice 40m.

As I recall, the gig against the Fuji pancake is the bokeh - it is supposed to be rather busy compared to the other XF lenses. I think I'm remembering that correctly

 

[Paul Lange]

Thanks Keith. The 27mm while not as good as the 23mm which just seems like a fantastic chunk-o-glass is a lens I am quite happy with. Definitely wins on the pocket storage front. I have considered buying the 23mm and 60mm but have held off for now.