Well, the sun didn’t shine yesterday, but I did manage to get two outdoor shots (that I’ll post over the next couple of days) to accompany this one (and I prefer both of them to this one, but thought I’d put them up in reverse-favourite order). And yesterday was a rather odd day all round – I only took 16 shots, but am going to use three of them, whereas I normally end up taking at least 20-30 shots for each one I put up (and yesterday I took a couple of hundred, of which three of maybe four would have been ok to use).
As for this shot: it’s taken in one of our coffee bars at work. Along two of the walls are a series of photographs (of various scenes from around the world) that, for the most part, are quite artistically arranged. These two are at the end of one of these walls, neatly bissected by the mess of electrical sockets and what looks like a (probably illegal) water tap.
And finally, if you haven’t already come across it, I suggest you check out one of my favourite sites (that has influenced both the design and content of this one) – pixpopuli – especially since Neil has now introduced a commenting system.
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance optical filter
Canon G5
2.37pm on 15/3/04
f2.5
1/15
program AE
+0.0
evaluative
100
17.6mm
RAW
auto
B+W UV 010
comment bybrandon at 08:14 AM (GMT) on 16 March, 2004
Beautiful composition.
Great idea to show what would normally be passed over as mundane.
comment bySimon C at 10:30 AM (GMT) on 16 March, 2004
This shot was well seen. I like the juxtaposition of the artistic and the practical. The arrangement of items also looks something like a face...
comment bynantel at 12:14 PM (GMT) on 16 March, 2004
The wall is watching...
comment bynariman at 02:18 PM (GMT) on 16 March, 2004
great color tones, symetrical composition works very well...
comment byrebeccailona at 04:30 PM (GMT) on 16 March, 2004
thank you for your comment. :) (btw, beyond your photography, your webdesign is just fabulous).
comment bypixpop at 04:50 PM (GMT) on 16 March, 2004
Dave, thanks for the kind words and recommendation of my site.
Re "Framed Sockets" -- when I was taking photography classes, this kind of symmetrical composition was seriously frowned upon. I never understood why really, and I do this frequently myself. It works well here. I think it has the overall plan of a face, and we cannot avoid responding to a face. Face-like patterns stick out, even if we don't recognize them as such. But I think what makes this shot more than anything is the color composition, which is quite delicious.
I wonder whether you think of this as one of your "engaged" images.
Neil
comment bydeceptive at 08:48 PM (GMT) on 16 March, 2004
Nice one Dave, I can not fault it. There are times when the rules must be broken. That water tap does look to be in a dangerous place.
comment bylara at 02:48 AM (GMT) on 17 March, 2004
the symmetry is so appealing here... so is the color.
The lines in this photo are very nice.... and suddenly I've been inspired to paint my walls a new color.. love that..
comment by Larry at 04:48 AM (GMT) on 17 March, 2004
Wow...your images folio is sharp and appealing...but what captured me the most is your creativity. I wonder if you can use another camera instead of G5, but I want to see your ability and not just producing G5's images. It's just my 50 cents worth of comment. BLOODY BEST WORKS! and good for stock photos too.
comment byRichard at 04:50 AM (GMT) on 17 March, 2004
I like this one a lot.
I only wish there was just a liiitle bit more space at the bottom :-)
Nice work.
comment bydjn1 at 08:08 AM (GMT) on 17 March, 2004
Thanks everyone.
Neil: yes (I've written a bit more about this image in the text that accompanies tomorrow's entry).
Richard: one of the amendments I made to this image (that I forgot to mention above) was a slight transformation to the image's perspective. When I took it, I couldn't get into quite the position I wanted; so the pipes were vertical, the top of the picture frames were horizontal, but the line of the sockets dipped slightly from top-right to bottom-left. It was ok like that, but looked better after I skewed it. In re-cropping it though I lost a section off the bottom of the image (the intended gap was about 50% bigger than the one I ended up with). So yes, I wish there was a little bit more space at the bottom too ;-)
Well, the sun didn’t shine yesterday, but I did manage to get two outdoor shots (that I’ll post over the next couple of days) to accompany this one (and I prefer both of them to this one, but thought I’d put them up in reverse-favourite order). And yesterday was a rather odd day all round – I only took 16 shots, but am going to use three of them, whereas I normally end up taking at least 20-30 shots for each one I put up (and yesterday I took a couple of hundred, of which three of maybe four would have been ok to use).
As for this shot: it’s taken in one of our coffee bars at work. Along two of the walls are a series of photographs (of various scenes from around the world) that, for the most part, are quite artistically arranged. These two are at the end of one of these walls, neatly bissected by the mess of electrical sockets and what looks like a (probably illegal) water tap.
And finally, if you haven’t already come across it, I suggest you check out one of my favourite sites (that has influenced both the design and content of this one) – pixpopuli – especially since Neil has now introduced a commenting system.
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
optical filter
2.37pm on 15/3/04
f2.5
1/15
program AE
+0.0
evaluative
100
17.6mm
RAW
auto
B+W UV 010
Beautiful composition.
Great idea to show what would normally be passed over as mundane.
This shot was well seen. I like the juxtaposition of the artistic and the practical. The arrangement of items also looks something like a face...
The wall is watching...
great color tones, symetrical composition works very well...
thank you for your comment. :) (btw, beyond your photography, your webdesign is just fabulous).
Dave, thanks for the kind words and recommendation of my site.
Re "Framed Sockets" -- when I was taking photography classes, this kind of symmetrical composition was seriously frowned upon. I never understood why really, and I do this frequently myself. It works well here. I think it has the overall plan of a face, and we cannot avoid responding to a face. Face-like patterns stick out, even if we don't recognize them as such. But I think what makes this shot more than anything is the color composition, which is quite delicious.
I wonder whether you think of this as one of your "engaged" images.
Neil
Nice one Dave, I can not fault it. There are times when the rules must be broken. That water tap does look to be in a dangerous place.
the symmetry is so appealing here... so is the color.
really struck me.
The lines in this photo are very nice.... and suddenly I've been inspired to paint my walls a new color.. love that..
Wow...your images folio is sharp and appealing...but what captured me the most is your creativity. I wonder if you can use another camera instead of G5, but I want to see your ability and not just producing G5's images. It's just my 50 cents worth of comment. BLOODY BEST WORKS! and good for stock photos too.
I like this one a lot.
I only wish there was just a liiitle bit more space at the bottom :-)
Nice work.
Thanks everyone.
Neil: yes (I've written a bit more about this image in the text that accompanies tomorrow's entry).
Richard: one of the amendments I made to this image (that I forgot to mention above) was a slight transformation to the image's perspective. When I took it, I couldn't get into quite the position I wanted; so the pipes were vertical, the top of the picture frames were horizontal, but the line of the sockets dipped slightly from top-right to bottom-left. It was ok like that, but looked better after I skewed it. In re-cropping it though I lost a section off the bottom of the image (the intended gap was about 50% bigger than the one I ended up with). So yes, I wish there was a little bit more space at the bottom too ;-)