While I prefer this to yesterday's shot – I think it’s a more complex image, and the various ‘layers’ of detail are more thoroughly intertwined – I suspect that some of you may find it a bit too ‘illustrative’, or graphic-art-like, to be instantly appealing ;-)
This shot was taken in the same window as yesterday's entry, and I would guess that the mannequins were probably manufactured by the same company – they both have the same dreamy, far-away expression, and both have the same quizzical tilt of the head. And I thought that it was interesting that a few of you found yesterday’s shot creepy – I didn’t really see it that way – but I do think that this one is decidedly creepy, mostly (I think) because the mannequin's face seems a little more diffuse and ghost-like in this one.
And finally, I spent a bit of time today working on one of the other window-reflection images that I took the other day, and think it’s better than both of these, but it will have to wait till next week, unless tomorrow’s Photo Friday theme is windows, reflections, or some other related topic. I would post it at the weekend, but I do have slightly less traffic on Saturday and Sunday so will probably put it up on Monday.
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance optical filter
Canon G5
1.43pm on 29/3/04
f4.0
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17.6mm
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B+W UV 010
I like this one a lot, the mannequin looks like it's painted into the background (reflection). It's a lot softer than the previous photo, I like this one best.
comment byspunwithtears at 01:25 AM (GMT) on 1 April, 2004
Is it me, or does this manequinn remind me of JFK?
Other than that, I think that the composition could have done without the yellow and pink cloth to the right. It's a little distracting on an otherwise great photo.
comment byDaniel at 09:13 AM (GMT) on 1 April, 2004
This is a awesome collage. Way better than yesterday's picture. I count 6 layers, three more than my favourite illustration of M.C.Escher.
comment byDaniel at 09:16 AM (GMT) on 1 April, 2004
comment byemarquetti at 11:29 AM (GMT) on 1 April, 2004
Hmmrrmm! That is one of most nice image I saw in photoblogs. The set is perfect, the climate of english streets... the light, shadows, colours... perfect... very nice!
this one is quite creepy too and i really like it. i think my favourite part are the colours in the image.. especially the pink and yellow on the right, then the slight green on the face. not sure if it's possible, but might have been nice to have the whole image in focus, although i guess a DOF adds something to the image. very nice. :)
Ah OK, I see what you mean now. This definately seems more like your style than the previous example. While it's too bad about the yellow fabric (as d said, it's a touch distracting), I doubt there was any way you could have got around it. Some times you have to just accept little imperfections like that and work within the confines of the scene.
Better to do that than not take the shot at all I say. I'd rather take a flawed shot of a fascinating scene than miss out entirely because it lacks "technical perfection".
comment by djn1 at 05:57 AM (GMT) on 2 April, 2004
Thanks, though it seems as though the pink and yellow 'flags' aren't universally liked. For me, these make the image - they frame the mannequin and disrupt what would otherwise have been a fairly straight reflection. But I suppose, for me at least, that's what makes this sort of shot interesting - that it overlays several different views of a scene into one coherent (or not) image. Normally, when you look at a scene such as this, you 'see' either one thing or the other - the scene behind the reflections, or the reflections themselves - you don't normally concentrate on both at the same time.
Emarquetti: it's interesting that you should pick up on the 'Englishness' of this shot. My wife's immediate reaction was to say that this looked like a scene from a 1960s British movie; maybe a part of a set from Pinewood studios - the hairstyle, clothes and colours are typical of this period.
comment bydeceptive at 08:30 PM (GMT) on 2 April, 2004
Meant to comment on this yesterday but had no time. Excellent shot. I don’t think it works as well as yesterdays for some reason I can not put my finger on, I think it may be because the image is more complex, but then the more I look at it the more I like it. The two would look good hung on a wall together.
While I prefer this to yesterday's shot – I think it’s a more complex image, and the various ‘layers’ of detail are more thoroughly intertwined – I suspect that some of you may find it a bit too ‘illustrative’, or graphic-art-like, to be instantly appealing ;-)
This shot was taken in the same window as yesterday's entry, and I would guess that the mannequins were probably manufactured by the same company – they both have the same dreamy, far-away expression, and both have the same quizzical tilt of the head. And I thought that it was interesting that a few of you found yesterday’s shot creepy – I didn’t really see it that way – but I do think that this one is decidedly creepy, mostly (I think) because the mannequin's face seems a little more diffuse and ghost-like in this one.
And finally, I spent a bit of time today working on one of the other window-reflection images that I took the other day, and think it’s better than both of these, but it will have to wait till next week, unless tomorrow’s Photo Friday theme is windows, reflections, or some other related topic. I would post it at the weekend, but I do have slightly less traffic on Saturday and Sunday so will probably put it up on Monday.
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
optical filter
1.43pm on 29/3/04
f4.0
1/100
program AE
+0.0
evaluative
50
17.6mm
RAW
auto
B+W UV 010
I like this one a lot, the mannequin looks like it's painted into the background (reflection). It's a lot softer than the previous photo, I like this one best.
wow. very evokative.
Is it me, or does this manequinn remind me of JFK?
Other than that, I think that the composition could have done without the yellow and pink cloth to the right. It's a little distracting on an otherwise great photo.
This is a awesome collage. Way better than yesterday's picture. I count 6 layers, three more than my favourite illustration of M.C.Escher.
I just found the link of the picture I meant.
Hmmrrmm! That is one of most nice image I saw in photoblogs. The set is perfect, the climate of english streets... the light, shadows, colours... perfect... very nice!
this one is quite creepy too and i really like it. i think my favourite part are the colours in the image.. especially the pink and yellow on the right, then the slight green on the face. not sure if it's possible, but might have been nice to have the whole image in focus, although i guess a DOF adds something to the image. very nice. :)
Beautiful photo with much to see. It's almost as if it were photograph of a vivid memory.
molded in clay, glazed in colour, she stares out a city unable to enter .. an open window, a closed door.
this picture is inspiring ...
Ah OK, I see what you mean now. This definately seems more like your style than the previous example. While it's too bad about the yellow fabric (as d said, it's a touch distracting), I doubt there was any way you could have got around it. Some times you have to just accept little imperfections like that and work within the confines of the scene.
Better to do that than not take the shot at all I say. I'd rather take a flawed shot of a fascinating scene than miss out entirely because it lacks "technical perfection".
Thanks, though it seems as though the pink and yellow 'flags' aren't universally liked. For me, these make the image - they frame the mannequin and disrupt what would otherwise have been a fairly straight reflection. But I suppose, for me at least, that's what makes this sort of shot interesting - that it overlays several different views of a scene into one coherent (or not) image. Normally, when you look at a scene such as this, you 'see' either one thing or the other - the scene behind the reflections, or the reflections themselves - you don't normally concentrate on both at the same time.
Emarquetti: it's interesting that you should pick up on the 'Englishness' of this shot. My wife's immediate reaction was to say that this looked like a scene from a 1960s British movie; maybe a part of a set from Pinewood studios - the hairstyle, clothes and colours are typical of this period.
Meant to comment on this yesterday but had no time. Excellent shot. I don’t think it works as well as yesterdays for some reason I can not put my finger on, I think it may be because the image is more complex, but then the more I look at it the more I like it. The two would look good hung on a wall together.
i really like how there's so much going on in this photo, but for some reason i get like an eerie feeling when i see it?