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Sitting in a very small, sound-proofed room somewhere in Kent, someone tells me that composition is all about perspective and balance. So, visually, we give it a go…
For years I was smitten with the notion of perspective. I measured up just about everyone with "what it's like to be in their shoes". I always found that it aided my attempts at compassion and understanding.
I can feel a desire to go off and root out a copy of Desiderata coming on!
Though this shot is somewhat overexposed, I still like it. The dynamic contrast between the white face in the sun and the woman sitting in the shadow was very big. I needed to correct some of the exposure in post processing, but I definitely should have exposed a bit darker.
These are those cool chairs of which the backside is modeled as white faces. Taken with a 63-year-old Leitz Hektor 125mm lens @f/2.8
France, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Rhône, Lyon, Croix-rousse, Place Bellevue.
La place Bellevue est bordée au nord par le fort Saint Laurent, vestige des fortifications qui défendaient Lyon et propriété du service de santé des armées.
For about 10 years or so, I shot mountain bike competitions and my favourite were the Singlespeed 'races' (who wouldn't enjoy a race where you could take the shortcut if you skulled a can of warm beer!).
I was sorting photos the other day and came across this one; used in some magazines.
I'd have to find the original to date and label it but I think it's around 2017 and maybe the New Zealand Singlespeed Championships in Rotorua (could be from the Worlds though).
I like it because it sums up the nature and fun of single speed mountain bike racing.
Some do it for the sheer fun of the event and others are deadly serious about their finishing position.
This was the start of the race and all three main subjects are competitors!
“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The challenge this time is Tilt Shift..... however I do not own a tilt shift lens or a lensbaby, and I want to try something in-camera. After googling ideas, I came across a technique I had never heard of and honestly would not have thought would work. It's called free-lensing.
Literally free-lensing means detaching your lens, and holding it near the camera body. You can slightly tilt &/or shift the lens relative to the camera to alter the plane of focus. I was amazed at the outcomes. Getting the focus is difficult, especially when your point of focus is far (like mine was). Macro seems a bit easier to master as you can just gets closer to the image (I didn't feel like jumping off my balcony). Moving objects (i.e. my cats) were impossible to photograph with this technique at my current skill level. The light leaks were actually visually appealing and depending on the degree of tilt the bokeh that filled the image was lovely. The sharpness of the focal point was hard to achieve, but that may be my technique.
The hardest part is getting over the fear of dropping the lens (in this case off my 28th floor balcony)..... Note that I did not pull an accident like one of our beloved accident-prone Flickr stars (I won't name names, he knows who he is!! lol).
Moral of the story.... if you are brave enough to death grip your lens, are away from significant dust/dirt/water/etc that could damage your camera/lens, and want to try a fun new technique I recommend giving it a try!
Le mauvais temps.... jamais personne ne capte la lumière du mauvais temps.
Certaines ambiances sont si dramatiques parfois....
GranTokyo South Tower (グラントウキョウ サウスタワー).
Designed : Murphy/Jahn, Inc. (デザインアーキテクト：マーフィ／ヤーン)
Architect : JR East Design Corporation (設計：ジェイアール東日本建築設計事務所).
Contractor : Kajima Corporation (施工：鹿島建設、鉄建建設、清水建設、大成建設JV).
Completed : October 2007 (竣工：2007年10月).
Structured : Steel Frames (構造：S造、SRC造).
Costs : $ million (総工費：約億円).
Use : Office (用途：事務所).
Height : 672 ft (高さ：205m).
Floor : 42 (階数：地上42階、地下4階).
Floor area : 1,506,947 sq.ft. (延床面積：140,000 ㎡).
Building area : 39,966 sq.ft. (建築面積：3,713 ㎡).
Site area : 56,284 sq.ft. (敷地面積：5,229 ㎡).
Location : 1-9-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, Japan (所在地：日本国東京都千代田区丸の内1-9-2).
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Well, that didn't quite work the way I planned. I was putting my lens cap beside the spider for perspective and it climbed right up!
This looks a bit like the bee hunting crab spiders I see in the garden. I wonder if they are related. This one was on a dish towel, in the house. I 'escorted' it outside where it posed for a few shots before carrying on its way.