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A trip to my dentist in Muswell Hill triggers old memories and gives a new perspective. The bus ride takes me through different and distinct parts of this huge metropolis and I'm reminded of places where I've worked and of people I have known. Off the bus and glancing down the streets to the south of Muswell Hill Broadway I see Canary Wharf, the financial and property industries loom large in the murky background. The houses in the foreground remind me of my old friend Roland and his student question; 'What are these buildings saying to me?'. I remember my own days as a 'mature student' about forty years ago. Some of my mentors and colleagues were remarkably prescient. I wonder where they are now. My own career in architecture and design started with social commitment but I was made redundant in the '91 recession; it took me four or five years to get back to work and to my surprise I found myself in the wacky world of brand development. Towards the end of my career jn the early years of this century I regained a some self respect with a journeyman tour of a variety of architectural practices. Now I'm trying to pick up the pieces and regain some sort of personal coherence.
I want to enjoy my retirement, I feel that I have earned it. Mainly this photostream is about the things I like to do (i.e. walking, observing, and taking photographs) but sometimes I feel bits of grit in my shoe and I have to shake them out. This seems to be turning into a gritty shake out. Enough of metaphors, what I'm really trying to say that even in retirement contradictions are unavoidable. I want this photostream to be about the good things in life, but I need to find an effective way of dealing with the contradictions.
I enjoy the creative buzz of my own patch (the sunny side of Dalston), and I enjoy as much as I can of London's fantastic offerings in music, art, and entertainment, but I also feel compelled to come to terms with my city's economic base and its cost to the wider world. As soon as I say this I come slap up against the big question of sustainability. Can the world continue to sustain London and its ilk? London can be a wonderful place, but I fear that it is a major drain on the well-being of our planet.
(If some of this has been said before, please think of it a regaining of balance in preparation for the winter season.)
It's a well known fact that using a longer focal length lens, and then stepping backwards so you can still fit your subject in frame, will "compress" the perspective in your image (i.e. make background objects appear a lot closer to your foreground).
What I haven't been able to find out until today was the effect of using different focal lengths, but keeping the same shooting position and cropping the image down to the same field of view. Seems that this has no (or very little) effect on perspective.
Any slight differences in the image above are probably due to the effect of lens distortion (barrelling, pin cushioning), or me forgetting to focus on the same point for each frame.
Taken on a Canon EOS 7d (1.6x FOVCF), using a 28mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.8 and the awesome 70-200mm f/4.0 USM. All shots taken at f/4.0
This shot has an interesting perspective, showing the batter to the left in front of the fence, and the spectator on the right behind the fence. There's some symmetry here, even though the main subject is on the left
Visitors in front of Kurt Nahars installation
Rotterdam, Paramaribo Perspectives
(Photo: Marieke Visser, 2010)
I found this old fishing rod washed up on the beach. by the look of it, I'd say the fish won this battle... some time ago. I was taken by the barnacles and the encrustation as well as the play of the morning light . It provided another nice opportunity for me to see what could be done with light, texture and perspective as well as a chance to experiment with Fuji color film. Forgive the self-indulgence!
Pentax ME Super
Soligor f3.5-4.5 28-80mm Zoom Macro
Fujicolor 200 film
f3.5 @ 1/500
Commercially developed
Digitally scanned
It's this special lady's Birthday today! You'll find Sarah showing up in a fair amount of my photographs (reference my 'Sarah' album). She knows what "I'll just a minute" and "one more" really mean and is happy to oblige. She's always down to pose for a photo, serve as a temporary camera/gear rack, and hike down the trail we just came up to provide visual perspective as it relates to the surrounding landscape.
Perspective. Seems like with photography and life, that is what I am always trying to gain. Sarah is happy to provide me with both. Happy Birthday!
Image with my Hasselblad 500cm.
Week 5 - extreme perspective photography task.
Middlesex University: Product Design and Engineering first year undergraduates...
This session with Hannah was so fun. The railyard has these great coloured doors and so many fantastic places to photograph.
...aerial perspective refers to the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance. As the distance between an object and a viewer increases, the contrast between the object and its background decreases, and the contrast of any markings or details within the object also decreases. The colours of the object also become less saturated and shift towards the background color, which is usually blue, but under some conditions may be some other color (for example, at sunrise or sunset distant colors may shift towards red).
-Wikipedia