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Denise (stranger 72)
When I walked past I saw Denise standing out of the corner of my eye in the entrance of the former shop that is now furnished as a reception area for temporary workers. She had a face just lit up against a dark background. She was also dressed in black herself. I came up with another person for the 100strangers project. When I stood at the entrance she smiled kindly at me, which made it easier for me to ask if I could take a picture for the project. She hesitated, looked back at a colleague who was working there and nodded approvingly, and immediately cooperated. She later said that she always feels a little uncomfortable when someone takes a picture of her. When you look closely at the photo you can also see that. But still, thanks Denise.
This is the 72th photo of my second round of the # 100stangers project.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the
www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
And can also be found on
This is a very tricky one. I know many of you won't like it since there is no subject in it. Just the sea and the sky. But is that really important? If you think so, just skip this image...
Here's an attempt to explain it.
I've been a long time Hiroshi Sugimoto fan. Who isn't familiar with Sugimoto's U2 album cover? This very minimalistic photograph has been copied many times by other artists but somehow they always fail to capture the essence. So what is the essence? I've been thinking of this for a very long time until P R I M E R referred me to a very interesting interview on Sprayblog with photographer David Fokos.
I've been struggling for a long time to describe why I love minimalistic long exposure images. And this outstanding photographer David Fokos just hit the nail on its head. This is what he said (or just read the complete article):
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I believe that our sense of experience is built up over time – a composite of many short-term events. I will often suggest this analogy: Suppose you meet someone for the first time. Your impression of that person is not a snapshot in your mind of the first time you saw that person, but rather a portrait you have assembled from many separate moments. Each time that person exhibits a new facial expression or hand gesture, you add that into your impression of who that person is. Your image of that person — how you feel about that person — is formed over time, rather than upon a single expression or gesture. Likewise, I believe that our impression of the world is based upon our total experience. For example, the ocean has always made me feel calm, relaxed, and contented. If I were to take an instantaneous snapshot of the ocean, the photo would include waves with jagged edges, salt spray, and foam. This type of image does not make me feel calm — it does not represent how the ocean makes me feel as I stare out over the water. What I am responding to is the underlying, fundamental form of the ocean, its vast expansiveness and the strong line of the horizon, both of which are very stable, calming forms that I find relaxing. So, I had to find a way to brush away the messy, “visual noise” of the waves to get to the essence of my experience. I have done this by using my camera’s unique ability to average time, through the use of long exposures. In this way I am able to quell the visual noise (e.g. the short-term temporal events like breaking waves or zooming cars) to reveal a sort of hidden world. It is a very real world to be sure – the camera was able to record the scene – it is just not one that we normally experience visually.
Our bodies respond to many types of stimuli. What we see – the visual information – is just one type of stimulus, though it is often the most overpowering of the senses. However, due to the short wavelengths of visible light, this information is presented to us in an infinite series of frozen snapshot moments. Our bodies also react to other types of stimuli on longer time scales – our sense of touch, smell, hearing, etc. The wavelengths of sound waves are much longer than those of light so it takes our body longer to capture a “sound snapshot”. Our skin reacts to sunlight, another stimulus, but how long does it take for us to get a tan or sunburn? The point is that the world exists as a time continuum, not just a frozen snapshot. Our bodies respond to the world in a cumulative way, averaging our experience as we pass through time. Using my camera’s ability to average time through long exposures, I can reveal what our world “looks” like based on a longer time scale. My photographic process acts as a translator – translating from the “invisible” world of non-instantaneous events, into the visible world as a photographic print. In a way, it is like peeling back a page to reveal a world that, while very real, is not experienced visually. We feel it. We sense it. But in general, we don’t see it.(…)
And (…) When I make an image I know exactly on what I want the viewer to focus and what I want them to see and feel. By reducing my images to austere minimalist compositions I force the viewer to more closely examine what I have left in the frame thus intensifying the viewer’s observation and appreciation of the few things that remain in the image. Furthermore (…) To compose in a minimal way, I decide what it is that I wish to convey – what is it in the scene that I want the viewer to focus their attention upon, and what emotion I want to evoke. Then, I try to minimize anything else that competes with that. The composition becomes critical – specifically how the main elements interact with any lesser elements, the horizon, the positive and negative spaces created by their placement, the edges of the frame and the tension or harmony created by the positions of everything. (…) Please note that when I say “main element” I do not mean “subject matter”. My subject matter is the feeling I am trying to convey. The objects in my images are simply supporting characters.(…)
Well there you have it. Just trying to capture what I feel when looking at the sea by averaging our experience over time and trying to eliminate all other elements that can distract the viewer from the essence.
Part 1 of a series
Technical info:
ND110 - 10 stops.
f/14
ISO100
13 mm
120s (2min0sec) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 3.0
PS CS5 - Silver Efex Pro 2
Other Post processing equipment:
Wacom Intuos 4 tablet for some accurate editing.
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The people overhauling the wetlands had this temporary fence up so people wouldn't get into their working area.. I think they are just about thru with it now because when I was there last they had finished paving the parking area and the handicap parking is a long way from the trails.. I won't be using that if there are closer ones to the water.. Happy Fence Friday, Everybody!!!
The White noize music festival.
Chupa village, Medvezhka peninsula, Northern Russia, Republic of Karelia.
This "love lock" is locked on a rope, on top of an active volcano. Eternal love (or until next eruption...)
This was the first time I picked up the DSLR for months. I'd almost forgotten I had digital cameras. It felt strange not having to wait to see what I'd taken. These are pretty much straight out of the camera.
Bonkers, freshly washed (with a damp pet wipe) and groomed with a nice comb, resting on the bed. He was purring gently while I cleaned him up (lately, he’s fallen into the litter box and smells a bit like urine - the pet wipe helped with that particular issue but his tunic needs to be washed). He’s still purring softly next to me...
it's all about temporary tattoos these days. we've been looking for batman tattoos all over, with no luck. so, if you know where to get such tattoos, or any super hero ditos, please with sugar on top, let me know...
It was amazing to see what the tide would do to the water level ... In the morning, you could jump from pool to pool - in the late afternoon, you could kite surf at the same spot. Just amazing! #Tanzania #beach-life
So this custom was an attempt to see how much I could customise a body aesthetically. I bought this temporary tattoo and applied it on after spraying the back with matte sealer then applied it like I would on human skin.
MSC for some reason really emphasised the edges of the clear parts but Testors Dullcote helped it blend onto the plastic really well heh.
In Tokyo I had the exciting and unintentional privilege of living for a couple days in the Korea Town area of Shinjuku. It's a very beautiful and unique area that I really enjoyed spending my time in.
Stagecoach's Bromley (TB) based Transbus ALX400 Dennis Trident II (LX03NFA 17857) is seen spinning into the Bromley North Station bus stops about to start a trip on the 61 to Chislehurst.
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This bus, alongside another 17, was ordered as a PVR top-up for the 5 at Barking (BK), which also resulted in there being enough tridents to spare in order to convert the 145 to double decks, which would displace the 10.2m ALX200s which were on the route at the time to other routes.
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Around roughly July 2011, shortly after Stagecoach took over again from Maquire Banks, 17857 was refurbished from the Stagecoach beachball livery to the tfl red that's seen in the picture.
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During December 2014, 17857 was transferred to Romford (NS) garage, although it didn't last too long there.
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In March 2016, Bromley (TB) based SN63NBY 10194 was involved in a fire on the 208., so 17857 was transferred over on long-term loan to temporarily replace it, but then ended up staying there once 10194 returned (in one piece again) and was withdrawn around November 2018 (which was roughly the time it was announced that stagecoach had lost the 208 iirc).
Photographed here at Corwen Car Park is an Alexander Dennis E20D Enviro200 operated by Lloyds Coaches with the registration YY16YJU, which was new in July 2016 and is seen boarding passengers for a TrawsCymru service T3 to Wrexham.
Hana and Archie resting on a bed in the computer room. The resting is only temporary before they enter crazy mode again (which at their age, is most of the time they are awake).
I know that wasps have their place in how things interrelate, but even so I was content to see how this might play out - Id hardly expect a small garden spider to do battle with something as formidable as this, but the spider proved a no-show. The wasp freed itself and then continued with its wood scrapings, seeming none the worse for its short term residence in the extraordinarily fine web that'd snared it.
Noa's cottage has (temporarily) been moved to the other side of the patio. We got new neighbours, and the old ugly wall between our patio and their backyard has been demolished. Until there is a new wall, Noa will have to camp in her cottage and a makeshift pen against the opposite wall. She won't be able to play on the patio for a while, because there's a 6m long open passage to the neighbours' backyard and driveway - and thus the public road - when there's no wall.
First Leeds received 3 enviro 400 double deckers during late August for the A65 bus lane launch although non are expected to stay. Here 33706 is seen inbound on the new bus lane complete with first Leeds branding, adverts for the A65 improvements and FWY legals.
the princesses attic,and we call it that because we're sort of just dumping all their belongings to this new room I made them,of course it is still a work in progress.
An unexpected but very pleasant working, the 68 has finally got its first of a few conventional workings for several years after being saddled with LTZs. This is normally allocated to the U5 at Dawley Road (DH) but they're set for a temporary transfer to Walworth (WL) for a bit to work alongside the 63s EVs.
The route itself is nothing special, it just follows mainstream corridors the whole way but it does provide support to the 1, 91 and the 468 and it's quite busy all the time. Best section is between Denmark Hill and Herne Hill.
I'm happy to finally tick this off the list; been a long time coming but it's been worth a good ride. LG22APZ (3436) is at Waterloo Station/Waterloo Road on a southbound run to West Norwood.