Did you recognise the items in this photograph immediately or did these simple stacked chairs and folded outdoor cafe tables reminded you of some industrial installations? It is interesting how common subjects can be sometimes arranged in a way where they become “hidden”.
It has been a while since I have posted last abstract photograph. Although people are by far my most fascinating subjects I do photograph other things, even if I post them here rarely.
Here is the roof line of Crown Plaza at Terrigal against morning sky.
Only few months ago I have mentioned that scooter sales must be the fastest growing transport business in Sydney. Just over half a year later you can see them everywhere. Parked tightly next to each other in side alleys like in this photograph or in special motorcycle provided parking stations. However, their numbers are still overwhelmed by number of cars in the city. I guess our wet summer is not always encouraging to drive a scooter to work.
A very hot Sunday. At 3PM the temperature reaches “only” 32°C but it feels much hotter. The weather bureau is forecasting evening thunderstorm and for once I think they may be right.
The photograph captures a lamp and its shadow cast on timber grill. I have presented this in black and white as what drew my attention to this view was the high contrast between the lamp and its shadow.
This was one of the fastest Merry-Go-Round I’ve seen in a long time and yet it had zero effect on my children who are somewhere in this photo, while I was getting nauseous just from looking at it.
The colourful motion trials in this photograph are courtesy of the speed of the Merry-Go-Round and relatively slow shutter speed of my camera.
Recently I had a brief discussion with a friend of mine, who has a strong conviction that photography should ALWAYS reflect what he sees. This in particular applies, in his opinion, to the fidelity of colours, tones and light intensity. He is deferring the move to to digital camera as he does not feel they offer that ability to capture what he sees.
Well Chris, I am not going to shoot a colour chart, as I find the colours in these charts rarely relate to anything I can recognise. However, I have at home Drewent ARTISTS colour pencil set, which is probably one of the most recognised and popular sets used anywhere int he western world. The colours here, as I see them are very, very close to the original colours on the pencils and yet this photo was not taken in a controlled environment. I did not use temperature stable light, gray card or any other “gizmo” aiding the exposure. In fact the white balance here was left in Automatic mode too.
Perhaps some people are a lot more sensitive to colour variations than I am but to me the result is more then satisfactory.
It is absolutely bracketing at the moment. Pretty poor performance by mother nature on Australia’s first day of summer. My dogs destroyed an insect screen and I’ve left it overnight on the balcony only to notice the dense grid in the screen has trapped some rain drops.
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