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Downtown Brooklyn, January 2023
Sign: Share the Road—the eerily empty road
Meatpacking District, January 2023
Pandemic shot there!
Washington, D.C., November 2022
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prodigalgodson
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Wow, I adore this! Lately I've been really taken with shots that hint at a beautiful but mostly obscured wider world, this is an excellent example. Love the lighting too, I feel like most monument photos have lower exposure and higher contrast, this makes the Jefferson(?) monument vibe less imposing and more friendly and inviting.
You are correct. That's the Jefferson (and thank you for your kind words). The architecture is kind of perfect for the effect you describe. Especially how the columns narrow as they rise, which accentuates the little slivers of background. I was focused on capturing the interplay between light and marble. That guy wandering into the middle of the shot and glancing at me at the right moment was pure happenstance.prodigalgodson wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 2:11 am Wow, I adore this! Lately I've been really taken with shots that hint at a beautiful but mostly obscured wider world, this is an excellent example. Love the lighting too, I feel like most monument photos have lower exposure and higher contrast, this makes the Jefferson(?) monument vibe less imposing and more friendly and inviting.
Yes this is maybe the simplest of all photos over the last two pages, but I love it, I'm a simple guy maybe.
Could swear to have seen this as a CD cover somewhere ..
Other favorite: said pillars, department of health (after it was pointed out how interesting the scenery actually is - I liked to take those on my own, way back, earlier)
Nye County, Nevada, March 2022
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prodigalgodson
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prodigalgodson
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Oh yeah, this scratches the itch. Kind of an analogous effect to the pillars with that sunlit strip between the shadow and the sky.
It's wild how similar so much of the Mojave looks, would've believed it was any number of stretches of highway between Lancaster and Death Valley.
Thanks!prodigalgodson wrote: ↑March 21st, 2023, 4:26 am Oh yeah, this scratches the itch. Kind of an analogous effect to the pillars with that sunlit strip between the shadow and the sky.
It's wild how similar so much of the Mojave looks, would've believed it was any number of stretches of highway between Lancaster and Death Valley.
I've been trying lately to use clear lines to delineate different sections of color. Kind of a more geometric approach. The same dynamic is in this post from the previous page.
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prodigalgodson
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Nice! It's a very aesthetically satisfying effect
Hehe, good guess, but no. I've gone through hundreds of releases from the sectors of ambient (or drone) and post-rock in my more experimental days, so it likely fits at least one album art from this region. It really has a Kranky vibe, hasn't it. And guess what?:
Of course there's such a Loscil record!
Manhattan and Brooklyn, February 2022
Storm brewing, how high were you to get that shot?
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, January 2023
Coney Island Creek, March 2023
East River and Upper East Side, March 2023
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Another one of the best I've seen on this thread. Excellent lighting, contrast, and timing - the third quality being the one that pushes good photos into great ones IMO (in this case, catching the bird at the perfect time where it's framed nicely on all sides by solid lines+directly below the sun).
A lie ain't a 'side of the story.' It's just a lie.
Thank you so much for your comments. Yes, this is definitely one I'm particularly happy with. I currently have a folder on my desktop of about 550 pictures that is titled "Photography Favorites" -- this is the folder from which I choose pictures for this thread. At some point, though, I think I should try to narrow those 550 to a more high-quality collection. A favorite 100 or so. This picture would make it. Perhaps when I do that I'll ask folks here to provide their opinions of which ones are the best.outdoorcats wrote: ↑Yesterday, 12:10 am Another one of the best I've seen on this thread. Excellent lighting, contrast, and timing - the third quality being the one that pushes good photos into great ones IMO (in this case, catching the bird at the perfect time where it's framed nicely on all sides by solid lines+directly below the sun).
On another note, for most of my life, I was unaware of the New York City bird population, apart from pigeons. But over the past few months, walking around the Brooklyn waterfront, I've noticed vast numbers of migratory birds who are resident here for the winter. I asked a birder friend of mine, and he told me the two dominant species I'm seeing are ring-billed gulls (as in the Verrazzano-Narrows picture) and Canada Geese. So a lot of birds have started showing up in my recent pictures. I'll post more of them in the coming weeks.
Upper West Side, January 2023
