Negative space and a lizard...

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Negative space and a lizard...

Postby Nnnnsic on Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:33 pm

Ok, so we have negative space in colour...
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Negative space in black and white...
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And some nifty lines and shadows...
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But if you think I've got a scratch or a piece of dust on that left-most pillar, guess again. It's a lizard:
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Go the power of the old glass that is the 70-210!
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Postby wendellt on Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:43 pm

buddy

finally the first 3 are moody and i love mood, they have a sense of mystique and great nostalgic qualities, this is your kick ass style and i like it!

the others i don't get
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Postby stubbsy on Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:48 pm

Leigh

#2 is a fascinating image. So little to it at first glance, yet so fascinating to look at. There is depth there that only appears when you take the time to savour the image. Weird.

#1 doesn't excite me, #3 I like your use of shadows.
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Postby Geoff on Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:23 pm

Leigh - did u have creative milk with your rice bubbles this morning? You're posting some excellent images here today!! I like all of them, but #3 the most in this series. You have a great eye for a good shot! Nicely done!
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Postby gstark on Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:02 pm

Wendell,

Regarding #4 ...

The image was shot using our 17 (or thereabouts) years old 70-210 glass, and the point of that image was to display the fact that even (or perhaps especially) old Nikkor glass still has "it".
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Postby wendellt on Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:41 pm

gstark wrote:Wendell,

Regarding #4 ...

The image was shot using our 17 (or thereabouts) years old 70-210 glass, and the point of that image was to display the fact that even (or perhaps especially) old Nikkor glass still has "it".


oh well leighs work always requires a bit of explaination
aesthetically i meant first 3 are great
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Postby gstark on Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:13 pm

wendellt wrote:oh well leighs work always requires a bit of explaination
aesthetically i meant first 3 are great


What's to explain besides the fact that he thought that a lizard was a piece of dust, but that that showed up the quality of some very old glass?
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:21 pm

The first is my favourite, but you've others are great, it was funny on the ferry what we had 3 generations of Nikon Glass on our cameras, the glass definitely stands the test of time.
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Postby Matt. K on Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:40 pm

Nice work Leigh!
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