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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 6/14/2008
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Pheeew... How many such invented problems are we going to face?
Good that you left, AJ!
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 6/14/2008
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Thank you very much for the nice comment, Gustavo! I wish I had such a "seal".
Cheers!
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 6/14/2008
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Thank you very much, Claudia!
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 6/14/2008
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Many many thanks for the clarity of thinking aboit this one, Visar! It says much of what I was not quite able to articulate myself, and much of what I was only aware of in a "subconscious" way. The "negation of our very values that humanity was fed with, until 'puritans' poped up like mushrooms after the rain" is essential to me for this image, and so I have to tnak you for referring to the "crossing the 'yellow lines'" which we stupidly obey to somany many many times, as if the regulations were undoubtfully given by some "better knowing" deity! ;-)
Many many thanks also for the clear analysis of composition. I am inclined, very stringly, towards your observation of the board as an element of enhancement of depth. It's still quite "intruding" for my eyes but intreuding for a reason.
Cheers!
Nick
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 6/12/2008
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If the lid of the (local authority supplied) dustbin does not shut completely, the dustmen bung a sticker on the bin and refuse to empty it. The fine follows, apparently... This is as reported by the BBC. I can't vouch for the authenticity as I upped sticks and left long ago!
AJ
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 6/12/2008
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My mind is a vacuum! Of course it was not Madan's but AJ's idea! Sorry AJ, I believed too easily the auto-fill option. I re-attach the converted image with the right caption.
Cheers!
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 6/12/2008
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But... AJ, how do they prove how full you dustbin is? Do they... really examine each and every dustbin? That must be quite impossible especially in some of the big cities in the UK. What happens then, say, in London? Anyway, in Switzerland they tell us *what kind of garbage bags* we have to use! The polyethylene of the allowed bags is of course completely different than the polyethylene of the not allowed bags, and that despite all chemical analysis that proves that they are completely the same. If the politician says then it *is* the truth! And sometimes I have the feeling I just landed in some kind of wonderland. Is that really just the earth, or where the hell am I??? ;-)
Thanks a lot for the nice detailed comment! I guess that a B&W would be better in this case. I converted the image to B&W (Attachment) and though of course it is not really the same as a B&W film it still shoes the perspective purer (for my eyes).
Cheers!
Nick
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Converted it to greyscale and adjusted the hue range for a darker look after Madan's idea |
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Gustavo Scheverin
{K:164501} 6/9/2008
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Magnífica la composición, realmente está muy lograda y sin dudas son un sello propio muy tuyo.
Felicitaciones!
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Claudia Perilli
{K:31090} 6/9/2008
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Molto bella!
Claudia
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absynthius .
{K:20748} 6/9/2008
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Hey Nick,
for my taste, this is by far one of the most elegant shots i have not only seen in your portofolio Nick, but rather UF.
the composition is outstanding and has a magnificent energy, which if i give my personal interpretation to it (having in regard the stupid regulations of not crossing the 'yellow lines') would be something like: 'there's an endless row of rules to be aproved yet, as far as this perspective lingers on. We'll start with nonsmoking area- the next one perhaps would be, those who do not have suits; then, shinny shoes, then unparfumed...'-- in addition to it, this whole elegance and 'reach out for perfection' is not there for some profound reason, but rather negation of our very values that humanity was fed with, until 'puritans' poped up like mushrooms after the rain.
anyways, I do stand in the same grounds with AJ on answering your crop issue, but, unlike AJ that suggests 'maybe clonning off'- i think i would keep the board just the way it is for the mere fact that it makes a very good balance like the penetrating line on the right which generates depth, here this board is to be used as a reference point- that stands perpendicularily, followed with consecutive light polls- all along the leading line.
what else can i say but a powerful presantation-
cheers my friend Nick,
v.
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 6/8/2008
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This is about as daft as it gets (well, apart from the rules in the UK that tell you how full your dustbin can be...)
Crop off the board? No - then the main subject would be too far to the left. Clone it out, maybe, but that would be a more serious job.
The leading lines here are interesting - the one that catches the eye is the one on the right. You expect it to lead you to the centre of the image, but it sticks obstinately to the side. This works rather well, as it balances the focal point of the smoking area.
The tones are rather subdued. Perhaps this would work in B&W. Or even selective desat of everything but the yellow (assuming you don't have a general aversion to selective desat...)
AJ
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