* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #831 / Revived #051 on 2024 03 20 *

In looking at this, I'm also aware of the previous shots in your series. This one feels a bit obvious whereas in the earlier posts I felt you had directed my attention to something new in the everyday. Perhaps crop a little off the right hand edge? On this side we have a full length blade whereas the others have been sliced off with sharp angles.

It brings back memories of a lot of expeditions to bazars with little shops like this. I love the man's pose. You have it exactly right - the air of patience, expectation and hope. Especially I like the angle of his head. He looks out of the frame for the customer who is yet to come. The shop next door may be closed but this man works at it. Nice contrast between the man and his alluring goods.

Line upon line upon line. The B&W image makes a feature of the sharpness of the lines.
In 1, the lines of the overhead wires and the roof are repeated again in the tracks. In 2 the roof arches fan out and anchor the lines. It couldn't be a bus station or port. Trains are all about lines and these shots make them the feature..

Mike said most of what I would have said.
I like train stations.
Antwerp and Liège-Guillemins are some of my favourites, for obvious reasons.
I've been to Leuven quite a few times (I studied there ages ago, when the new station was not yet there; I come there a few times every year; I spent a LOT of time there last year, shooting for a book), and I have visited this station often (and rode my bike through it via the elevated bike path).
But still you manage to give me a fresh look, like I have never been to this place before.
That is a great sign of your creativity in showing this location.
The B&W is an inspired choice.

Chris and Mike, Thanks

I was hanging off the corner of the bed, looking up trying to line the shot up and get the camera directly under the center of the fan. I couldn't get any further away or get all the blades in the shot. My abdominal muscles were shaking with the effort it took to lever myself off the bed!

I thought about the cropping a lot, but left it as is, including the ceiling fire sprinkler.

It's a white fan against a white ceiling - naturally calling for B&W image treatment as you see it here. But the original image actually had a lot of color. The sun was setting. The porch outside the window was reflecting pink clouds onto the ceiling. But the fan blades didn't catch that light at all. I really didn't see that contrast until I processed the image. I wrestled with the B&W vs color decision for a long time.

Rich

Railway stations are certainly worth a study. They run the full gamut from grandiose, steam punk, ultra modern to symbolic. Underground stations that reflect the location above are a genre of their own. Stations in films could be a collection too.
Number three is my pick here. The long converging lines of the station, the tracks, the overhead wires and the train all come together in one burst of movement. That train is stationary but suggests 200kmh. In this shot, I'd take out the man. He interrupts the smooth explosion of the lines.

The artwork going up is quite a study - Mont St Michel? Supper at Emmaus? Wine-making? A cat in a trance? A pretty eclectic and fascinating set of topics. And of course the lift machine and its shadow provide leading lines to take us up from the corner entry to the structure. Good catch.

That wide angle lens did quite a fine job for you here. Excellent architectural image with lines, curves and rectangles all obeying the rules of distortion you applied. The colors are wonderful - all those shades of blue as the sky is spread across the surface of the windows. Love the matched pairs of trees and flagpoles pointing to the same invisible vanishing point. Very nice work.

I am glad I am not the only one who does things like this.

You've again found interest in the shapes and varying tonalities of an everyday object. I do think the monochrome conversion was the best choice here, just to let you make the most of the tonalities. The little half-widget along the left edge does bother me some, I probably would have removed it but I understand your choice.

Have you tried turning and fan on and using different shutter speeds? I got some weird outcomes with that when I played with it.

Good catch. He looks ready and eager to present his sales pitch to the first prospect who wanders by.. good use of light and color and detail. Lots of glittery colorful stuff on display.

This is quite a beautiful set of architectural images. The graceful curves of the structure are enhanced by the perfectly converted monochromes with the full range of well balanced tonalities and excellent detail. The third, though it is of a different architectural style, fits perfectly because of the choice of composition and the careful conversation. Just lovely. Well done.

Train stations are such fine subjects - always lots of leading lines, verticals/horizontals, interesting people, primary colors. A well composed series that illustrates the theme of movement.

You always find these thought provoking scenes! The two combative figures (already punched or shot full of holes, no less), is set just perfectly against the sunset sky. The towers, both construction and constructed, add to the scene but I can suspect that more of them would be too many, especially if they were on the left side of the frame. As they are, clustered on the right, they form a natural progression from left to right of small towers, pocked figures, then tall towers. The line of light down the leftmost figure and painting the front of the building add dimension to the scene. Really pleasing image.

What a fascinating image! The lady emerges from an unusual doorway whose structure looks a bit like a tomb. The display to her left looks like a sort of religious shrine. The scene could be from another age, except for a few hints of electrical and other modern contrivances. There is not a discernible story here. The elements are as disconnected as the paintings on Roel's building. So we construct our own story around the character and props we have presented, which is a wonderful opportunity to participate in an artwork.

I am not sure why the darks around the lady are so very dark when there doesn't seem to be that level of contrast in the rest of the image. I wonder if lessening the blacks around her and the doorway would offer more balance and detail?? Especially around the face and those black spots that capture the eye along her side and feet, and the door.

Intriguing, and very artistic, image.

Close observation minniev re the contrast. I can't raise those shadows.

Bed and Breakfast

Lovely spring image. Glorious colors. We can clearly see all the little pollen dust, and it glows iridescent in the warm sunlight.

I wish my azaleas hadn't been killed by the combination of drought and freezes. I miss them. I've enjoyed taking pictures of them for so many years, until now. So your photo makes me both happy and sad. thanks for sharing.