How there, there you? by simple.joy, on Flickr
Oct. 8, 2025
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Wonderful shot - love the shapes and balance of the composition.
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Great catch, beautiful colors and an effective combination of clarity and blur.
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Sometimes, the great cathedrals leave me cold. While filled with individual treasures, the overall experience seems garbled with conflicting lines and colours and styles.
Not so this Duomo.
Pillars, arches and horizontal bands are working together in a visual whole. The sculptures are at home within the surrounds, not jostling to stand out. The place feels as though the available lighting was important in a total design. While sumptuous, there's also a restraint that suggests mosque aesthetics.
Roel's photos bring out the sumptuous richness with the visual harmony. -
Suggestion. The repetition of the flobe shapes in the drops of water feel very pleasing. A bit of the backgound is needed to give some feel for the setting howver I think much of it could be cropped away. The globes and droplets are sharp. They can take much closer detail. They pop from the background but we dont need all the backgound. It isn't adding line and only a small amount is needed to establish the place and mood.
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That says to me "Please don't take my picture"
Alan
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Interesting...
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Interesting shots and indeed very beautiful ethereal light in the upper parts. I particularly like the last one in terms of composition. The blue spot (flare?) on the right side is slighly distracting but I think it wouldn't be hard to soften its effect in post. I love the layers of this one and appreciate your ability to capture an image like that in this (extremely busy) scene with all the different shapes, light sources and patterns. Nicely done!
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This is actually a reflection flipped vertically. I loved the way the blue colour of the water changed everything.
And this is with the non reflected image (also flipped) so you get an idea of what I am basing it on (not the same image as above, taken 10 seconds later)
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Same night, different part of the wold and with a 70mm lens, I tried for the same full moon rise. Your shots are way better than mine. Clouds and the stairway effect on the water that link your foreground to midground make a huge difference.
My favourite is the last shot. The clouds add detaila cross the entire width of the sky and also from the top to close to the horizon. It's subtle, graduated detail that still leaves the moon as the dominant focal point. The T composition is unusual and it immediately got my interest. From the original, is it possible to retain a little detail on the moon itself?
Almost as much, I like the seventh shot. This time we don't see the moon at all but its influence is everywhere. The whole scene is gently lit bringing out textures in the clouds and water. We know the moon is there in a subtle way. -
Mike, thanks for your comments.
I tried to tease some detail from the moon, but it's blown, so not really possible.
Alan
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I'm with Alan. Rasputin comes to mind.
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It's a quintessential fisherman shape suggesting patience and impending action.
I feel the shape and rod are strong enough in what they convey for the image to be fully turned into a silhouette and then perhaps have a little taken off the left side. We don't see much of the fisherman as it is, the shape tells everything perfectly. -
I really like this one. It seems relatively simple, silhouettes, a textured grey road surface and a pure blue sky, but….
The shadowed buildings create negative space left and right, leaving a channel for the viewer to follow the lane up through the middle. At the top of the lane we see two people, also almost entirely silhouetted, but there are a few details. Their shapes indicate a man and a woman. A couple? A highlight reveals his bald head and another her grey hair? There is a certain dynamism, especially in her posture. They approach the top of the lane and seem to break free from the restrictive dark space into the endless blue sky. The round object on the wall is presumably a road sign, but to me, it appears as a balloon, another symbol of freedom. -
Maybe.
However, his face is in shadow, so I can’t interpret his mood, but since it is dark, I am wary. Is he trying to grab me? But maybe I am too harsh, maybe he is reaching out for help. Or is he blind and wants to touch his visitor?
Leaving the man in a blurred shade invites the viewer to think about and explain the outstretched hand. The photo becomes an interesting experience, instead of a fleeting emotion. -
Because of the hand gesture? I'm not very familiar with Rasputin. Seems like a weird guy who became famous by accident... 😅
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Thanks a lot - that's a very interesting interpretation!
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It’s a beautiful series of a building, which is both awesome and tricky to photograph. All those lines can be difficult to tame and untangle. Normally an intricate statue stands out against plain walls, but here the walls themselves seek attention.
The light is lovely and those nets catch the sunlight and create artificial rays, which add a lot to the images. Also the colours are important to make the cathedral and photos stand out. They are strong but never overpowering.
I think you were particularly successful in the second, where you managed to present the statue without clashing with its surroundings, and the last, which probably has the best overall feeling of them all.
