Mystery Spot
Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 20mm f1.7Any guesses as to where this is? :)
Does a simplistic picture like this appeal to anyone? I'm not sure about this one.
--Warren
Labels: Black and White, DMC-GF1
posted by Warren T. at 7:47 AM
7 comments
7 Comments:
simple is fine but what is the subject?
can a pretty picture be 'enough'?
and the one question i usually get stuck on...what are you trying to say?
Thanks for comment, Joe.
Well, if I told you the subject of this picture, then I would give away the Mystery Spot. :)
I was once obsessed with the idea that pictures had to convey a feeling or a message. On one particular image, I pestered a friend to tell me what he felt about it until he quite honestly told me, "I don't feel anything at all when I view this picture."
It was an enlightening moment for me :).
--WT
This blog has been dead lately :(. Must be the summertime blues, when everyone is busy with stuff.
Lea has moved on to concentrate her time on her Flickr Photostream. I provided a link to it in our Links section. Check it out, she has great pictures on there.
SteveR is busy with his new web site and he is very active on Facebook, and also his photo excursion job. I also updated his link in our Links section.
The Internet photography landscape has changed considerably since this blog was started 7 years ago. There are so many other outlets for our photographic creativity. I am frankly surprised and pleased you guys decided to stick it out here.
I've often thought about making this blog available on Internet search engines, but always went back to keeping it semi-private because that's how some of you like it.
In the interest of continuing this blog, I think it's once again time to find additional contributors. If you know of anyone who might be interested in participating in our unique photo blog concept, please invite them to contact me.
Have a great summer.
--Warren
I just realized that there no real active SF bay area contributors here anymore (except me, of course) to recognize this place. When this blog began, there were more locals than not. Oh well...
This location is in Millbrae next to the San Francisco Bay. The foreground is a saltwater marsh with zillions of seabirds there if you look closely. The 20mm f1.7 is really sharp and at 100%, you can really see them clearly. The background is the SF International airport landing strip.
--Warren
I rather like it, even though there isn't an obvious focal point or an immediately obvious subject. So it leaves me wondering, "what is the subject", meanwhile, I'm looking and enjoying the very nice, clear divisions of foreground, middleground, and background.
And these are very well done - the rip-rap made of large rocks, rough textured, and themselves as a whole creating a curve. The S-curve of the channel and the negative S-curves in the sand, a different texture. And finally, the sky and hills in the background.
Warren, Been busy painting he house the last month Warren and have been backed up on my photos, Marin is in the Bay Area last time I took a look at the map, but would not have recognized this scene. You are making good use of the Nik software.
Dan
Oops! I forgot that Marin is indeed in the SF Bay Area! My bad! :)
--WT
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