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Thanks for looking, commenting, rating...Dave

Wonderful colour palette and comp etc. Love it.

Excellent colors Dave! Best regards, Catalin

Thanks Drew and Catalin.

Wow! Now this is the sort of image I find really exciting. The light and the colors are terrific. (Meant to give you a 7/7, but the system didn't let me.)

Here's a true story: I sat down on a bench, looked up at the scene you see here, and thought 'this is a perfect Matthias Steup shot.' Then I clicked the shutter.

 

Had I not familiarised myself with your outstanding portfolio I would never have seen this shot, thanks for opening my eyes.

 

Dave

good lighting intresting place, using colour works very well for this image.

to me it has a kubrick symmetry feel to the composition. sterile. a great shot. really well seen. regards, J.K.

Richard, glad you like it! Thanks for stopping by.

 

JK, wow you really inflate my ego, Kubrick! Thanks. I feel more like a discoverer than a photographer on this shot, I'm kind of amazed that this sort of space exists.

Simple and yet complex...way to go Dave! I like the various lines and light forms in the image. Hey, next time your there...see what you can do with just the mail boxes themselves..in a repeated symmetry sort of form. The flourescent light may be difficult to work with, but still interesting. Congrats my friend.....LJ

Thanks Lesa, and good idea about the mailboxes. The front of the scene is lit by a big window, so the white balancing made the lights a little bit green. I think thats where the intricate color vocabulary came from.

 

Dave

Yes, you certainly have got a keeper here. A very striking composition and not an easy one to pull off. I love that you saw this angle. Also the nice work on the multiple light sources the white balance and shadow areas look really good.

very good composition with geometrical figures..and nice pastel colors..congrats.regards

My thanks go out to Kent and Mehmet.

I like the compo here and how the central element plays the stability pillar (in terms of colors and illumination)...well done.

Dave...thanks for your recent support of my ballet pix as I stated, I getting ready to shoot another performance. On another note, I would like to urge you to voice your opinion on the advertisements that are now shown with our images. My personal opinion is that there is a serious ethical issue involved here. I don't agree with it at all. Our images are being used as bait in order for advertisers to blast you when one opens a pic to view larger. Advertisers and thus PN, ultimately make money off the popularity of our images. Does this seem right to you? If not, I respect your position, but I urge you to voice your opinion either way. I posted this in general forum this morning, as well as one of my pics in the critique forum with a BEWARE warning. Thanks again for your support of my work, input of any kind, and being a photography pal.....LJ

Interesting shot Dave, great work!

Thanks Laurent, Lesa, Tom. Lesa keep an eye peeled for e-mail.

Great shot. I would increase brightness and contrast a little. It could also use a little noise reduction, but I can only tell that because of the very high resolution present when you click "Larger."

Jamie -- true. It's a cheap camera that I take just about everywhere, so there is some noise unless I peg it a ISO 100.

I see. My trick is to convert to LAB colour space, to blur the A and B colour planes but not the luminance (L) plane, and then to convert back to RGB colour space.

Want to retract that 6/7? That camera about lives in my pocket. Hm, if I want to try your trick and get lost, can I contact you??

Great picture, a sort of modern architechture felt even in such a domestic element of design, great light, shadows and idea.

Thanks, Esther.

Contact me anytime you want! And it's worth taking with a better camera for a 7/7 that will enlarge better!