big door: bodie

At first I thought that the window on the door was looking out on the sky but now (I think) it seems that the sky is reflected. Very interesting shot.

OOOHH!! COOL!! I really like it. Only one thing I could see as a possible flaw, though it really doesn't matter, at least to me, there is slight distortion of the door frame (curved wood). Anyway, REALLY COOL photo,

K

In looking at the picture I think the doorframe is supposed to be bowed. If this was a picture distortion, the straight lines of the glass in the top of the door would also be bowed. The are not so I think the frame is really bent.

This picture looks "pretty" on the web, but I would like to see the original slide. You say, "no special efffects, masks, layer tricks..." but I have seen too many digital comps. I do not believe this is a faithful reproduction of what was there. It's nice though, and if it is real, you're welcome to bitch me out.

I would call this nice picture: The door to Heaven. Good job.

It could also be carefully arranged paintings or photo pictures pasted on the windows.

Very nice composition and colors. Sharpness is good. I think you captured exactly what you intended to. My only Nit Pick is I think you should have cropped the wooden header at the top of the photo. Otherwise nicely done.

Nice overall, and especially powerful! The only thing I have to recommend is to link a message to it. It seems unfair to present such a powerful image and no message ("big door: bodie(?)" is not a prizing one). Reading the comments other people have made, I liked the idea of imaging the sky viewed through the doors, and not as reflected in windows. But a really interesting message was discovered only by Sebastian Toma (see his comment above) - excellent! Resuming, my contribution would have been to emphasize the necessity of a powerful message for such a powerful image. Without it, it's... unfinished.

I'm with Mr Bohr. I don't think this is a natural scene. The light on our side of the wall could not have come from a sky like the one seen through the windows. It's a good surrealistic composition though.

i agree with the posts that doubt the authenticity of this image. it looks fake. it seems to me that you wouldn't get a direct reflection of the sky from the position of the camera. had the shot been taken from the ground, looking up at the window, then yes, i could see how it would be possible. but it just screams cut and paste in photoshop. but a pretty image just the same.

..it´s nice to see reflected in the windows what I wish could see here more often...thanks for the break.

Maybe, just maybe those are mirrors on those doors. Very creative.

Great photo! I love the reflection in the glass. Made with a tamron 28-300? Shows one does not need a fancy 'ED' or 'L' lens to make a great photo.

great shot.

Very nice picture. I too wonder if it's real. Does not really mather, it is still a very nice shot. Sort of like a Magritte painting...

At first i thought it was a shot through and old single standing derelict wall too a nice sky , then i looked at your other doorway shot from your folder and now i am not too sure now.

 

Anyway nice shot for discussion.

I agree with Stefan Mazur, above, who compares the spirit of the image to Magritte(sp?) -- fantastic in everyday life. Thank you for posting.

Heres a link to another of Rick's photos, old cabin door with very distorted perspective of a skyscraper. Would be good for the photographer to talk about other techniques used on the picture. Good contrast, and I enjoyed door itself, very rustic.

This is a grab me shot! I had to go back and look again! Great colors, very striking picture.

I love this shot, but it does show the weak point of this lens (I have one) which is major barrel distortion. If I were you I'd fix this in photoshop and then crop the picture to be more symmetrical.

 

Very striking picture, well done.

rating scale has changed, my rating from before has become a 10-10, not a 5-5

It can not be reflections if it is glass. Something from inside, at

least shadows, would also be seen.

How to do this in PS. You select 11 rectangulars

on the door photo. The easiest way is to use the Polygonal lasso.

Then by it you can drag-and-drop the selection over the photo

with the sky. Change the tool to Move tool and drag-and-drop

the selected sky areas back over the first photo. Align, some cosmetics

and ready. Mr. Thorp suggested another way -mask and layer tricks.You have the

two photos in Layers. Select (mask) the windows, Ctrl+Alt+click on the

border between the two layers.The operation is called "Group with previous" and is often used to "dress" letters with patterns.

The door frame distortion can not be easily aligned in PS.

Clever design of a really cool idea. 5/8. Blago

Focus Focus Focus........on what ?? glass or clouds ???

It dosent matter how you did this...........the end result is what matters....it's beautiful

Still new to photography, and don't know how to use Photoshop. However, re-reading the technical commentary, it would seem to me that Mr. Thorp admits using Photoshop on this picture. Note that he does not put a semi-colon after the "no special effects", but rather, he uses a comma. As such, I believe he is indicating that layer tricks WERE used (and I'm assuming layer tricks would account for the puzzling nature of this picture). Regardless, the image is both visually pleasing and mysterious. Very nice.