PASSING BY AND CAPTURED IN A GLASS

Daniel, I was going to ask you how you were able to include 2 pairs of feet in the cylinder glass, but I decided it would be much better if that remained an unknown. This, plus the appearance of a slope leading to the bottom left, adds a sense of mystery to an otherwise straightforward image. To me, the toning and the very fine, sharp detail give it the appearance of a fine art piece, perhaps involving pointillism. An exceptional, rare photograph (a favorite, for sure) ! - - My best always, mhl

Michael: You are truly generous in your praise. A nice way indeed to communicate. This is the advancement in photography: You need only carry your phone in your pocket, and be able to capture what your eyes saw in that very moment and place. Photography has been made truly more accessible, less cumbersome and ready to act fast by the smartphones.....The compromise is the final maybe lower resolution for a possible print. However, it was the spur of the moment, though I would rather have had my big camera....but then it could not be so spontaneous as pushing the tablecloth. Thanks,​ Michael, indeed!DG

Daniel, your comments reflect a tried and true photographer's adage. The best camera is the one you had with you at the time! I too have used my iPhone 7 to great advantage. As for my positive comments, it was the image, and your ability and artistic sense, that earned them. - - My best always, mhl

I just watched a documentary on the life and work of M.C. Escher and this has some of the same playful approach to perspective and our expected sense of logical reality. An intriguing picture, Daniel, and one that aligns nicely with my aesthetic sensibility in that it asks more questions than it provides answers.

Hello Jack: I hope you are doing well. I will try to look for the documentary you mention. I thank you once more in a non-perfunctory way, your insights and comments. I guess it is an acquired practice over the years, becoming second nature, the parallelism in our appreciation of photography. As I have said repeatedly, your images "appear" as something thousands of passers-by do not even care to glimpse at, but once you post it the enigma opens the door to never-ending interpretations and questioning what made you capture the moment. An exercise I thoroughly enjoy. Your "photographic-chess" is much valued.

 

Michael: Again, my sincere thanks on this additional reflection and comments. You nailed it precisely. In my case, when I see "a photo", I feel the urge to capture it to freeze that "something" contained in the vast, infinite variable and undefinable term: Time. Even when the quality is not the best, I dare, sometimes like in this case, to upload it to share that what I glimpsed at and "had to possess it", as I was getting up from a restaurant table. Thank you for being so in sync and for your most generous comments. Best regards. DG