blick im museum

Beautiful! I'm in league with most opinions on this image. Yes! Outstanding tone but what captivated me was how the lines created a mystical realism.

Das ist wirklich eine Kunstwärke, zwischen andere in dein Portofolio. (Nicht sicher über mein Deutsch, da mu?te ich sehr viel vergessen in die letzte 30 Jahre.)

Fabulous.

 

Great choice of film and filter, probably no better choice available for this particular scene!

I like the emphasis on the outside, it makes you want to see inside which adds to the impact of the image. I like the horizontal lines as contrast to the implied depth of what's inside the museum.

"threshold moments (articulations of form between different spaces)" a nice phrase that I will steal and a photographic attribute of compelling virtue. Beautiful image.

Apparently there is a new process that transforms any conventional monochomatic silver negative film into a transparency. See a website called dr5.com for a company that processes everything from Tri-x to Delta 3200 into transparencies. It's run by an old curmudgeon that thinks digital capture isn't photography, but it still looks like a cool process... t

Great picture. However I would have placed the staircase (the big grey thing

in the middle of the current picture) on the left and showed more of the wall

which would have been out of focus on the far right and gradually in focus as

the eyes move towards the man, now standing closer to the center of the

picture.

Damien M.

I like it. You made correct choice of medium - SCALA. I am absolutely sure (from my experience with Scala and other B&W with dr5) that no digital or desaturated color image could perform so well for this image.

nice shot...that scala looks great...pity its such a pain to get processed...anyway the composition is fine in terms of proportion ect but i would have wanted to see more separation between the guy at the far wall and the structure and maybe the table and the frames ...but thats really being ultra fussy and probably beyond your control..great shot...wish i had taken it.

The quality of this image is not in question for me but the composition does leave me wanting...i.e. the wall on the right... to intrusive...Having said that...good image!...;)...J

I have seen your pictures and they are really inspiring. This "blick im museum" is perfect! A strong invitation for me to using my 50mm more frequently.

Great photo. I think that if you apply the 1/3 rule, cropping the left side of the

picture would be a mistake. That would put the man in the centre of the photo

and make it much less interesting.

 

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tonality and essential composition are wonderful. however, there are aspects of the top and right portions of the image that I find somewhat bothersome. for one thing, the left side, except for the geometrically pleasing but otherwise distracting desk by the window, appears completely clean of clutter and reflectivity (by the top), but not so the right side.

 

second, the two figures are stacked together on the right. not a huge problem per se, but the lower figure (and her shadow) is visually cramped by the stairs and landing. similarly, the hung artwork on that side gets merged. seems that a slight shift in camera position would have tweaked the separation of these elements better. true, one cannot control the simultaneous position of the transient human figures, but the merging of the artwork with the landing should be controllable (except if maneuvering room was itself limited).

 

finally, there's a lot of reflective business above and surrounding the central figure atop the steps, and he gets a bit lost in it. my attention gets drawn more to his feet, then the landing, then the cramped figure and art, etc. could a polarizer have alleviated this somewhat? so, while as a whole the photo is visually aesthetic in the general sense, there are a number of annoying mind's-eye issues with how well the various parts mesh together.

Peggy makes some excellent points. Like others, I really like the tonality, but my "mind's eye" struggles with the overall image and composition. I am drawn to the upper right hand image, framed by the stairs and focusing on the figure, and have real difficulty stepping back and trying to take in the whole expanse of the photograph. Indeed, for me, nothing would be lost by cropping almost two thirds of the photograph away and focusing on that principal figure and the stairs.

 

Cropped in the manner it currently is, the photograph seems to struggle to be about the whole gallery, and it is unsuccessful in doing so because of the prominence of the figure on the stairs. Patrick discusses this as an "architectural" photograph, and I think as an architectural photograph it fails, as the architectural space is de-emphasized by the lighting and the composition and blocked by the blinds. It is a photograph about a figure on a staircase in front of interesting blinds for me, not about the whole space, and there I think it succeeds.

This is quite magnificent with stunning tonality, the only distraction being the positioning of the second smaller figure. Great selection for POW.

sorry, i don't get much out of this image except for the appreciation of a technically well executed photo. i have to agree with michael nigro that it is too busy. if it were just the spiral, the windows and the blinds it would be simple. if you throw in one of the human figures, it becomes more intresting. but, with the pictures on the wall and the bench and the smaller human figure and the reflection on the right side it just becomes too much for my eye to want to deal with. i like the image much more when it is cropped closely around the spiral.

This is an interesting subject and could probably be framed in any number of ways. This is probably not the simplest, but there is a bit of an imbalance which I am drawn to, and although the left side elements don't trouble me as much as they do Peggy, I think that the several comments about the second person, particularly the merge with his head, are a valid criticism.

 

But it's still a very good shot.

Beautiful shot, not quite the simple shot as was suggested. For me, the main point of focus it the person on the outside that's looking in, so to answer the question on whether the emphasis should be on the outside element or the inside, I'd have to say the outside. So I like it the way it is.

Really good shot. Hard not to like it. Im sure one can always find something wrong with every photograph and this one is no exception. I dont have the time to go into much detail. So Ill just say that this image is out of this world. I like the kickback pose of the main character. It feels a little out of balance if you look at it for a while, something not present at first sightcould me only me. I wouldnt change a thing though, its perfect the way it is.

One of the truly better ones I've seen as POW. Very pleasing to the eye and easy to look at. A beautiful example of what you can do with just a simple "normal" lens.

An extroadinary image. True to its purpose, strong in its composition, and beautiful in its elegance. I would change nothing, for to change it would create another image. Artists, and you are one, need to let their creation stand and not beat it to death with second guessing. Good art is knowing when to stop. You did.

Buon contrasto !

Absolutely great framing. And the light also works great on the stairwell's surface.

great :)

I like it, a great BN shot, very nice gray tones. Regards.

What I like: the composition is awesome

What I dont: I would have gone for higher tonality instead of the contrasty look...especially look how the staircase has zones of grey instead of a smooth transition...the picture has a surreal/sci-fi look to it because of this