Odessa Hotel

Windows of the Odessa (Ukraine) Hotel. Tell me what you think.

Your ratings and critiques are invited and most welcome. (If you

rate harshly or very negatively, please submit a helpful and

constructive comment/Please share your superior knowledge).

Thanks! Enjoy! John

This view was on a foggy night, after sunset. This view is full frame.

This time I saw the 'threes' before I took the photograph. It seemed perfect for creating the points of a triangle within the polygonal windows (they're rectangular but with the viewpoint, they lose their right angles and become polygons only), and contrasting the various geometric shapes.

 

'Softness' caused by heavy fog, not by lack of focus. I could have 'sharpened' but that would have been 'untrue'.

 

John

this shot makes me feel sick! extremley confusing and i cant keep it steady through trying to angle it in my head! brilliant!! i love it!

If you try to connect the angles with the 'frame' of the photo, I can't blame you for getting a little motion sickness.

 

However, your comments 'brilliant' indicate you saw what I saw -- it's a wonderful photo for its simplicity. Just three open window in a high rise building, and framed 'just so'.

 

I took several photos from this angle and chose the best (the second), as I knew what I was looking for and only went for the execution of my idea.

 

This photo was receiving a 6 rating until a couple of low raters stepped in, but that's the nature of the game.

 

I am considering converting this to B & W, as I think it will withstand the changeover very well, but it also does very well I think in blues. (It did not do well in Photoshop when the auto contrast was applied as it virtually washed out the color of the windows to nearly white -- quelle horreur).

 

Thanks for your kind comment with the surprise ending.

 

John (Crosley)

When viewing this photo with its parallel lines. in a setting such as on my biography page, or in a gallery, one gets the distinct feeling, that the photo frame is 'distorted' and that instead of a rectangle with right angles, the corners of the photograph have become distorted and the photo itself is a parellogram -- not a pure rectangle.

 

That, of course, is the power of the optical illustion or trompe l'oeil (trompe de l'oeil?) (mistake of the eye in French). It even shows on this page if you look long or carefully enough; I hope it is not disturbing.

 

John

simple, beautiful!

Thanks.

 

I was very impressed by this. I thought PNers would be too. Perhaps the 3/3 which brought down the averages made it seem less so, since I don't get a barrel full of ratings (not being a mate-rater or a consistent 7/7 poster, because I like to take chances and post more 'iffy' photos just because I like them. (You fully deserve your high scores -- your photography is first rate/excellent).

 

I knew when I saw this that I would photograph this and exactly how. I was sure some on photo.net would 'get it.' I'm glad you did.

 

John