AGAINST THE GRAIN

Dedicated to Susan Stone, who both made the image possible, and

somewhat typifies the title.

Beautiful. Congrats !

Love your works!

Thank you both very much. I enjoy your images equally.

the texture and colour of the weathered wood is nice. The weird positioning of the window makes one wonder what the builders were thinking. The liberated window pane just resting against the window mesh is a nice touch. With hinges on both sides, one needs to ask what the heck swings there - hey, maybe it's a totally foldable barn! It would be cool to see a cow face behind the window...no, wait...a cow butt - an even better touch. Cheers, Micheal

 

I'd say you've moved to a different level with this one. I certainly do like your parts-of-old-houses-and-windows abstracts. You manage to get great geometric compositions with wonderful colors and varieties of texture. That I know you can do because I've seen you do it creatively and imaginatively numerous times. The slightly out-of-place window pane in this one gives it that added dimension that I think really puts it in a different and superior category for me. For a while now, viewing your photos, I've been thinking about what might give some of these that extra personal touch that would make them a little less objective and contain a little more personality and a sense of the relationship of photographer and found object. I thought mostly about interesting lighting, perhaps geometrical shadows adding to your compositions, dappled lighting being created by tree-filtered sunlight, those sorts of things. Here, you've come up with a simple gesture (likely just found by you as is, nevertheless captured and conveyed by you) that accomplishes that very same thing. There's humor in that pane, a bit of a jarring touch (something off kilter, out of whack), even a sense of the surreal - consider Magritte could easily and has easily done such things as this. That pane out of place makes this photo really come alive for me. Obviously, I really like this a lot and think it raises the bar for this type of photo from you.

Thanks for the comment. You're still way over the top. Back off on the V8 before you hurt yourself. And, yes, the ajar pane really makes the image.

I'm very humbled by your kind praise. I, too, enjoy this image a great deal. I tell you that window pane ajar does make a huge difference. As I look at it imagining the pane in its rightful place, I realize how much less interesting it would be. There is no set up to the shot. It is as found. Thanks so much for the comments. As a follower of your work, it means a lot to me.

"They pulled up in their fancy "city" car, a nice man and his wife come from a far.

 

Once again I'd invited strangers to my home, come abide with me I'd said, and across this open country we'll roam.

 

We spent each and every day shooting pictures and the breeze, we just sorta fit together with a friendly ease, so come back David and Peggy....please."

 

Really great photo David, gracias amigo. There's several things that interest me in a photographic subject.....texture, graphic detail and color, and pardner they're all here in abundance.

Thanks for the nice words and everything. Take care and have fun this week.

A great image David and very nicely composed.

I'll be mostly offline for the next week but I'll check in when I return.

Have a great time at Susan's. I envy you guys having all that fun and comeraderie.

You don't do square crops so very often, David. A very good choice indeed, as well as Your PS signature processing I would say. Now that I have seen the three pictures, I would very subjectively say that Ready For Winter is my favourite!

Thanks for making such a prolonged stop at my site. I'm honored. Truth be known, this is one of my favorites from recent postings. I just love that one pristine but our of place square of glass.

I like windows David, it is many times a sign to what imagination people have, or want to present. The in/out of them fascinate me( I did a whole series of them in SF), but this one does not reveal anything from its inside, but the outside is really very interesting .The color and texture of the window vs. the wood colors, textures and arrangement around it, has a beautiful patina of past, time past, and imagination. I like the way you have cropped it with the redish connection to the rest of construction. I really like it! Beautifully done.

Thanks so much. I know what a master of composition you are, so I'm particularly grateful for your comments. This was cropped down from a larger view that had much more of the building. I tried to distill it into just the most interesting parts of the whole. So the composition was more of a post visualization effort than usual for me. This prints up nicely and remains one of my favorites.

When I was in Ingomar and saw this window that you had already posted this image of, I knew that I had to take the same photograph. My version was taken in the morning so that the whole side of the building was in a shadow. I can't tell if yours was in the sun or in the shadow. Anyway, not to be competing with you, here is another view of the old window:

I prefer it lighter, but that's why we have eyes and opinions. So we can see things differently. My original had hinges on both sides, but I decided that it needed to be simplified, and it looks like you came to the same conclusion. Thanks for sharing that with me.

Yet another highly effective, powerful and creative piece of work from my currently favorite photographer on PN... This capture shows great vision, a truly excellent photographic eye. Think you've nailed this one down perfectly!

 

Best regards,

Frank

Puleease! Your praise is going to cause my head to swell, and that could be serious. This is one of my personal favorites. It makes a nice print.