At Home In The Woods

A slow shutter motion study. Thanks for any comments / suggestions.

it's got soul

Strange, but striking image. Very good photo,

Exception photo Gordon! Well photographed! Doug.

Looks like you have been having some fun...being an already on the edge kind of a guy...I like this one a little more than the others...I guess I need to have something for my feeble mind to grasp...It took me a while to see the beech...but I am still slow to figure how and what i feel about the Nine Stitch piece...

 

Creating....seeing how far these digi cameras can stretch the process...Before with film...it cost us so much$$ to play......Now we have more freedom to paint with light...I know I am getting a little sick of that cliche as well...but truth is for me that's what photography always will be.

 

I assume this was done without a tripod...or flash...I shot some experiments like this at night using the slow sync flash and snow covered trees... Like fun was to be had...This image would be a good book cover...maybe Steven King?

Juan

But stil i preffet this the most of these three you posted. The 3D feeling is something of it's own in this one. If i would suggest something i would suggest to go with a little wider picture so we could see little more of this house. With a closer look at those trees, they look fantastic, all those tiny little details there... boy you really have this technique in your blood.

I have to go out, this one needs my atention to observe it, I will do it later.... I'm very curious...

Mary;

 

What an absolutely lovely thing to say- thanks.

This is the front of my house taken from a distance down my laneway.

 

Joachuim;

 

Strange and striking is a kind description.

 

Doug; Thanks I am glad you enjoy this one.

 

Juan;

 

Always trying to have fun and come up with something new. I think my favourite aspects of digital are the freedom from film costs and the instant feedback. Back in the day, I went through quite a bit of B&W 120 and 35 mm film conducting experiments, which of course left a lot of film tossed in the bin :) I could never afford that luxury with colour film.

 

I too think that the term " paint with Light" has been misappropriated and overused but at its root, it is an honest and accurate description of the process and result. In this case the camera was hand held, no flash was used. The light was fading for the day. I used a fairly long lens stopped down to f 11. Those saplings are in actuality around 100 feet from the house. I did several slower S/S vertical pans which came out too abstract for what I was looking to achieve. This one was 1/10 sec with a gentle up and down motion and it seemed to give the painterly effect I wanted while retaining enough detail to remain a scenic.

 

Tero;

 

Thanks, I think we have both got a bit of this experimental urge in our blood :)

I'm glad you noticed the 3D look. I was trying to get that effect of depth with all the details in the brush, it is good to know it comes out in the photo.

 

Pnina;

 

As always I will look forward to your thoughts at your convenience.

 

 

Interesting result.

First it reminds me the proverb " my home is my fortress"...as it looks like the house is hiding behind the trees, on one hand, but its windows are telling that there is inside and outside.

The second thing that cought my eye was the two kind of trees, as the lower part of the house looks like it is a wood construction at least in part, but the forms are so different , the free growth of the trees in the FG vs the neat processed wood in the house.

The feeling is that the trees branches reflected on the house are one unit of human/nature life togethrness. The upper angle of the roof gives it a 3D feeling, and the golden soft light and color are warm and inviting. Beautifuly done, very touching.

3-D, painterly, and all that the others have already said. To me, this has a very dream-like quality, too, in fact, I'd be tempted to call it a "dream house." But whatever it's called is far less important than the image which is warm and lovely. Your facility with this technique is just so impressive to me.

I've been trying to remember to tell you of a post in the Casual Conversations forum with a link to some dance photos by Baryshnikov, it's here. I'd be interested to know your reactions.

What a lovely vision. Warm regards...

Impressive! This picture has great quality and depth, the 3D effect that the light produced because of its inclination, has certainly paid of pretty well. Congratulations!

Drugged or just too much of the bubbly. I see the front door. Can't get there. The trees are in my way, swaying back and forth. My head hurts!

 

Amazing.

 

Cheers ~

Excellent technique to give it a painterly,dreamy feel.

Really beautiful. I'm struggling for words this morning, but I appreciate the feel you've captured here. Hearkening back a few months, this calls up scenes from A Christmas Carol in which Scrooge is taken back decades to view his past self, huddled and abandoned at a boarding school in the middle of nowhere. The imagery of being transported back in time is strong here. My own childhood memories are of aging barns and tall trees. There is an archetypal connection for me with this photo.

Bewitching.