Friends

A nod to my favourite shooters here on Photo.Net.

Seems that the PN administrators should launch one more category - "cones":). I like the image, very intersting details. Regards.

a very simple but impressive composition... nicely done my friend... congrats.

Gunnar, thanks. I guess you're right. There are a few other cone shots you might want to check in my September and October 2006 folders. Thanks again for your visit.

 

Chi, nice having you here after such a long time. How have you been? I've seen your latest posts, they look terrific. Canon 1Ds Mark III, wow! The right tool in the right hands.

Ah, I see Mr. McRitchie's cones have frequent flier miles and are now traveling the globe. He looks like he's staring at an exhibit in the Museum of the Mundane. Every angle and square is wonderfully traveled here.

Of course you will have noticed that this picture is a nod in the direction of my favourite shooters on this site. I will not mention any for fear that I should forget one of them, but let's say that I miss the presence of friends we do not see so often as we used to, I'm talking about Matthias, Kent and Laurent J. for instance. Hence this image as a kind of reference to all of them and their great talent.

 

About historical landmarks, of course the cone is partly a nod to Jack who has shot so many of them in such a brilliant way, but also to myself who posted a series of cones in 2006 (year of intense posting and supporting one another daily). I think I can say without minimizing Jack's contribution and talent that my use of colour, cones, poles, flat perspective shots have been prior to his and that they may have inspired him, as well as his and other friends's visions and thoughts helped us grow in mutual support and exchange.

 

 

 

the cone appear here standing in solitude...the soft light and the fact that the cone has the dominant color makes it the solid star of the show....I am striked as well by the composition whith the S formed by the parking white painting left and the black roof top that seem to complement each other...you see I really think that when the mundane becomes interesting you hit something subjective from the photographer that resonates with the viewer...

 

I remember a small exchange we had about Eggleston...I received the book in the mean time...I have exactly this impression...mundane subject indeed but very presicely, consistently taken so that they really appear subjective and even surprising....a feeling like a mix of deja-vu (but still very original) and mysterious...if only I knew how to make it...the good news is that it will keep me busy searching...and that's all I need from this hobby...being curious, searching, working, being out in the field, street whatever...and that's the very same reason I like what you do (and others here)...I feel the searching process...