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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 6/2/2008
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Hi Fadel, Thanks for the comment.
It's good to see you back. I'm glad you haven't left us for good. :)
This one was my first post with the new camera. I went back to the same place I took an image of these swings earlier in the winter (the swings were empty at the time). My plan is to get four seasons out of them. I liked this image a lot personally, because of the relaxed, dreamy mood.
Lately, I have been doing a lot of "straight" wildlife and florals. mostly because I'm practicing with the camera and some old lenses. So, you will have to excuse me if a lot of the latest images look a bit like "Hallmark" greeting cards. :) Well, maybe not quite like that.
Andre
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Fadel J
{K:13974} 6/1/2008
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Very nice shot Andre! the swings coming down from nowhere give the image a great mood. congratulations on the new camera, and hope everything is well with you my friend!
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/19/2008
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Thanks again Nick.
Andre
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 4/17/2008
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Yep! And I think that this idea is the best and the mist "natural", Andre! Just to see what the the depicted persons ot the photographer are gazing out for. It brings a very close feel of the scene this way. And as such it doesn't need any additional "symbolic overload", as I say perhaos too often in this forum. I mean, is there anything else than can convey such a direct feel of the scene to me? I think not!
Cheers!
Nick
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/16/2008
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Thanks Dave,
I like the way this one turned out. Now I'll have to wait a couple more months for the third in the series.
Andre
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/16/2008
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Thanks Nick,
I had thought about coming back to this place and stand in exactly the same area during different seasons. I wondered at first if the image might have been better if I had waited till I got some kid's faces in the image. But, I think this works better for this one for exactly the reason you say. They are also gazing out into the lake, giving the impression of still "waiting" or day dreaming. I will go back again in a few months when the temperatures are higher and the beach is crowded, for a different mood.
Andre
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 4/14/2008
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I like your perspective, from behind the scenes, Andre! I guess we're all waiting!
Congrats on the new equipment, too! I was wondering how long it would be before I saw a DSLR in your posts!
Dave.
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 4/14/2008
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A very very good continuation of "Waiting", Andre, and I had this idea right away without reading your about first! It really makes itself noticeable by carrying the same mood but on a different time of the year.
Waht I find so remarkable here is that despite the presence of the kids the mood remained. It is still waiting, like when gazing out and wating to see that something is arriving. There is such a kind of silent nostalgy for me on this image. And now I think that I see that clearer on the other one too. On this one you made the step of introducing persons that seem to act as "extensions" of the view/impression of the photographer himself, if I may mention the parallels that I see when I think of you gazing out, and the kids gazing out to the same direction. That scateboard at the bottom right seems to fit very well too - it simply looks as "abandoned" as the rest of the image does.
Another parallel which I find so nice is that you kept the geometry essentially the same, despite the presence of the kids. So the continuity is strong. Perhaps we could expect some more of this scene - small series over the year?
Purely technically I don't know why it looks so pleasantly soft to me. The details are there, all of them. Still when I go from the details to the composition as a whole then something strange happens that makes it looking suitably soft to me. I don't know what the reason could be. But I think that here we see that the whole can be way way more than merely the straight sum of its parts.
Cheers!
Nick
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/14/2008
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Hi Kes,
I'm pretty happy with the results today. There is a little bit of a learning curve, but quite a pleasant one. Everything seems to be working the way it is supposed to.
I don't need a bat... I bring my wife along to scare the kids away :)
Andre
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/14/2008
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Thanks Andrzej,
It won't be long now before we can get out our summer clothes.
Andre
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Nelson Moore [Kes] -
{K:20241} 4/14/2008
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Hi Andre,
Looks like the new camera is working fine! It still looks chilly, but the kids prove it is warmer. It would have been nice to have had a shot without the kids to compare to your previous post.
That's why I carry a baseball bat....not just for use as a monopod...
:) :) :)
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Andrzej Pradzynski
{K:22541} 4/14/2008
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yeah it's coming Andre, I can smell it. You got almost perfect rule of thirds composition here well crafted in both horizontal and vertical directions. Cheers, NJ
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/14/2008
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Thanks Biljana,
Stay tuned in a couple of months for the third in the series. :)
Andre
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/14/2008
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I agree Daniel,
The mood and general feeling would be completely conventional and ordinary if I took the shot with all the support in.
Thanks again.
Andre
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biljana mitrovic
{K:48110} 4/13/2008
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Hey I remember picture from few months ago:) and I remember your promise ...and I am glad you did it:))
wonderful picture ...and I will wait next from this serial:)
big hug dear friend
bljana
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Dan Wilson
{K:21104} 4/13/2008
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Yes I am glad you left the rest of the swing out, I think it would have completely ruined the image. Keep up the great work
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/13/2008
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Thanks Daniel, for the comment and the visit.
I purposefully did not include any of the other parts of the swing apparatus, so that the image would be as close as possible to the one I took a couple of months ago in the winter. Title "Waiting" I'm glad you like it!
Andre
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Dan Wilson
{K:21104} 4/13/2008
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That is great. I love the composition. Those chains seem like they are not going to end
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