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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 1/22/2007
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Thanks a lot Andre! It did took a real long time until it this way. But it seems that all the settings, different focal lengths and thoughts about this and that were worth doing at the end.
Thanks again,
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 1/22/2007
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Oh well, Elisa, it does flood sometimes but after some days it's OK again. Last year it happened but there was not so big damage.
Thank you very much and best wishes,
Nick
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NN
{K:26787} 1/22/2007
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A fascinating shot, Nick! Hope this place doesnīt get many winter storms with rising water levels ...
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 1/22/2007
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Hi Nick,
It seems you got everything just right in this one! Everything seems very well balanced exposure wise and composition wise. A textbook example of reflection photography.
Good job!
Andre
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 1/21/2007
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Oh really, is it my personal opinion? The ignorance for the essence of artistic work couldn't have been expressed more clearly.
So, you mean like hitting uncontrolled the strings of a guitar expecting to produce some nice sound or even song? Of course you produce something but this something is not creation, since creation is a matter of what you think priorly to acting.
But hey, that's nice! Let's apply that to all arts! Why not writing literature without knowing what the letters are and how they are combined to make words? Who cares, just write some adskhjbaksdj and expect that you mighte get some good poem out of your "uncontrolled inspiration".
Or why not going for architecture without knowing what forces, lines, weights have to be considered? Just take some stones and concrete and do something - after some millions of tries you might get it right.
It's not that you don't work in a controlled manner, Annemette! I am afraid that you deny to really work controlled in photography because you don't have any vision. And because the deeper study of the necessary techiques is too much for you.
If you are not able to work towards what you have in mind because either you don't have anything in mind or because you are not able to convert it to a piece of art, then it is not named arts. It is named coincidence. But as already known you don't care. This I call real creative work! So just go for it!
End of discussion, I have more and better things to do.
Nick
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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen
{K:55244} 1/21/2007
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Maybe- maybe not, Nick. It depends on the sun;-)
Anyway my creativity surely doesnīt lead to destructivity whatsoever because I donīt work in a controlled way. Uncontrolled art can often be much more fascinating than the well-planned one. Also art doesnīt necessarily need a vision to be interesting. Thatīs your personal opinion that some will applause and others will shake their head at.
Yes, who knows what will happen to those wonderful buildings when the glaciers melt. Then the options for underwaterphotography rises...
Best wishes
Annemette
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 1/21/2007
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And the next time you shoot it it will get awful in hours. That's the way it goes when we don't search enough, unfortunately.
I don't "want" you to do anything particular - just presenting opinions for the sake of thinking.
Creativity without control destructivity, I might add here. And if it also lucks vision, it gets boring by the time.
To the buildings now. They are indeed old but not really very old. The good thing is that they are kept intact and repaired whenever necessary, so they will be there for quite a long time. The river could be also there for an even longer time, except of course if the glaciers are melting so quickly that its existance can only be guarantied for some decades.
So I guess, I must hurry up and capture it the best I can as long as it still flows!
Nick
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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen
{K:55244} 1/21/2007
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Yes, I know and appreciate that, but I might get lucky and take this within seconds and it would look great too;-) But I know what you mean, Nick. I know that you want me to think about each and every motive like you do by means of techniqal knowledge.
I also want to do that with an appropriate camera for this, but for now I take photos with my creativity and eye for it. If I can apply some techniqal skills to it down the road it will be great.
Anyway I like old buildings like this because of the architecture, but also because there is usually interesting townhistory connected to such buildings. Living in such a place is like being given a part of the past to relive with modern eyes.
I always like when thereīs water around. This provides life to any place like also trees do.
Annemette
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 1/21/2007
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The thing is that in order to capture the atmosphere somehow reasonable, it has been about 20 minutes of thinking and considering this and that, far away form any romanticism. So it seems that the performer has to do the dirty details, or else the spectator will not "feel" anything by looking at the photo.
One might go as far to say, that comments like this one of yours, do ensure that the fotographer had a hard working time, but still I would like to ask you what is that makes you wanting to live there? Perhaps the water, or the house itself? What do you find good/bad for living there on this one?
As about swimming/climbing up, well, there are easier methods - why not taking the stairs? Not many people would see you, and if they do, oh well, no problem.
Nick
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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen
{K:55244} 1/21/2007
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Only a "romantic dreamy" wish that was I living there I would make sure to bring my fishingpole and also a rope so I could drop down in the water and climb almost unseen up again:-)
Nice crop and reflections.
Annemette
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 1/21/2007
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Thank you very much, Simone!
Nick
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Simone Tagliaferri
{K:28180} 1/21/2007
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Beautiful composition. Congrats
Simone
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 1/20/2007
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Thanks a lot Minoo!
Best wishes,
Nick
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M S
{K:9123} 1/20/2007
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Beautiful Photograph! Nice composition and reflections.
Best,
M.
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