Response to Look Up (Response #207)

Uploaded 613 Days Ago by philippe - 12 comments

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SeekingFocus said 613 days ago:

Interesting idea. Good choice of the longer exposure. I love the movement of the multi-colored flags, though I feel like the overall composition is a bit busy for my tastes.

JIMJIM said 613 days ago:

Bebopaluhla it's Christmas..!

King said 613 days ago:

Yes! That's it! It appears that the flags could use a little more color saturation, but you are the artist on this one. Clever composition gets the attention while still conveying Look Up.

jan said 613 days ago:

sorry a lot of low marks but this is not a terribly well executed shot, though the idea was interesting - the colour/light balance suffers from overexposure and the whole image is actually quite distracting - too much going on

King said 613 days ago:

Well now I'll have to take another look, because I thought it was very well excuted, perfectly exposed and sets a gay and festive atmosphere.

Hmmmmmm. Looking, looking. No. I still think it's great.

philippe said 613 days ago:

Thanks King, I trust YOU.
Overexposed??? There's a french expression that says "better hear that than been deaf!"
I can think of other expressions, but I might sound rude (again!).

SeekingFocus said 613 days ago:

Ah, what does King know, anyway!

Doesn't Ansel Adams say something about "Expose for shadows, process for highlights..." Seems to apply here.

King said 613 days ago:

I trust Jan, otherwise I wouldn't have given Philippe's delightful oueve that critical second look.

It seems to me that the brilliant concept "Expose for the shadows, develop for the hightlights," so often attributed to Adams, was originally the idea of one of his students, Kilgore Trout.

...but what do I know?

philippe said 613 days ago:

Ansel Adams: "the best technician, the most boring pictures...". You can quote me if you want. ;O)
... But what do I know?

bslomovic said 613 days ago:

Nice colours. I find the movement in the flags distracting and they detract from overall composition

uncommondepth said 612 days ago:

Cool shot. I really like everything about it, from the colors, to the blurring of the flags, the meandering lights, and the skyscraper in the background.

philippe said 612 days ago:

Thank you, Roberta, I appreciate.

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