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http://www.pbase.com/dehl/dis_owned

http://www.pbase.com/dehl/dexterous

2012 © Kaden K.

Oct 25, 2009 at 05:09 AM

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p.1 #2 · Sireen

Cool!

Oct 25, 2009 at 09:38 PM

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p.1 #3 · Sireen

Thanks.

Oct 25, 2009 at 11:11 PM

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p.1 #4 · Sireen

#1 takes some getting used to. I'm still not sure about that one.

#2 is Cool. I like the textures and colors in this. Lots of detail to look at.

#3 .. Now I understand the reference in one of the other posts "Kaden-esque". Nice shot.

Oct 26, 2009 at 12:44 AM

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p.1 #5 · Sireen

Kaden's style includes a fondness for certain themes and motifs.

Oct 26, 2009 at 12:53 AM

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You are too kind. It is more like obsessions...

Thanks Pandacat.

Oct 26, 2009 at 01:29 AM

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Really like #s 2 and 3.

Now, when you captured #2 on your trip, was the posted version already in mind?

Bob

Oct 26, 2009 at 11:53 AM

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Second really works for me. I love the overlay (underlay?) of textures, perfectly suited to the subject.
3: Interesting. But a bit more your obsession than mine.
Bring back the lightening bolts! But not for this image.

Scott

Oct 26, 2009 at 01:46 PM

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p.1 #9 · Sireen

Thanks Bob. I did immediately knew that this image was a candidate for a
layer even before making the image. Did I know I wanted this specific layer?
No.

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Thanks Scott.

I think you missed the boat on #3. Don't be fooled by the
association with the term obsession or that it has wires.

This is not an easy image in many ways. Nothing unconscious about. Just so
to do justice to it: it is not about wires; it is also about wires.

This composition is a variation of what is defined in photography as the classic
overlapping picture planes. Here is another example which I shot a while ago:
http://www.pbase.com/dehl/image/102933422

Picture planes are one of the basic elements of composition. Albeit forgotten.

In this image however, the level of difficulty is ampped up in several ways:

1. The POV is a difficult capture as you need to be at the level of the cable
car cable holders. 2. There are repetitive elements/parallelism in cable holders,
wires, houses. 3. The DOF works. 4. The image is distinctive enough for anyone
who has been in Lisbon to recognize it/make the association. 5. The selective
usage of focus works. 6. It leads the eyes to walk the image inspite of cables.
7. The colors are soft and pastel and pleasing.

In my book that makes it a keeper. Check the comments of many Pbasers. I
was pleased to see that they picked up on the many of the elements at play:

http://www.pbase.com/image/118670701

Oct 27, 2009 at 03:35 AM

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p.1 #10 · Sireen

thanks for that last post kaden (and the pics, of course), lets me see more of the 'why' in the 'why i like your work.'

food for thought, yum. perfect breakfast food

#1 i like the image. So much so, i'm thinking of making a gobo in a similar style and projecting it across a bunch of bodies.

#2 nice foresight in shooting the image. I don't think like that. Yet.

#3 a beautiful illustration of the points you make, as well as a beautiful illustration. Is there a source of information you would recommend on picture planes?

thanks again. Paul.

Oct 27, 2009 at 09:41 AM

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Thanks Paul.

I actually once saw a theater piece done all in light copy projections on nude dancers.
It was a Finnish troupe and they projected images as well as used projectors to paint
it while bodies performed and music played. It was incredibly beautiful.

I recommend "The Elements of Photography" by Angela Faris Belt.

Oct 27, 2009 at 04:08 PM

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Lison! It didn't look like San Francisco to me, although San Francisco has enough variety to find almost anything. It didn't seem like Italy or France. Perhaps Spain, but somehow a little different. Now it make sense. Did you lean out a balcony?

Oct 27, 2009 at 11:57 PM

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Dude, you got some major CA on some of the wires

Oct 28, 2009 at 12:16 AM

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p.1 #14 · Sireen

Oh, Bob. The wires are blurred because they are nervous. They're ... wait for it ... high tension wires.

(yes, I have no shame.)

Oct 28, 2009 at 12:30 AM

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p.1 #15 · Sireen

- shocking!

Oct 28, 2009 at 12:41 AM

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p.1 #16 · Sireen

@ Bob -> CA ?!? California.

@ AuntiPode -> I convinced a local to let me into her home to shoot this beauty.

Oct 28, 2009 at 12:46 AM

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p.1 #17 · Sireen

There goes the neighborhood....

CA yup, California, always on the fringe

others might contend the leading edge

Oct 28, 2009 at 12:02 PM

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p.1 #18 · Sireen

Hey, you know what they say?

Leading edge to you, somewhere in the boonies to us.

CA is an awesome place. Still in many ways more conservative than some
places in Western Europe.

Oct 28, 2009 at 01:51 PM

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Speaking as an east-coast guy who visits Oregon when possible, I must say I prefer Oregon but cannot afford it

Bob

Oct 28, 2009 at 02:54 PM

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Expense wise Oregon is still reasonable
from CA point of view but too conservative
for me.

Oct 28, 2009 at 05:19 PM

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p.1 #21 · Sireen

Kaden nice shots. The first image is good, just a little too dark for my current tastes. I love the antique look of the second shot, and the pastel colors in the background just make this one magical. BTW, if you think the west coast is conservative you should spend some time where I am living now. For most elections there is usually only 1 party represented on the ballot. Shameless.

-- Mark

Oct 28, 2009 at 11:32 PM

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p.1 #22 · Sireen

Kaden K. wrote:
Expense wise Oregon is still reasonable
from CA point of view but too conservative
for me.

It takes the whole village...

I've mellowed over the years

Oct 28, 2009 at 11:51 PM

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p.1 #23 · Sireen

Thanks Sifpandor. I would move...

@ Bob -> I am perfectly mellow most of the time.

Oct 29, 2009 at 01:32 AM


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