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Season of Touit - Picture 4
Week 34, Saturday - The Green Lodge
"Sometimes you find yourself in odd places. Some time ago I had a chance to sleep couple of nights in a Finnish hotel that had really interesting atmosphere and outlook. Located in the middle of the forest in a place with no particular meaning, it reminded me of the 'Black Lodge' which is a dreamy fictional setting featured in the television series Twin Peaks. It is also known as the red room, an extra dimensional place, where Agent Cooper goes and meets with the dwarf (which speaks backwards), the giant and the Bob. Much in the same way, although it was green, this hotel had an odd atmosphere where time had stopped somewhere in the 70s, karaoke songs were playing in empty hall, people were over-friendly strangers and I had difficulties to understand why I was there (another story). While the Black Lodge is located in agent Coopers dreams, I was, much like agent Cooper, trying to find idea inside my head how to capture this odd place.
When people think of ultra-wide lenses, they automatically consider them to be specialized lenses for certain kind of tasks like architecture photography. While this is the half truth, it also [...]"
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-Toni
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