Fotos

pankajbajpai (376) 2007-01-17 23:37

hi charles,
nice shot,
well composed with fine pov,
nice natural colours,
tfs & regards
pankaj

pat0500 (21561) 2007-01-18 3:29

Bonjour Charles,
Très belle prise de vue très bien réalisé..!
Le point de vue est bien choisi avec ces branches de chaque côté.
C'est une très bonne composition bien net et agréable à regarder.
Bien à toi et bonne journée.
Patrick

jeanguy (686) 2007-01-18 4:38

Bonjour Charles, c'est une illustration interessante. Un appareil photo est un instrument objectif (d'ailleurs on parle d'"objectif" pour les optiques) ce qui veut dire qu'il reproduit sur un détecteur la lumière qu'il reçoit dans un champ donné. L'oeil fontionne un peu près de la même manière, pourtant voit on tous la même chose?
De mon point de vue ;-) c'est la grande force de la photo. Elle est capable d'exprimer bien des choses au delà de cette objectivitée brute. Je trouve que Raymond Depardon fait un travail exceptionnel dans ce sens (y compris avec un "paysage" de banlieue).
Reste le traitement, aujourd'hui numérique et très accessible, qui permet de corriger les fautes techniques (on est pas tous Depardon) et qui permet aussi à l'auteur de s'exprimer.
@micalement, Jean-Guillaume.

GilbertB (12258) 2007-01-18 5:33

Salut Charles, belle vue hivernale, quand à la réalité, à mon sens, le fait de cadrer une vue de différentes façons est déja jouer avec la réalité. Amitiés.
Gilbert

GLEM (3004) 2007-01-18 8:01

salut Charles,
très bon sujet que la réalité en photographie. Je distinguerais la technique, de la scène prise en photo, en ajoutant à cela une touche d'interprétation. Ici ton image est "réelle" disons plutôt "brute"; mais elle exprime une certaine réalité que tu as souhaité faire partagé. Comme beaucoup de chose dans la vie, tout est affaire d'angle de vue, tout le monde connais ça dans son travail :); par contre "maquiller" ou "modifier" une image contribue à accentuer ou modifier le sens initial.

bonne journée.

john_c (24666) 2007-01-18 10:38

Good evening Charles,
I agree with your premise about reality representing a photographer's vision. But this rather barren hillside can mean very much to many people - the shadows, the slope, the prints in the snow, the partially obscured sky, which by chance promises a sunny day. I get a kick out of the purists who say that a photo should not be retouched, since the "reality" of their photo is a product of dozens of aspects, including enhancements, associated with their particular camera and lenses, not to mention filters. The ultimate purists of B&W are completely distorting reality by presenting a colourless world. A polarizer distorts reality. It seems to me that there is little logic for one to argue that a distortion of reality produced by the camera is apropos, while post processing "distortion" is not. But of course once one goes beyond a certain point in PP, the photo becomes straight art, even though there will be an important representational aspect to the scene still presented...Sorry for the rambling. I like the shadow effects here and yes, the empty spaces and depth. Have a good day tomorrow.
John

singuanti (15250) 2007-01-18 23:12

Hi Charles. I don't agree with that idea at all that you shouldn't post-process your pictures. I don't do an extreme amount mostly because I'm not that good at it but simple tweaks can add so much. As far as this one goes the trees help liven up the picture. tfs Charles.

Scharan (14144) 2007-01-19 21:22

Olá Charles
Um espetáculo esta foto...lindas cores, luzes e sombras.
Bom trabalho meu amigo. Parabéns.
Grande abraço,
Vera.

Jakou (642) 2007-01-20 15:32

Bonsoir Charles,
Enfin arrivé, l'hiver est bien tardif, (chez nous aussi), une image qui apporte une information concrète : il a neigé...

"De toutes les illusions, la plus périlleuse consiste à penser qu'il n'existe qu'une seule réalité."

Amicalement.
Jacques

devimeuxbe (58557) 2007-01-21 0:21

Bonjour Charles
C,est vrai que l'on dirait une dune.
En tous cas c'est un tres beau paysage d'hivers.
Amicalement
Bertrand

prezntime (3946) 2007-01-23 22:19

Ahh ha...I knew there would be something interesting going on. Now, I am from the "no PP" group....but, BUT, I convert my shots to B&W in PP...and, most film photographers manipulate their phots in the printing process.
I am conflicted here. My take is, I want the shot right the first time. That is how I become the best photographer I can be. After I acheive a confidence that allows me the ability to manipulate photos in an artistic manner, I might want to experiment. What most people do with PP though, is take a bad photo and dress it up in a superficial way. A little off in the white balance, add some saturation. A poor perspective, crop just a little...or alot. A poor sky in a otherwise intersting scene, add another sky...There is no dividing line, it is all a matter of personal preference. There are photos that I love that there is no way what they show exists in nature...so what. What does it do to the senses? If it is a good photo and enhanced with a particular artistic vision through photoshop, or, post processing...great.
For me though, I want the purity that a lack of manipulation allows. If I get it right, look at the shot and like it...I feel good. Some of my earlier shots on TE have PP, I really don't like them now...I was overcompensating.
The trick is transporting a person using the original image, just presenting it in a way that is completely new to the viewer...that is photography for me. Who has seen some of the great street photographers and not thought, "I see that every day, but how wonderful it looks when captured on film."

Chris

Good shot by the way, I love the snow.

sarju (5324) 2007-01-25 21:24

Hi Charles
Reality ... illusion ... Probability
its a complicated world where something real in one prespective is unreal in another.
very interesting note and discussion indeed .. and I like the way you have used this photo to carry your point across.
thanks for the sharing this photo and the profound chain of thought
cheers .... sarju

robiuk (10807) 2007-01-26 15:07

Hi Charles,
Even though I'm personally neither fond of that much blue in the snow shots, nor overexposed areas (especially in clouds), I have to say that this looks quite good as an artistic expresion of what you saw that day in the park - as the sun WAS extremely bright around noon, when you shot this.
When it comes to questioning the reality (or answering if the reality exist in photography), my answer is - of course it exists!
Robi

danyy (0) 2007-02-01 6:48

Bonjour Charles,
vu le manque total de neige dans ma région, je ne puis que m'émerveiller devant la beauté des paysages couverts de neige et de glace.
Les lumières basses provoquent d'agréables jeux d'ombres.
Un grand bonjour de Liège.
Daniel.