Posts: frjack | Ugly Hedgehog

jaymatt wrote:

I like these a lot, Father Jack! Nice shooting.

Thanks. If I were told I could shoot only in black and white or color for a year I would go with black and white. I shoot raw so everything starts out in color but I convert a significant amount of what I shoot, particularly up there, into black and white.

Jul 24, 2023 08:41:22 #

dennis2146 wrote:

I love the beauty of the starkness and the simplicity of not having a number of furniture pieces around. The black and white as well as the composition really add to the overall beauty of your photographs.

Dennis

Thanks. The spareness extends to the monastic church and everything else, except the meeting room.

Jul 23, 2023 21:57:10 #

UTMike wrote:

Excellent! I have missed your posts.

Thanks. Has been a bit chaotic of late. Hoping for some slow down and more time to shoot and post. These were last weekend.

Jul 23, 2023 21:19:00 #

kpmac wrote:

Excellent. The first two are superb.

Thanks.

Jul 23, 2023 20:24:00 #

doxphoto wrote:

Nice work Jack! Very well done.

Thanks Doc.

Jul 23, 2023 18:39:36 #

PAR4DCR wrote:

Well done frjack. Monochrome works very well with these images.

Don

Thanks. The image of the 'ding' had a background of green as in grass. Green has never been a favorite color. Demanded conversion. I much prefer black and white to color for a lot of my work.

Jul 23, 2023 18:27:35 #

Recently at a monastery that I periodically visit. Didn't have as much time s I would have liked to shoot but there was a little. Had planned on staying one day longer but the weather forecast suggested getting gone while the getting was good. Proved to be a very good intuition. Waking up to hear a downpour outside my window was much better than trying to drive through it.

Cloister walk.

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Chair outside the room. Much more attractive than white plastic.

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A 'ding' in a plate glass window shot with an Olympus 300 mm lens. Is only about 1 inch at its maximum if that.

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Apr 30, 2023 11:28:34 #

Sacred Cross vs Penn State

I think you mean Sacred Heart in Fairfield not Sacred Cross. Holy Cross is a Jesuit college in Worcester.

Apr 30, 2023 11:25:01 #

Reflections from New Zealand

Nice series. Spent a year in Australia but never manage to get over to NZ. Pity. What kind of trees are those in the water?

Apr 30, 2023 11:23:32 #

Springtime in Oregon, finally!

Excellent shots. Tulip fields have a particular impact.

Apr 30, 2023 11:21:10 #

Limoncello

Nicely arranged still life. That is the perfectly cut twist.

Apr 30, 2023 11:18:19 #

Lahaina Rainstorm

Very dramatic. Right place and right time.

Apr 19, 2023 19:31:32 #

Boston Marathon II

PAR4DCR wrote:

Good images of this event frjack. As far as the high numbers go the bib would wrap around my chest!

Don

Good point about the numbers. I ran for 28 years. Then neuromuscular disease got in the way. My bib would say,, "Are you delusional?" But, it was great to shoot. Am already planning for next year.

Apr 19, 2023 13:37:05 #

Boston Marathon II

Earnest Botello wrote:

Great action set, Frjack.

Thanks. There was a lot of action. Over 30k running. I don't think the raising money for charity runners are counted in the tally which gives the number of people who qualified.

Apr 19, 2023 13:35:48 #

Boston Marathon II

doxphoto wrote:

Great set Jack! We’ll done.

Thanks Doc. Had a good time especially knowing I could go back to the house to rest. The "kid" with me went back during the rain. No sense of humor.