Posts for: fergmark
Aug 11, 2021 09:55:20 #
I have had this around the block eight or ten times. Using PS6. Wanted to get a little funky
Aug 10, 2021 21:44:46 #
srt101fan wrote:
You caused me to look up "skeleton key"! I had always associated them with private eyes and burglars But I guess it can be a master key?
I don't know about being a master key. I took several to a job and I got two of them to work in doors. I might have modified one with a little filing.
Aug 10, 2021 19:00:06 #
The sky and mountains are really nice in the black and white. I do think the planking is kind of bright compared to the color or original. Draws too much from the rest.
Aug 10, 2021 18:49:49 #
I have a box with at least 50 such keys. Not sure why I keep them. Some of the skeleton keys have found homes though.
Aug 10, 2021 16:36:02 #
R.G. wrote:
From inner city to rural. I've passed this derelict farm many times and thought about getting a shot of it. Well now I have one 
. Thanks Erich for the inspiration to do something about it.
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. Thanks Erich for the inspiration to do something about it. .
That’s a very nice photo R.G. Very interesting structure. I don’t recall when I ever saw a roof built like this with stones along the rake. I’m guessing slate roofing from the irregular sizes.
Aug 9, 2021 14:11:45 #
cbtsam wrote:
I really like the first one. When I downloaded it, it came up big, and to me (a matter of taste, I'm sure) it looked even better cropped below the top of the wall, so all I saw was the "rising hills" and the column in the middle. Very good eye!
I know exactly what you mean. I am nowhere near finished with the image. My first edits are often times like a test drive. Experiments with cropping and all. I will come back to it.
Aug 9, 2021 11:24:50 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Hi Mark, here is Jim's topic list: br https://www.... (show quote)
I think he even had a gallery showing of those.Thanks Linda. Really appreciate this help!
Aug 9, 2021 09:30:50 #
ebrunner wrote:
Interesting treatment on the hoppers. I don't think I would have recognized them if you had not told us what they are. They have an interesting abstract appearance. The drum looks immense.
Erich
Erich
The quick edits I did to the hoppers before posting were primarily about boosting the surface texture, and then as an additional thought, warping the lines to give it that more abstract appearance. Its kind of silly to sharpen, only to reduce so much for posting. Now that I look at one that I posted, I like it not so much, because in the process of meddling with it I lost most of what I liked about it. Primarily the colors, with special interest in the blues. Here are the sooc, and then a 50% blend with the last one, where I might have gone a little overboard.
Aug 9, 2021 09:05:59 #
minniev wrote:
These are kind of wonderful - richly textured with natural patterns and structure. I am strongly reminded of a project by a photographer who I think may have left UHH before you came on board - Jim Hill. This particular project involved photos of trash dumpsters. He called it Dumpster Dive and he did some gallery shows with it. He was a remarkably talented guy, and I miss seeing his offerings.
I remember the name Jim Hill for some reason. Probably from visiting your earlier posts. I will see if I can hunt him down.
Aug 8, 2021 21:08:07 #
ebrunner wrote:
I'm glad that people are showing some of their past prime flowers. Originally we thought that we could call the topic Rusty Gold. That would have probably inhibited people from showing organic decline. I'm glad that R.G. got me off that title. I think it opened up the topic and attracted more diverse posts.
I love the rose. I like the way the background fades to dark. Very attractive.
Erich
I love the rose. I like the way the background fades to dark. Very attractive.
Erich
Speaking of rusty gold. There is a long since deactivated asphalt plant nearby, where I go from time to time. I climbed up onto a wall to peer into these gravel hoppers. These are two of them. Some of the rust made me think of a landscape. Not sure why the bluish colors were in there, but went with the blue sky, which I cropped to a thinner bar of blue. Another interesting thing is this gigantic drum. I assume it turned around, mixing the asphalt.
Aug 8, 2021 18:06:55 #
minniev wrote:
Sunset, Framed - The downtown area of Edwards, a small town near here, has lost a lot of buildings to many years of neglect. I took a lot of pictures the day I was there for this amazing sunset, and framed a few through the ruins of the old collapsed storefronts. This was my favorite.
wonderful shot!
Aug 8, 2021 09:21:21 #
ebrunner wrote:
I can totally see why you like this so much. Really nice photo.
Erich
Erich
Funny thing is I nearly missed even seeing it. Something made me stop and turn around.
Aug 8, 2021 08:55:05 #
R.G. wrote:
I eventually got round to going out for some new s... (show quote)
Around here vines grow on brick and stone buildings. Relentlessly. Its a great look. Sometimes I go around photographing just that. Last year I cleared away vines from an old stone garage structure which, near the ground, were the size of my arms. They had gotten up into the wood roof structure and done a great deal of damage, not to mention destroying the upper layers of stone work, by growing through the mortar and just blowing things apart. They do grow from the ground, so I couldn't help but wonder what kind of plant has taken so well to the stone building on the right. They look like bushes sprouting all over. So tenacious. One of my favorite photos from Joshua Tree was this (Juniper ?) growing from this rock.
Aug 7, 2021 05:53:48 #
Im going to put in my 2 cents. While I think Bill's colors are more true to what was there, I am off put by the cloning in the bushes, which doesn't hold up too well. The replaced sky includes dark patches at the top, that for me at least, detract from the entirety. In Jim's edit there is some odd light in some of the shadows, but the crow is to great effect. So all things considered, I would vote for #6.
Aug 7, 2021 05:30:09 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Mark, you present a really great set that truly expresses the topic.
Salton Sea is the only area I know in your area and I am surprised you chose to represent it so benignly. Your shot is well thought out and the capture of the chair is inspired. Although I can no longer travel I have watched the deterioration of that area over a period of at least 25 years. There are many more graphic representations you could have chosen but if it matters I approve of your choice.
Salton Sea is the only area I know in your area and I am surprised you chose to represent it so benignly. Your shot is well thought out and the capture of the chair is inspired. Although I can no longer travel I have watched the deterioration of that area over a period of at least 25 years. There are many more graphic representations you could have chosen but if it matters I approve of your choice.
Sorry if I my wording was confusing. I am in Connecticut, but have visited the Joshua Tree area a number of times. The Salton Sea photo, from 2004, was meant to be all about the chair in this environment. It reflects at the same time, the incongruity and inevitable future of an office chair on the shore of a body of water, and the body of water unnaturally being there, and its inevitable decline. The single bird would also suggest that life is not flourishing in this place. There was no effort to represent anything in a way other than the benign truth. Thats a quick translation of my thoughts at the time.