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Sep 26, 2014 09:40:33   #
Yooper 2 Loc: Ironwood, MI
 
I design detailed one dimentional art for gates, railing, balcony panels, etc. I work in black & white. I can appreciate the bare essentials used to create your image. I do like the touches of green.

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Sep 26, 2014 10:01:55   #
Dlevon Loc: New Jersey
 
Bob Yankle wrote:
Innovative, perhaps, but it certainly is illusive when it comes to categorization - Minimalist (?), Low Key(?), Monochrome (?), Abstraction (?), or New-Fangled Folderol (?). At any rate, I haven't seen one of its like heretofore.

I have spent some time in the past few months photographing old, abandoned houses and farm buildings, giving many of them a Low Key treatment to somewhat isolate them from their immediate surroundings. As I was driving about yesterday I wondered why no one ever shoots new houses, so I determined to do just that. But I didn't want it to be clearly recognizable as a modern home. I wondered if I could "suggest" the presence of a home. I don't know. Did it work?
Innovative, perhaps, but it certainly is illusive ... (show quote)


It sure did! Real nice!
:thumbup: :thumbup:

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Sep 26, 2014 10:09:17   #
br3kes Loc: Tarentum PA
 
I like it...the "Vanishing" or maybe "Coming to Life". Its very interesting.

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Sep 26, 2014 10:38:41   #
Jim Carter Loc: Momence, Il.
 
Great job Bob. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sep 26, 2014 11:08:09   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 
Yep. It works. There's something intriguing about it that draws me in.

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Sep 26, 2014 11:14:34   #
farrokh Loc: Iran
 
Really wonderful effect Bob
Bob Yankle wrote:
Innovative, perhaps, but it certainly is illusive when it comes to categorization - Minimalist (?), Low Key(?), Monochrome (?), Abstraction (?), or New-Fangled Folderol (?). At any rate, I haven't seen one of its like heretofore.

I have spent some time in the past few months photographing old, abandoned houses and farm buildings, giving many of them a Low Key treatment to somewhat isolate them from their immediate surroundings. As I was driving about yesterday I wondered why no one ever shoots new houses, so I determined to do just that. But I didn't want it to be clearly recognizable as a modern home. I wondered if I could "suggest" the presence of a home. I don't know. Did it work?
Innovative, perhaps, but it certainly is illusive ... (show quote)

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Sep 26, 2014 11:26:47   #
nosretep Loc: S. W. Montana
 
Great!! Send some more!

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Sep 26, 2014 11:54:28   #
brucew29 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio
 
Nice effect Bob...

Too many years ago I did something similar but it was the reverse... it was a black line drawing on white paper... I was taking a drafting course in high school and our teacher gave an assignment to do an architectural rendering of a house, and the grade would be based upon originality, neatness of hand, dimensional accuracy, and the amount of time it took to turn the assignment in. I was the only student to turned my assignment in the next day! It was a drawing very similar to what you show here but I had added some line shrubs and trees with the outline of the sidewalk and driveway... I received an "A+"... :)

P.S. My house drawing was a 'Cape Cod"...

Bob Yankle wrote:
Innovative, perhaps, but it certainly is illusive when it comes to categorization - Minimalist (?), Low Key(?), Monochrome (?), Abstraction (?), or New-Fangled Folderol (?). At any rate, I haven't seen one of its like heretofore.

I have spent some time in the past few months photographing old, abandoned houses and farm buildings, giving many of them a Low Key treatment to somewhat isolate them from their immediate surroundings. As I was driving about yesterday I wondered why no one ever shoots new houses, so I determined to do just that. But I didn't want it to be clearly recognizable as a modern home. I wondered if I could "suggest" the presence of a home. I don't know. Did it work?
Innovative, perhaps, but it certainly is illusive ... (show quote)

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Sep 26, 2014 11:55:30   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
Bob Yankle wrote:
Innovative, perhaps, but it certainly is illusive when it comes to categorization - Minimalist (?), Low Key(?), Monochrome (?), Abstraction (?), or New-Fangled Folderol (?). At any rate, I haven't seen one of its like heretofore.

I have spent some time in the past few months photographing old, abandoned houses and farm buildings, giving many of them a Low Key treatment to somewhat isolate them from their immediate surroundings. As I was driving about yesterday I wondered why no one ever shoots new houses, so I determined to do just that. But I didn't want it to be clearly recognizable as a modern home. I wondered if I could "suggest" the presence of a home. I don't know. Did it work?
Innovative, perhaps, but it certainly is illusive ... (show quote)


Bob, I think that is way cool. That image has a great deal of impact.
--Bob

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Sep 26, 2014 13:19:59   #
texasdan78070 Loc: Texas Hill Country
 
I think you nailed it.

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Sep 26, 2014 13:49:11   #
Kingmapix Loc: Mesa, Arizona
 
Bob Yankle wrote:
Innovative, perhaps, but it certainly is illusive when it comes to categorization - Minimalist (?), Low Key(?), Monochrome (?), Abstraction (?), or New-Fangled Folderol (?). At any rate, I haven't seen one of its like heretofore.

I have spent some time in the past few months photographing old, abandoned houses and farm buildings, giving many of them a Low Key treatment to somewhat isolate them from their immediate surroundings. As I was driving about yesterday I wondered why no one ever shoots new houses, so I determined to do just that. But I didn't want it to be clearly recognizable as a modern home. I wondered if I could "suggest" the presence of a home. I don't know. Did it work?
Innovative, perhaps, but it certainly is illusive ... (show quote)


I like your creation. Looks like it just came off the drawing board. Actually quite artistic.

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Sep 26, 2014 15:42:48   #
Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC
 
colo43 wrote:
Very Nice, Bob.
Thank you colo43. This is what happens when you're stuck inside on a rainy day - it sets the imagination free to do things inside, rather than photographing new stuff outside.

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Sep 26, 2014 15:44:43   #
Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC
 
DragonsLady wrote:
I think it's interesting. It kind of draws you in, you wonder about it. And I think it might just grow on a person.
Thank you DragonsLady. I liked it because it presents itself so "neatly". Having spent 20 years in the Navy, I still carry around the lingo, and we would probably call this "shipshape".

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Sep 26, 2014 15:49:37   #
Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC
 
treadwl wrote:
Being a nature photographer this is not generally my "cup of tea". However, I do find this "strangely interesting." I can appreciate the artistic merit of the capture.

It certainly makes me pause and look.
Thank you Larry. This one was certainly a mental exercise ..... I do this with every image I have ever processed. I scan it thoroughly wondering what sticks out, what should be emphasized, and what should be hidden. What struck me was the neat geometrical patterns in the white house trim and window panes. So I got to wondering, what if I kept that and got rid of everything else? The result almost looked too bright, but I left it that way. And truthfully, I had to argue with myself to go ahead and upload it.

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Sep 26, 2014 15:52:30   #
Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC
 
pkricker wrote:
I'm not sure I'd want it on my wall, but it's interesting and very well done. I think the bit of greenery makes the image. The "progression", so-to-speak (it's early and my vocabulary hasn't felt the coffee yet), in the size of said greenery seems to me to change the image from a static graphic to a photograph with some warmth and life. I'm afraid I've not expressed myself well here, but perhaps you'll get the meaning.
Thanks pkricker. I'm glad now that I did not mask out the green plants as I was tempted to do initially. In their own small way, they kept the house connected to their surroundings.

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