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Friday, August 22, 2008

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A couple of weeks ago I was just shooting a few things around the house. This is my cellar door latch. The ambient light from my front door was illuminating the old wood and latch. For whatever reason it just caught my eye.

The original image appeared black and white on the LCD screen of my camera to the point where I thought the settings had somehow been changed to black and white. They hadn't but there was so little color in the image, only the slightest hint of the old red/brown maple stain on the old door. I had intended to convert this to black and white and for a moment I thought the camera had started reading my mind!

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This photo of the Bucknell Quad is a 2 page feature photo in the Summer 2008 issue of Bucknell Magazine.

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Labels: abstract, black and white, conceptual

posted by Laurie at 12:00 AM

21 Comments:

Anonymous Bo said...

Parts of doors seem to always make for evocative photos - they hit a metaphorical level in addition to being a good subject.

8:50 AM, August 22, 2008  
Anonymous ceanothe said...

Ouvrir une porte, c'est ouvrir un monde !
Belle photo !

9:47 AM, August 22, 2008  
Anonymous Hess said...

Wonderfully simple composition and great eye for the shot. Predictive photography...now that's scary!

9:53 AM, August 22, 2008  
Anonymous iVahid said...

Really a nice B/W picture, original use of DOF here!

9:58 AM, August 22, 2008  
Anonymous clarence said...

Very simple and to the point.

10:43 AM, August 22, 2008  
Anonymous Marcie said...

Nice detail. Love the soft colors and contrasting textures.

12:58 PM, August 22, 2008  
Blogger photowannabe said...

I do love simple shots like this one. it is a perfect black and white still life shot. You have a great eye Laurie.

1:39 PM, August 22, 2008  
Anonymous Arjan - PlasticDaisy said...

Lovely how something so simple can make for such a great image! Well spotted and even better executed!

6:11 PM, August 22, 2008  
Anonymous Andy said...

Interesting Idea for a photo. I really like it!

7:12 PM, August 22, 2008  
Blogger Michele said...

the light is beautiful and this looks so natural i assumed it was a color photo of a b/w moment.

8:27 PM, August 22, 2008  
Blogger Chezsiam said...

lovely composition! so nice B/W. A very good treatment of the gray, which gives a sublime creation of your shot…Siam

4:51 AM, August 23, 2008  
Anonymous Denis said...

Nice B and W? and i usually do not like them. But the lighting in yours is so fine... Great picture

2:06 PM, August 23, 2008  
Anonymous Rian said...

yep, simple but intense.. nice one.. :)

2:32 PM, August 24, 2008  
Anonymous Angelique said...

Love the dof.

11:59 AM, August 25, 2008  
Anonymous P.J. said...

So simplistic, but the lighting is great and your setup is wonderful. This is perfect in black and white. Very nice work.

2:14 PM, August 25, 2008  
Anonymous Alexandra said...

Lovely balance and use of ambient light! :)

3:16 PM, August 25, 2008  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You and your camera are becoming one :)

eetomi.shutterchance.com

12:36 AM, August 26, 2008  
Anonymous Ulrich said...

As others said already, I also like the use of shallow dof and how the reflected light brings up the structures. A good choice for the use of b/w too.

5:43 AM, August 26, 2008  
Anonymous Roger said...

This is really nice Laurie. Less is in fact more

7:50 AM, August 26, 2008  
Anonymous Ricochet said...

Hi Laurie
Very nice picture, i love the subject and great B and W editing, bravo à toi!
Amicalement

3:42 PM, August 28, 2008  
Anonymous Ian Bramham said...

That's a beautiful image Laurie...the mood you've achieved is delightful!

6:38 AM, September 08, 2008  

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