Thursday, February 22, 2007
security light

A misty night in Cardigan, December 2006.
Comments:
How to make a yellow security light look good! The stone texture and color and tone changes in the building wall, along with the water, a very good composition and interesting shapes makes this work very well for me. I like the simplicity of the design. Nice.
I"m surprised to be the first comment on this -- I've been upgrading to a new computer and so been offline some (and may be some more, as it has not all gone smoothly).
Ho, yes, very quiet. And I don't have a photo to post either :-)
What I like about this is the ambiguity about the light source. Is it a spot on the left, or a large flat panel on the right?
I'm also intrigued as to why that particular dead-end is lit.
And, Rex like, I note that the roof looks good.
I see giant photo projector. I also feel a tighter lateral crop would be in order as there is a little too much darkness in the lower third of the picture which is not adding much to my enjoyment (though moving my head around I do notice a little bit of detail in there so perhaps the final print won't need such alteration). Even though the overall impression is one of warmth (i.e. the yellow colouring) I still feel coldness flowing through the shot. A bricked up door to add some interest in the wall as it goes through three tonal changes. There is a lot of empty spaces which add a touch of expectation - is this the main feature or is someone entering from stage right?
Akikana - I idly thought about cropping but then decided that the picture was largely about either light or shadow (for viewing) so decided that the proportions were about right.
The oddity of the location comes from the nature of the way an old town like Cardigan develops. A thriving port until the end of the C19 it then slid into what one can only describe as a backwater. Older houses survive but are pressured by the gaps of neglected buildings and new roads. This was probably a warehouse but is now waiting some new future. No inner-city bustle here. If it looks cold it is because it is late and is cold!
This is another image where the quality of my monitor at home brings out details in the shadows that I cannot see here at work. I don't think I can get away with ordering another 'home' monitor for work!
This is an evocative image which carries more information than is immediately apparent.
I like Rex's word "evocative" for this. And I think the proportions are good. It is as much about the darkness as about the light. A nice sort of yin and yang.
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I"m surprised to be the first comment on this -- I've been upgrading to a new computer and so been offline some (and may be some more, as it has not all gone smoothly).
What I like about this is the ambiguity about the light source. Is it a spot on the left, or a large flat panel on the right?
I'm also intrigued as to why that particular dead-end is lit.
And, Rex like, I note that the roof looks good.
The oddity of the location comes from the nature of the way an old town like Cardigan develops. A thriving port until the end of the C19 it then slid into what one can only describe as a backwater. Older houses survive but are pressured by the gaps of neglected buildings and new roads. This was probably a warehouse but is now waiting some new future. No inner-city bustle here. If it looks cold it is because it is late and is cold!
This is an evocative image which carries more information than is immediately apparent.
