My photo of the week 54

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Escribano

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From: England, living in Italy

My photo of the week 54

Winter is here today

Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 18 2013 11:10:02

Argaith

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

Beautiful photo Simon; thanks for sharing.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 18 2013 13:33:50

Ricardo

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

Christmas card perfection

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 18 2013 15:58:15

Leñador

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

Whoa! That looks fake it's so perfect, great shot Simon!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 18 2013 15:59:53

Sean

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

Whoa! That looks fake it's so perfect, great shot Simon!

My thoughts exactly; great pic

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 18 2013 16:08:16

Escribano

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Sean)

Thank you for the comments. I used a tilt-shift trick to isolate the middle ground and boosted the saturation and contrast. It also 'miniaturises' the subject.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 18 2013 16:15:55

FredGuitarraOle

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From: Lisboa, Portugal

RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

Great photo! But man... you need to move down south... it is way too cold where you live!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 18 2013 18:17:20

gerundino63

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

Nice one Simon!

I like the way you "play" with the sharp depth. ( is that english?) :-))

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 18 2013 21:02:33

KMMI77

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

Awesome!

I just made this my screen saver. It's hot here!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 19 2013 12:32:26

Anders Eliasson

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

Wonderfull photo. One of your best ones. I miss parks.
I agree, there´s something faky about which I like. Almost like expecting Peter Pan to come and play.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 21 2013 15:27:51

malakka

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

That is one amazing photo, I really like it. Almost doesn't seem real.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 27 2013 23:38:37

estebanana

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

It reminds me of The Shining, but in a good way, not the redrum way.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 28 2013 0:22:15

Anders Eliasson

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

So Stephen, see the difference:

I see Peter Pan and you see a scene from a horror film.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 28 2013 7:56:35

estebanana

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

quote:

I see Peter Pan and you see a scene from a horror film.

As a result of having had six years of studio art and art history schooling I tend to look at things formally, but comment snarkily.

My way of saying that in Kubrick's work, The Shining, the depth of field and framing, cutting out the sky in a winter landscape, often makes the stills from the film look mysterious. You see deeply into long vistas of snow lined "hallways" between shrubbery. You wonder what is back there. So I was comparing Simon's photo to Kubrick's framing devices in that particular film. Since Kubrick was a master of the still image in a filmic context I thought it was ok to say that this photo reminded me of the formal qualities of his still frames.

Which is why guys like me are exceptionally snarky and bothersome. If you explain things formally you look like a total know it all putz, but if you cover your need to analyze with snarky twisted commentary which alludes to your real intention of a complement, you can be mistaken for a Peter Pan basher. ( Which I am !)

I also see Dr. Zhivago stills. And I see a photo of a winter landscape that does not need any superimposed verbiage to make it work.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 29 2013 21:00:19

Ricardo

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to estebanana)

WENDY!!! I DO believe in fairies, I do believe in fairies!!!... and also....wendy....

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 29 2013 21:09:10

estebanana

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RE: My photo of the week 54 (in reply to Escribano)

Here's Johnny!

I actually looked at The Shining last year again, and I came away thinking the outdoor sequences where the only thing I liked. That and the "furry" scene.

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