bluechameleon
afterglow
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 6 August 2009 in Cityscape & Urban.
“Put yourself in a different room, that's what the mind is for.”
-- Margaret Atwood
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Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
I love this look. What a great photo, and the colors are fantastic. Is this Vancouver? Hard to believe.
6 Aug 2009 5:11am
Dulcie from Danville, United States
An interesting combination of so many elements.....it's all harmonious and interesting and held together by the strangely wonderful colors.
6 Aug 2009 6:13am
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
A lovely quote and I can see you are following it's advice:) Great picture...I like the vibrant, yet subdued color..the ducks are just wonderful!
6 Aug 2009 6:19am
Ana Marusic from växjö, Sweden
Great photo, I really like the blue in this picture and the framing is just perfect
6 Aug 2009 7:02am
k@ from Paris, France
You find a very nice "different room" ! Love the tones, muted colors and that soft turquoise tonality that caresses the whole pic*
6 Aug 2009 7:18am
Ilan from Israel
Haze of the big city, hard light, boats, hard life.. and in a midst of all that, a family of ducks.
Gives you some kind of proportions for our hectic lives.
I love the processing (?) here, wonderful frame!
6 Aug 2009 8:02am
@Ilan: Thanks Ilan :) Yes, the processing was the process for slide film, E3 I think, instead of the usual C41 which is used for colour negatives.
Zahai from Berlin, Germany
beautiful combination of elements in this scene, all contrasting each other in various ways...very cool :)
6 Aug 2009 9:51am
D3 <3 from Kay-elll, Malaysia
Wow, amidst the heavy industrial background, the really eye catching part for me is the ducks! a bit of irony btw industrial v nature! <3
6 Aug 2009 10:13am
Ivar from Indianapolis, United States
Cool shot, so many elements, yet they all go nicely together. Like the cityscape as the backdrop. Nice
6 Aug 2009 11:35am
Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada
Wonderful effect in this shot Sharon! It looks very retro ... '60's type..... Well done! ;-)
6 Aug 2009 11:38am
Sophie Asselin from Montréal, Canada
Hello ! I like the style of this photograph. You did something special for the colors ? It's look like vintage.
6 Aug 2009 11:59am
@Sophie Asselin: Thanks Sophie. The film was cross processed. Instead of a C41 process it was done as an E3 (I think that is correct) process which is generally used for slide film.
Marcie from Newton, United States
Love the colors in this. Feels like a 1970's image. Really wonderful!!!
6 Aug 2009 12:41pm
Polydactyle from Montreal, Canada
A dense and effective composition. I love the colors washed out as if this picture was from another era. But the buildings in the background saying the opposite. J'aime beaucoup!
6 Aug 2009 12:49pm
rian from mobile, United States
really dig the lomo effect here, it made the scene look like some of the slums in asia.. :) cool stuff! :D
6 Aug 2009 1:15pm
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
I love the way you are not shy to experiment with different cameras, etc. I'm certainly not as adventurous. But I get the urge when I see what you produce - this is just sooo different - and special.
6 Aug 2009 1:16pm
LESLIE from norwich, United Kingdom
Just love the effect from the Lumo + the processing on this is great 10/10
6 Aug 2009 1:54pm
Sophie Asselin from Montréal, Canada
Thank's to you Sharon, for your comments. Thank you so much :)
6 Aug 2009 2:11pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
great colors, contrast and mood (as always)
6 Aug 2009 2:42pm
Scott Schilling from San Martin, United States
Very nice work! I like the blue and the processing work on this!
6 Aug 2009 3:18pm
Fritsch from Berlin, Germany
"When it's time from work to go / and in my boat I row / 'Cross the muddy Ohio / When the evening light is falling" (Bonnie Prince Billy)
A great picture that reminds immediately of this beautiful song. Stunning panorama & light. This one got a special feel of being stuck & breaking out, the kind of melancholy I like a lot. All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.
6 Aug 2009 3:37pm
Jaol from Canarias+Asturias, Spain
Your new lomo is beginning to fly. And it actually flies high. I like ver much those buildings at the background contrasting with these ducks quitely swimming.
6 Aug 2009 4:10pm
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Marvelous composition. You seem to be having lots of fun with your new toy. This one is outstanding.
6 Aug 2009 4:44pm
Ajay from Pune, India
I really love your unique style of presenting the world around you.
6 Aug 2009 6:04pm
marc battault from clermont ferrand, France
atmoshpere vintage with this vignetting, wonderful "post traitement "
kiss!
6 Aug 2009 7:35pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Great capture, has a bit of everything- city and nature! Like the retro color and that flock of ducks cruising by.
6 Aug 2009 8:18pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Delicious colors, Sharon. I love this.
6 Aug 2009 9:32pm
bronzebilly u.k. from Barry,Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Luvs that cross-process Blue..another great image on your excellent portfolio...bravo..!!
Billy...
6 Aug 2009 10:14pm
grant from kansas city, United States
it has everything about it that a good lomo shot should, and more.
6 Aug 2009 11:07pm
JoeB from Brampton, Canada
Had to double check what site I was at, lomo, an explosion of pale colours, the camera suits your frame of mind. :D
7 Aug 2009 12:52am
martie from US, United States
Gorgeous! There is so much here - the skyscrapers, the boats, the water, the birds, so much. Yet it feels tranquil and timeless. Wonderful!
7 Aug 2009 2:02am
Ti from Alpharetta, United States
Sometimes it's just unthinkable that there are two totally different places co-exist in a same city within short distance, short enough for them to see each other...
Do they wonder what's it like living in each others' world? Are they curious enough to visit each other? Or they just overlooking each other from a distance? One from inside a high tech "prison" behind glass curtain, the other from low down humid bug prone free world?.....
7 Aug 2009 2:10am
browneyes from Kanagawa, Japan
Love this colors and city contrasts! I wonder if those ducks care about building forest...?
7 Aug 2009 4:32am
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
Interesting processing, letting go of the highlights and shadows like that. The result is a very indiviualistic looking image.
7 Aug 2009 12:00pm
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
Your lomo creates interesting, strange effects! I like this!
8 Aug 2009 4:18am
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
Amazing eye for details and composition. I just love the ducks!
9 Aug 2009 10:38am
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Interesting place. And Atwood is one of my favorite authors.
10 Aug 2009 7:43pm
SePp from Trier, Germany
very nice pictures out of your LOMO. A lot of people starting doing pictures with this old russian camera. Maybe I shoul also try. Problem is that I never developed myself colour pictures. How do you handle this? You do it yourself or you bring them for developing?
Greets,
SW
13 Aug 2009 1:13pm
@SePp: Thank you very much :) No, I do not develop my own photos. This camera take 35mm film, so I take it to be developed to any film lab.
