LPS#2, change of direction

Nikolai

I hope in this version a humbleness is more stately pronounced (at least compared to the Conductor shot).

Humble Beginning (of a stately future, I must add:-)



Shot today, Sat March 24th, Canon 30D + EF-S 10-22

DavidTO

Cool, Nik. Where'd you take it?

I would set a black and white point on that shot, if I were you. It's got a muddy cast to it.

saurora

Awesome!

Nikolai

David,

DavidTO wrote:

Cool, Nik. Where'd you take it?

I would set a black and white point on that shot, if I were you. It's got a muddy cast to it.

Thank you , totaly forgot about it :bash .
I replaced the image, please hit refresh.

It's a rather secluded location in one of the Oak Park parks. I only knew of it becuase we used to take our snack lunches over there and strolled around.

Here, I added geo info: http://maps.smugmug.com/?feedType=geoAlbum&Data=2621192

I actually pinpointed its localion, this tree is huge, you can clearly see it on the aerial view. Funny, if you go by the main road and don't take the little detour North, you may as well totally miss it.

Nikolai

Saurora,

saurora wrote:

Awesome!

Thank you! :saurora

Swartzy

Yeah Man
This is great thinking Nik. I like!

eoren1

Nikolai wrote:

I hope in this version a humbleness is more stately pronounced (at least compared to the Conductor shot).
Humble Beginning (of a stately future, I must add:-)

Great shot Nikolai! Definately a top-10 entry.
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Nikolai

Thanks mon

Swartzy wrote:

This is great thinking Nik. I like!

While this wasn't exactly my initial idea (I was visualizing something a bit different, but it didn't work out well in the end), it was an instant hit the moment I saw it on a big screen...

Now I need to think stately... Tall buildings, capitols, churches, mountains are all taken... Need a fresh idea...

Cheers!

Nikolai

E,

eoren1 wrote:

Great shot Nikolai! Definately a top-10 entry.
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Thank you, appreciate the compliment!

pyroPrints.com

Ofigitelno, top-notch!

Nikolai

Pyro,

pyroPrints.com wrote:

Ofigitelno, top-notch!

Spasibo, zemelya (=thx, homie)!

JillG

Beautiful shot, and it fits the theme very well
Jill

Nikolai

Thanks, Jill

JillG wrote:

Beautiful shot, and it fits the theme very well
Jill

Appreciate it!

Flyinggina

You have the concept nailed. Sweet Nikolai!

Virginia

Nikolai

Virginia,

Flyinggina wrote:

You have the concept nailed. Sweet Nikolai!
Virginia

Thank you, partner!
I'm wondering what's yours gonna be...

Dee

Hey Nik
You made a much better image of one of my ideas! I was looking for a sprouted seed, but out here we don't have a lot of acorns like we did back east. A problem of being bi-coastal :-) your image is perfect! love it! great job.

mwalters

Great shot Nikoai. We have an oak in the garden, I spent a day hunting for sprouted acorns and the only ones I found seemed to have been eaten by squirrels.

Now, where's plan b?

Matthew

Nikolai

Dee,

Dee wrote:

You made a much better image of one of my ideas! I was looking for a sprouted seed, but out here we don't have a lot of acorns like we did back east. A problem of being bi-coastal :-) your image is perfect! love it! great job.

I take it as a great compliment!

As I mentioned earlier, this wasn't exactly the thing I was thinking of since I didn't even hope to have a setup like this. Yet I went looking for a decent oak, and this one was a second one in my list of potentials. When I came down there and started to look for the actual acorns (which, in fact, were essential part of my original vision) I noticed the few sprouts and immediately switched gears - you know how it happens..

Nikolai

Matthew,

mwalters wrote:

Great shot Nikolai

Thanks!

mwalters wrote:

We have an oak in the garden, I spent a day hunting for sprouted acorns and the only ones I found seemed to have been eaten by squirrels.

Listen to this, you'll get a kick out of it: I spent the whole week looking for acorns, and I live in a city called Thousand Oaks (not for nothing ).
I finally managed to collect some, but it was very hard. They were almost all gone.

mwalters wrote:

Now, where's plan b?
Matthew

Same here. I want to produce a stately image, too. Not sure if I resubmit (since I like this one a lot), but I want to be able to have something decent, on a level, something I can be personally proud of...
I have a few ideas, but they are all rather "theme induced ok shots" rather than "great picture that happens to match the theme, too", yaknowwhatimsaying...

Well, we still have a week and a whole weekend. I wish you to find your muse, and will be surely calling mine soon and tell her to hurry up:-)

mwalters

I went hunting today. There's a great stately home nearby, humbled by fire in 1937. Couldn't quite get it though - maybe the light, maybe the cold wind.

(I've only got the week - flying to New Zealnand on Saturday and Sunday!)

Matthew

Nikolai

mwalters wrote:

I went hunting today. There's a great stately home nearby, humbled by fire in 1937. Couldn't quite get it though - maybe the light, maybe the cold wind.

(I've only got the week - flying to New Zealnand on Saturday and Sunday!)

Matthew

Great idea (stately mansion humbled by the fire)!
I can almost see it, in dark BW, hish contrast plus glow, mix of oversmooth and oversharp, sort of creepy.. Underworld style without bluish tint ... mmh
Are you sure you can't PS it enough?

And the whole New Zealand thing... I bet you'd have a nice photoops for the next round!

LiquidAir

Nice shot!

You are not the only one who's been hunting for acorns in March (acorns around here are a dime a dozen in September but extremely rare this time of year). I have been working on the same idea for the last week. I nearly punted on the Oak and went for a pine cone/pine tree, but just today I found my own substitute for the acorn that might just work.

The way the weather report looks at the moment the earliest I am going to get in a shot at my spin on this idea is Wedneday. Hopfullly I'll have something by the end of the week. The coming week is going to be quite busy, so I may have to sit this cycle out.

Nikolai

Ken,

LiquidAir wrote:

Nice shot!

You are not the only one who's been hunting for acorns in March (acorns around here are a dime a dozen in September but extremely rare this time of year). I have been working on the same idea for the last week. I nearly punted on the Oak and went for a pine cone/pine tree, but just today I found my own substitute for the acorn that might just work.

The way the weather report looks at the moment the earliest I am going to get in a shot at my spin on this idea is Wedneday. Hopfullly I'll have something by the end of the week. The coming week is going to be quite busy, so I may have to sit this cycle out.

Thanks!

It's really funny how the minds work alike :-)

After I have always become desparate seeking the acorns I also started to think about pine version...

I am hoping the weather will work out and you'll get a shot at it:-)

davev

Nice shot Nik.

Nikolai

Dave,

davev wrote:

Nice shot Nik.

Thanks, man!

seastack

Very Nice
Great shot, definitely top 10. Damn ;-)

Tom

Nikolai

Tom,

seastack wrote:

Great shot, definitely top 10. Damn ;-)

Tom

Thank you, appreciate the compliment!

Tessa HD

very creative and incredibly executed!
my hats off to you,

Tessa

Antonio Correia

Hi Nikolai !

Did you get an angle view finder or were you on your stomach ?

Great picture !

Nikolai

Tessa,

Tessa HD wrote:

my hats off to you,
Tessa

Thank you very much!

Nikolai

Antonio,

Antonio Correia wrote:

Hi Nikolai !

Did you get an angle view finder or were you on your stomach ?

Great picture !

This was definitely one of the cases when I was missing one. I was flat on my stomach, and even then it was "too high". I think I finally took several shots "blindly", with my camera right on the ground and chimping after each shot. You can say it was technically difficult shot..
Here's exactly where the LiveView of 1DIII will come in handy

Thanks for commenting!