Collioure

erick · June 21, 2009

...thank you

Zeus1 · June 21, 2009

Sorry, Erick, but I don't understand this picture at all.

Collioure is a small village in the south of France, next to Spain. The only items I recognize are the cars, and probably the trees on the left. The rest is just un unrecognizable grey smudge.

erick · June 21, 2009

sorry for the title :-)

thank you

Benjer · June 21, 2009

Erick - would love to know more about your intent with this photo. It's intriguing as an abstract, but apart from the context of a set of images along the same theme, as a stand-alone image it looks more like a mistake than something intentional. I don't say that disparagingly - I've had some very happy mistakes that proved better than some of my more hard-earned shots. I would just like some more info about this image. Eager to be educated!

erick · June 21, 2009

it is a hand hold long exposure like the main part of my pictures

Benjer · June 21, 2009

Wow - cool! I really like these! I think the set is greater than the sum of its parts - the images work very well as a grouping. My only critique then, on the image in question, is that it's just a little blown out in the brightest areas, relative to the other images. Toning that down to better match the others would help it, either by itself or with the rest.

Thanks for sharing your other images - I haven't seen your work before, and it helps me see where you're coming from. I admire your sense of composition, and your edgy artistic vision.

erick · June 21, 2009

thank you Benjer

erick · June 21, 2009

you can find a few colored photos http://ymages.com/galerie.php?gal=passage

CWSkopec · June 21, 2009

Very cool set, Erick!

I agree with Benjer that they work better as a set but beyond that, all I can say is I like them all. Are you sticking to a specific shutter speed for all of them?

erick · June 21, 2009

thank you CWSkopec

yes between 15 and 30 seconds with a Gray filter or very early or at night, hand hold or with my bike ... I wasn't drunk

thapamd · June 21, 2009

Unique and refreshing images. Well done!

CWSkopec · June 21, 2009

erick wrote:

thank you CWSkopec

yes between 15 and 30 seconds with a Gray filter or very early or at night, hand hold or with my bike ... I wasn't drunk

I wasn't even thinking you had been drinking!

I've been considering doing a series of 30 second exposures myself and hadn't considered doing handheld, but yours have come come out so well, that I may just have to try a couple for myself!

Chile Chef · June 21, 2009

I'm not trying to be rude, But your photo's are really blurry, Otherwise they would be really cool.

erick · June 22, 2009

you are not rude at all , they are really blurry !

thanks to all

david-low · June 22, 2009

Hi Erick,

There could be a minority like your images, but if 8 out of 10 have adverse comment, then I think its not worth to pursue an intentional burry pictures as your style of presenting/capturing/recording it. It could be some exceptional but just cannot advocate as a style because its just blurr which normally associate with poor technique. Sorry being honest.

NeilL · June 22, 2009

Interesting. They contain references to some painting from Turner on.

But camera/motion blur is very common in photography, intentional, I mean. And I quickly tire of the same idea repeated, without anything else to support it. They begin to look gimmicky and too facile.

I think each of them needs some more finely worked area in it to give it more significance/meaning, and to galvinise the image as a whole, get all parts working together.

I'd like to see one item in each image get more emphasis, contrast, sharpness, refinement - a seed to crystallise the image, to give it a focus, give it point, a reason.

erick · June 22, 2009

david no problem

Neil all is very common in photography , blurred not blurred , all has been tried , the only thing to do is what you like

thank you

NeilL · June 22, 2009

erick wrote:

david no problem

Neil all is very common in photography , blurred not blurred , all has been tried , the only thing to do is what you like

thank you

Yes, nearly true, generally and simply.

But I was talking about your images specifically and in detail.

I don't think they are as "likable" as they could be. Not for me, anyway.:D

erick · June 22, 2009

a question is, maybe, why we a want so much a focus , sharpness , meaning, subject ....

d7freestyler · June 22, 2009

first post here...

i just wanted to say that i really liked the set of images erick. i think it's great you are doing something you like and i find the blur to be intriguing and unique. it makes my mind work and the picture acts as a guide for my imagination. i also disagree with the above statement saying if 8/10 people don't like it to change your style. why change your style just because some people don't like it? you can't please everyone... just make yourself happy with your photos!

(i'm not saying don't take constructive criticism, just don't abandon what makes you happy)

erick · June 22, 2009

thanks d7freestyler

schmoo · June 22, 2009

I love this one!! Is it some kind of factory?

erick wrote:

I agree, that you can't please everyone. However, what I like about this set is not only the b/w treatment that seems very antiqued, but also the fact that I'm straining to make sense of the subjects in them, and that in and of itself is mysterious and fun.

erick · June 22, 2009

yes it is an old factory

thank you schmoo

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