The Photography Thread

[North Star]

"...my thoughts I confess
Well, they're dirty" --Dexy's Midnight Runners, "Come on, Eileen"

An overactive imagination, perhaps, but...seriously, I didn't know snow could be so sensual.

Sarge

There is certainly a debt to the work of Edward Weston apparent here - and he definitely showed how similar peppers, landscapes and women can be.

Thanks.

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From the book "War Is Beautiful: The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict*" by David Shields. Published by PowerHouse Books. © Ozier Muhammad/New York Times/Redux
"These photos are photojournalistic but in my view, they are military recruiting posters that have no business on the front page of the most influential English-speaking newspaper of the world. [...] These pictures lead America toward war. The phrase that kept coming to mind is one of the Department of Homeland Security: 'If you see something say something.' That's what I did but from a different direction. I saw this and felt compelled as a writer to say something."
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"Next time, people can cast a more skeptical eye; that would be the idealistic hope. Finley Peter Dunne, an American journalist from the 19th century said, 'the role of a journalist is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.' That's how the New York Times has failed in their duty—and this book is an attempt to do exactly that."

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A companion piece to this, both from last year, while we wait for some new stuff...

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From August

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And some ferns for a change...

[NikF]

Of your recent postings, I find this one is most together. But as ever, you're nicely consistent. Well done.

[North Star]

Of your recent postings, I find this one is most together. But as ever, you're nicely consistent. Well done.

Agreed. And thanks. Speaking of consistency, I suppose it will have helped that I've only shot one focal length for some time now. 

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Moving on to mid-September

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[Karl Henning]

I appreciate that this morning especially, as the temperature hovers around the freezing point.

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I appreciate that this morning especially, as the temperature hovers around the freezing point.

We got snow from Thursday to Monday here.

[George]

I appreciate that this morning especially, as the temperature hovers around the freezing point.

I guess we knew that it was coming, right? Usually I am fine in the winter, but the extra long fall this year has me very unprepared for the temperature change.

[Karl Henning]

No surprise, my friend: true! 

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Alright, alright, lets keep it topical, if we can't manage tropical...

A view from Koli

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And yeah, I took some better stuff today. . .
https://500px.com/photo/130063825/frozen-lake-kuopio-by-karlo-kuula

[NikF]

And yeah, I took some better stuff today. . .
https://500px.com/photo/130063825/frozen-lake-kuopio-by-karlo-kuula

There are a number of interesting and good shots to be found within that link.

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There are a number of interesting and good shots to be found within that link.

Thanks. All the other ones are stuff I've posted on Flickr and this thread. (apart from a few pieces of juvenilia from before this thread..)

And I managed to find out how I can share the photo here, too, finally.

[NikF]

Thanks. All the other ones are stuff I've posted on Flickr and this thread. (apart from a few pieces of juvenilia from before this thread..)

And I managed to find out how I can share the photo here, too, finally.

Yeah, I had a look at them again.
I'm particularly liking the three vertical reflections in the top left of that image. They're running contrary to almost everything else that's going on.

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Yeah, I had a look at them again.
I'm particularly liking the three vertical reflections in the top left of that image. They're running contrary to almost everything else that's going on.

Certainly, as everything apart from the trees' reflections is diagonal or horizontal.

Meanwhile, from Koli