Caledonia opened this issue on Dec 11, 2002 ยท 14 posts
Caledonia posted Wed, 11 December 2002 at 8:58 PM
Caledonia posted Wed, 11 December 2002 at 9:00 PM
Caledonia posted Wed, 11 December 2002 at 9:08 PM
bsteph2069 posted Thu, 12 December 2002 at 5:33 AM
What did you do climb into the lense? Hey Cal where did you snap these?
Caledonia posted Thu, 12 December 2002 at 7:37 AM
These were taken at the Marine Museum in St. Michael's Maryland. No, I stayed outside the lens!
Alpha posted Thu, 12 December 2002 at 11:36 AM
One and two are both awesome Cal... Great dynamics and a real sense of being there. #3 is interesting, bit lacks the power of the first two.
starshuffler posted Thu, 12 December 2002 at 12:37 PM
The first one is a killer, Cal. I'm a sucker for repeating patterns and such. The second one, well-- I like it better if the frames were cropped off. It works as a really kick ass abstract for me. 
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azy posted Thu, 12 December 2002 at 1:18 PM
I like #2 best for the soft dark reds and browns
Eggiwegs! I would like... to smash them!
jacoggins posted Thu, 12 December 2002 at 3:08 PM
My vote is for #1 but all are neat
ChuckEvans posted Thu, 12 December 2002 at 4:50 PM
Ahhh, #1 is my handsdown fav. I do wish there was a way to get rid of that naked upper-left corner, though, without losing the other stuff. But that color on the bottom is great...almost prismatic. #2 looks, well, second best to me. Not sure I like the over-exposure on the right...or the frames in there. I'd have to tinker with it to see how it looked this way and that. #3, well, doesn't do much for me. I like the close-ups that are a bit more abstract. Of course, that's just my opinion. These are very nice shots and go to show what having the "eye" is all about!
PunkClown posted Thu, 12 December 2002 at 7:17 PM
Attached Link: PhotoCylinder
These are way cool Cal! I like them all, but the first is my fav too...If you want to see the kind of view from *inside* the lens of a (probably older-style) lighthouse, check out my photo "Living Inside a Lens" that I took 3 years or so ago with my Ricoh SLR...link above (dial-up users please excuse loading time for image display engine) I love these kind of experiments with light and refractive materials. :-)>
Caledonia posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 7:38 AM
Thanks for the comments. I agree that the third is not that good, I just included it to show the whole light. The first one is my favorite too.
mysnapz posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 5:52 PM
Great subject Cal I love the colours and shapes in the glass, did you take some close ups? There looks like some nice abstracts within the light. :0)
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali
Caledonia posted Mon, 16 December 2002 at 7:56 AM
Mysnapz, I did not take any really close up. The first two are as close as I got. Those were not cropped at all. I don't usually look at things in an abstract way so I completely missed the possibilities which interested you.