Empty Places - Empty Spaces by TwoPynts
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"If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad." ~ Lord Byron "Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that." ~ Norman Vincent Peale "Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space." ~ Diana Black "Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." ~ Malcolm Forbes "The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel." ~ John Lyly "An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing." ~ Thomas Traherne Please view at full size to see both images.
Sorry for the size of the file, but to "animate" a detailed image of this size and maintain any quality, it had to be big. I spent a good while tweaking it to get it just under 500KB. It is still not as large as I would like, but you can't have everything. When working on this photo I couldn't decide which I liked better, the B&W or the color version. So I give you both for you to decide. I had to leave the glowing red EXIT sign in both though. This is an empty bank next to where my son takes Tae Kwon Do. While waiting for his class to end I wandered over to it with my camera and found that it was no longer an active bank. The offices have moved to another location. Quite a shame really because it has a beautiful mural on the front side and some wonderful blue tile work. Looking in through the door, I saw that though abandoned, it looked as though it could open up for business at a moment's notice. Everything was left in it's place. It was a strange feeling, like it was inhabited by ghosts...though Ebenezer Scrooge is the only one that I could think of that would want to haunt a bank. 8^] ----- Thank you for your flakey comments on my last upload, Painted Perspectives. Have a great weekend everyone!
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Comments (34)
Mondwin
Excellent shot,my Friend!!!!Bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx
killerpumpkins
It reminds me of a theifs point of view! KP
lakefaerie
I like the color version. The tone of it is special. :)
nattarious
Ahhhhhhhh Haaaaaaaaaa Kort!!! You are talking about my quality eh! :P Whos quality is higher now (^_^) this is a very well composed shot my friend, and the lighting came out superbe in that piece.. Very well done on the POV and contrast.. Also wanna thank you for the info, and the comment on the Dedi :P Have a wonderful weekend my friend. And hope to see more Still lives and abstracts ;;) JOE
moochagoo
Nice atmosphere.
Digimon
Superb use of perspective! Takes us right to the sign! Nice touch, to leave it the only color thing!! Cool concept!!! The quality of you GIF is superb!
morningglory
Most of the time I prefer color versions...same here. Quite a nice perspective in this one. The beige-rose tones are beautiful.
acclaude
Ho! WonderfULL B&W capt shot !!! Reflexions & atmosphere R fantastic!! very subtil color changing ;o) Excellent artwork xxxxx
ACS-001
Very nice, simple shot, and you made a good decision to animate it so we could see both versions. That quote from John Lyly, however, is crap. Some of the most intelligent people have been loud.
redchilicat
Wow, that is cool! :-)
Denger
This may have been even better if the color shot had actually had the lights on?
Punaguy
Clever work here Kort, I tend to lean towards the sepia tone in this one...not to say it's not as nice in BW. I appreciate the time involved in animating this image, very nice work here! Aloha!
thecytron
Nice shot!
goodoleboy
Another winner from an imaginative mind! I like the POV perspective. Nice effect of the lighting bouncing off the interior. Like the black and white version on this go around.
DennisReed
Awesome capture and art!
wizardangel1
Great shot,,reminds me of schooldays,,slippery floors in wet leather souled macasoons,,,slidding the halls ,,till I GOT Caught anyway....hhee,,never empty headed though---joy is always around every empty space too !!
Valentin
Empty bank, but the photo is full of mood and atmosphere (especially in the color version)... great deph and perspective !!
gingerlou
Your poem was very Profound!! Great Capture!!
Hopalong
"Ne pas choisir--c'est l'animation" Jean-Paul SArtre Major withdrawal. At first glance thought it was a library. Suppose the money is gone too. To kenon--does it exist save symbolically?
jif3d
Someting different again, I can see, the test render I did for my Syd series of "Mel's Diner" ! neat Gif manipulation and quotes Cheers
nongo
That's a great idea, to do both in one piece!!!! And you're talented enough to bring it to life!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Richardphotos
you freaked me out. I had just moved my cursor over your foto to scroll and out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the change.really a cool idea you had
evilstoy
Great lighting, love the image and the colors! +++
BBarbs
COOOL. It is animated sort of. I like it in both color and BW. This image has a very empty and almost barren feel to it, like a metaphor for loneliness. Really excellent shot. This is the kind of work I really like. Full of emotion in an understated way.
Valerie-Ducom
wowwww, excellent picture my friend, I like very much your composition and the presentation is perfectly!!! Good day and hugs ;)
squirrel2005
Very especially and great capture.
ultimatemale
brilliant, love d lighting a lot
odie
Reminds me that school starts soon and I'm back at my desk with all the little darlings. "sigh"... Nice Job! :0)
Chaos911
what a F A N T A S T I C shot and work!!!! super cooooool!!! :)
logiloglu
great mood and atmosphere ! a very intensiv image in this dark contrast ! simply excellent done ! #:O) ^^^^^^^^^^