Enthusiastic hobby photographer which didn't get an eye (yet). meaning I make postcard style pictures, so don't expect a lot of creativity or artistic viewing angles. I try show the things as they are (sometimes a little more beautiful)
Follow the "golden rule" and care about technical details, as there are for example: straight horizons, perspectivic and other distortions, noise, sharpness, close to natural color or as I have the color in mind or show the mood.
My motives are a lot: night and available light, natur, landscape, cityscape, architecture, portrait, street, macro and animal life of which is 99,9% wildlife (not a big fan of zoo and animal show pictures). nude/act only very little, as till now not a lot of chances to get many models ( have no $).
I am german, living since over 22 years in Greece. Because of my business I was till now every year for 2 Month in Thailand & Indonesia. That 's why a lot of pictures are from there.
Hope you enjoy my pictures, and I am happy with any kind of critic as i still learning to get better.
If someone is interested in some more photos please have a look hereÂ
http://geckogr.deviantart.com/gallery/
Reinhard Latzke (a.k.a. gecko_gr or geckogr)
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Comments (12)
treasureprints
Cool!:)
Feliciti
excellente perspektive !
jophoto
Must be a really interesting building. Good work!
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
Lenord
Dizzying PoV, cool Shot. I visited some local friends I made while in Bangkok in their Apt, man their apartments are Small and Spartan but they all seem to have Balconies. You should see (maybe you have)the Hi Rise Apts in Hong Kong, staggering. **Peace88
auntietk
I love those balconies, and the pov is outstanding! The composition is a bit static to my eye -- a bit too central to the image -- and I would have brightened this up a bit. Perhaps brightness and saturation? I will be the first to admit those are artistic preferences. However, I know you're looking for that sort of feedback, so there's mine. I don't know how much you like to do in camera and how much postwork you're willing to perform, so that might all be moot. But given that you can't go back and take this photograph over again, that's all I can offer! :) Definitely an eye-catching image. Good stuff!
Chipka
What a sight! So, are the blue balconies more expensive than the red ones? I know in terms of stars, blue is hotter so it stands to reason that in terms of apartments/balconies a similar rule might apply. Then again, maybe not. I love the POV here as well as the sense of geometry; its the geometric vibe that really grabs me, and in conjunction with the color, it's super! This is really fantastic work.
geckogr
@auntietk yes, thank you! exactly this is what i am looking in a photo community. Yes, you are right: it got too dark in the shadows. As this picture is with my first (serious) digicam (Casio Ex-Z750) and does not make auto bracketing i measured on the sky not to overexposure. As it is handheld i didn't make more exposures and at that time i had no clue some programs can auto arrange more pictures to make exposure blending or HDR. Lighten up in photoshop brings me a lot of non-removable noise in the dark areas. Saturation is a good thought, might give a more poppy look, have to try. Target in final composition was to get the building edges directly in the lower corners. this resulted the symmetrical centered appearance. What i am missing till now, would be a refreshing tilt to angle it different. Next time in Bangkok will experiment with this object.
bodo_56
I like the graphical approach and the contrast between the sharp lines of the building and the fluffy clouds!
dakotabluemoon
Very cool shot makes me dizzy to look up like that.
bobrgallegos
Awesome POV!!! Very colorful.
jarmila
Wow,this looks fantastic !! Have a great summer week.