Sorry Tomas I know the lines are jagged again. ;-)

Sorry, I forgot to reply here... An attempt of an explanation: The snow picture is kind of the center of this small set for me. The first picture corresponds in a graphic way, the shape of the earth covered by the snow reminds me of the foliage "covering" the sky or vice versa. The colours in the third picture are very monochrome and bright, and in a way it's also about things covering other things, so this is my connection to the snow picture. And yes there are bottom left to top right diagonals in all three pictures. I am aware though these connections are probably quite far-fetched and I might be the only one to "get" them. ;-)

Doug, thanks for the suggestion. In fact I went back to this place yesterday to take some more pictures, but the weather wasn't as nice. I also passed the place where I took the third picture and I think it might not be possible to back up enough to take a vertical picture. But I'll try it nevertheless next time I'll go there.

That album you made just rocks!

Nice!

Thanks, people! You're probably right and the third picture doesn't quite fit in this set. I think it's also an ok photo, but the other two are too different.

I'll try to take more pictures in this area. I was lucky to find the place and lucky to have nice light and clouds. Also I happened to be there on a Saturday, no people around.

Aha, thanks!

Thanks,

About processing: I honestly don't know how to avoid that line aliasing problem, maybe I'm doing something wrong when sharpening the picture? Anyhow, this is only visible in the web-sized version. The second one I might try to process again, there could be more shadow detail but I wanted that narrow strip of light and the sky to be very much in contrast to what's in the shadow.

Regarding the connection of the two pictures, I agree with Doug that there is no "substantial" one. I think there are similarities in composition and elements which can be found in both pictures, other than that, it's up to everyone to find his own connections... or not. ;-)

Aha, ok... I thought I might be missing something. Would you like to say something about your ideas behind this series? But if you don't, no problem... ;-)

Hmmm... This is a bit too simple for me, if you know what I mean. Neat and dirty on the outside, trash and chaos around the corner. Yeah, ok... but that alone is not enough to make this sequence interesting for me. The first two are nice, though.

What does that mean, Lucie?

Ondrej, right... I mean, sometimes I feel a connection between pictures (not necessarily my own) and I can't even explain why. It can also be interesting to wonder about this and not come up with an answer. On the other hand, this would make the creation of a photo-series very easy, just throw together some half-decent pictures. Hmm... ;-)

I'm experimenting with different ways of combining pictures... For me these pictures are not very strong on their own, but they *might* become more interesting if shown in a series. Often it is hard for me to tell if other people may "get" the connections or not, so I appreciate all your comments. I'll wait a bit and then tell you why I grouped these three pictures.

Jiri, at first I was also going for a close-up, but I'm glad I didn't eventually. I think I often tend to exclude the surroundings and focus on details (see for example my first set of pictures here on fstop) in my photographs. But in this picture I think it's good to see a bit of the environment, to have some context. I also like the different patterns, how the light is reflected from the couch etc.

Interesting stuff.

Petr, interesting comment about the tree. I have to say I'm glad there's a tree in front of the window, for several reasons. For instance, I think the green is in contrast to the colours of the interior, also the leaves kind of block the view outside.

Ondrej, thanks, I think it's associations like the ones you mentioned that interest me here. This for sure is no documentary picture, it was taken in my actual home but in fact I think it's not that important.

Hello, Douglas! :-) Nice to see (read) you here!

Funny, I think on a different picture I uploaded somewhere (I think not here, though) someone commented he only likes 6x7 format pictures if they are vertical. Anyway, I don't know if vertical pictures are more difficult to take. In case of this picture I took horizontal as well as vertical shots but I just liked the vertical ones much better. Could be because the window and the x-rays are of a similar aspect ratio than the whole photo.

This little discussion here reminded of something I once read in a book by Jeanloup Sieff, I looked it up. The author in conversation with Robert Doisneau:

"JLS: Is there a phallic symbolism in the vertical composition of the image, in contrast with that of self-abandon in the horizontal plane?
RD: Disturbing choice, the virile or the lascivious, the obelisque or the odalisque. Ah, but what a context for the leaning tower of Pisa!"

Something to ponder, people!

Beautiful picture!

That's funny!

Thank you Tomas, someone already told me via pm. :-)

When I saw this picture I was instantly reminded of some paintings I saw recently in a big Chinese art exhibition here in Vienna. A series of large portraits by artist Zhang Xiaogang. The color palette is rather pale and monotonous but there's a thin red line in some paintings. I'm not sure I "got" what this work was about and I'm also not sure in case of Izidor's picture, but it makes me think.