The Wall
Some commenters on the last photo I posted were speculating that I have an affinity for the color blue, or that perhaps my camera or the local scenery produced particularly good blues (I assume that the speculation was based primarily on some earlier pictures I’ve taken such as this one and this one and this one—but not this one). I don’t have an answer, but I figured the easiest way to test the hypothesis was to take some pictures and look at the colors, so I took some photos of the most colorful thing I pass by most days of the week, and I’ll let you be the judge (many people in Oakland will probably recognize this wall instantly, even though I’ve rendered it pretty abstractly).
There are about a half dozen more at my Flickr set titled “Abstraction.”
OK — ALL colors show up vividly. I want a camera like this!
September 21st, 2009 at 5:28 amRight–it’s not the camera. So maybe it’s you–or maybe it’s us… though in these I especially like the pink, maybe because it’s a little distressed. Nice pictures.
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 amWhat I really meant was, I want eyes like this!
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:13 amActually, many of the photographs you post seem blown out – with detail absent in the highlights and an overall, unnatural brightness. As you can see by the previous comments, people like that artificial brightness – which is why camera companies build that in (and why the brightness level on televisions at the store is always as its highest setting). Also, I would say that the photographs definitely have a bluish tint – is it a Canon or Fuji? Both companies are known for pushing blue. If you’re using film, the same holds true of the Fuji brand.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:16 pmAn artificial brightness and a sky like LED? Patrick has found our achilles’ heel… Anyway, I do like the pictures!
September 25th, 2009 at 2:56 pmIt’s a Nikon, not a Canon or Fuji. Digital, obviously, not film.
I personally always crank the brightness on my TV up to 11. I want Regis and Kelly to practically jump out of the screen at me—bam!
September 25th, 2009 at 7:54 pmI used to only like black and white pictures — but even then it would have been impossible to disdain these images. I like them especially because they have shape, interesting configurations, but I cannot begin to guess how these constitute a wall, which could have curves, (like Serra’s) but not like what you are depicting.
I am going to flckr next.
Meanwhile, thanks for these.
September 27th, 2009 at 5:15 pmO my goodness, I love the close up shots! I do not recognize the mural though..I’m about to check out the flickr link..
January 25th, 2010 at 6:18 pmUm. Yes. I know where the mural is now..great abstracts!
January 25th, 2010 at 6:21 pm