walking in amsterdam, morning sun in my eyes...squinting, everything seems washed out
i turn around as something catches the periphery of my vision
girl in window....and for a moment....i feel like I'm looking at a Vermeer painting
fullview...PLEASE
Canon A-1, Kodak 400 Max
Amsterdam, April 2006
small color correction/noise reduction
I even feel a bit ashamed of this reaction (because the bottle really shouldn't be that important) but I can't help it and want to be honest.
not really. you're right. you're more than that ... you're absofuckinglutely right
that damn bottle has ALWAYS bothered me (in fact, my girlfriend did a watercolor of this - a very good one, btw - ... and left the bottle out
at the time i posted it, i was doing VERY little to images i took; somewhat of a purist i suppose ... didn't mind sharpening, saturating, contrast changes so much ... but HATED to actually remove or replace something (even though i guess that's somewhat of a lie - in the original image, you could see my reflection in one of the panes - and after arguing with myself back and forth, i talked myself into removing IT).
no, the bottle *shouldn't* be that important ... but without the bottle, it is a timeless picture ... could be an image from 200 years ago; man even if it was a cola rather than ORANGE
at any rate, as i said, you're absolutely right. that may be something i do this weekend ... remove that damn bottle - as i should have done 4 years ago.
thanks again for your honesty, my friend
I for myself want that other people give me an honest opinion on what they think about my art, and also where to improve it.
Thats why I am here (and also because I'm an attention whore). So, I do this for others as well.
this is one of my favorites in my gallery, also.