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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 10/28/2005
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Mark, your still lifes are beautiful and highly crafted. Mine are snapshots, with little if any preparation.
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Mohamed Banna
{K:34237} 10/27/2005
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perfect still life shot
amaizng tones
very well done
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 10/27/2005
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Yes, both the challenge and appeal of this sort of subject is in the reflections and the way the silver coloring magnifies and gathers ambient light. It appears you have been at this style of photography for quite a while! This is a consolation to someone still trying to learn this style! A nice shot Ina, thanks for posting!
Mark
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 10/27/2005
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Mark, this one of mine - not a classical take, but still silverware :) from a couple of years ago. This is a worthy project, I think.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 10/27/2005
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It is a glitch, Mark. That's Endre Novak's building in reply to me - on my site. How it got to your site, I have no idea. Did you check my Stained Glass picture dedication?
Re: cool colors, a still life like this really needs warm natural light. And I was VERY SERIOUS about the fish, exactly a silvery fish. The classical still lifes - of which I'm very fond of, always have fruit, fish and game.
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 10/27/2005
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HUH??? The shot I just posted in reply to you is not even on my computer! Must be a glitch at Usefilm. I'll try posting my still life shot again here...
Mark
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 10/27/2005
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Thanks for your well considered remarks, Ina. I was definitely after a painterly feeling with this and I very much enjoyed shooting it. As to the ping pong ball, it was completely impulsive and frankly I was afraid of ruining an otherwise traditional shot by including it. But I also wanted something to set it apart and the orange ball was an easy way to do that. Once I started using it I liked how it looked and so I used it a lot in that shoot. And I LOVE your idea of a fish! Whether or not you're serious, that could really have worked. A silvery scaly one... I think the indirect daylight through a large set of winbdows nearby was a major aspect of the painterly look. The sun was in and out of clouds that day and the images shot when the sun was out have a more glowing, painterly look.
Speaking of light, the daylight from the window was the only light source in this. And the images shot when the sun was out have a warm color cast while images shot with the sun in have a cool cast. No suprise there, but the difference was dramatic. The shot posted above is was one of the sunny warm ones. I have attached one of the cooler shots below, just for comparison. The main subjects in this one are cooler even without the lighting differences (especially the green napkin) but regardless, this gives an idea of how much the light changes when the sun goes in...
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 10/27/2005
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Hi Mark, I wanted for a long time to comment on this one. I love the silverware, and the painterly feeling. I love the quality of this picture, the reflections, the fine wood with a chip, the napkin, fine in every detail. I thought the ping pong ball was an egg. A gorgeous still life. I can see though, why you wanted to put an unexpected object in there. I think a frozen fish would have been interesting, too! Looking forward to more of this series, Regards, Ina
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Larry Fosse
{K:66493} 9/6/2005
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Sneaky!...but good
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 9/6/2005
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Larry, I cheated and cloned most of my reflection out of the shot, but you can vaguely see my hand at table level near the window in the reflection in the right-most pot. Actually, I used a tripod for most of the images I took in this shoot and in several of the images I used the self-timer so as not to appear in the shot.
Mark
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Larry Fosse
{K:66493} 9/6/2005
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I'm surprised I don't see you somewhere in the reflection Mark..you managed to get off-angle somewhere...superb still life and great techique...well done!
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ken krishnan
{K:19102} 9/6/2005
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Lovely.
The tealady will love you for this one !
regards,
ken.
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 9/6/2005
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Thanks for your kind words and insights. I replied to one of your comments via Den's account. I also saw his work, which is lovely, as is yours!
Thanks again,
Mark
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 9/6/2005
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welcome..
marvellous still life and composition, the perfect reflection and clarity is so "a mirror face"..
I like it so much Mark, ans also I see your portfolio.. very good!
congarts for all and today front page..
roby
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Margaret Sturgess
{K:49403} 9/6/2005
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Mark, apologies I have just sent a number of comments from myself and my partner Den Thompson had been logged in - sorry for confusion.
Love this one too lovely rich tones
Margaret
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Ray Heath
{K:4559} 9/6/2005
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hi Mark, nice light, interesting image but too cluttered and not as sharp as f29 would suggest
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 9/5/2005
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Good observation Francesco, this is a painterly composition and also the light contributes to that feeling, I think. I am experimenting with still life just now and since most of the still life work I like best is in paintings, my work takes that direction. But I also wanted to add some interest by introducing the unexpected element of the orange ball. I plan to post more in a series.
Mark
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 9/5/2005
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Thanks for your comment Joe. Actually, the ball is a ping-pong ball. It would bounce of course, it's an interesting idea to add motion. I went and took a look at some of your animated work with a red ball and also light. Excellent stuff!
Mark
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Francesco Francesco
{K:8101} 9/5/2005
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Excellent! Very elegant painting stile.
Congratulations!
Ciao
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Joe Johnson
{K:8529} 9/4/2005
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I like this. Of course, I like the little red rubber ball. I have a few of my own under a gallery called, Glass. The deck reflection, here, adds to it. What would happen if you bounced the ball and dragged the shutter?
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hatem yehia
{K:3232} 9/4/2005
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wonderfull shot nice reflection n textures...7/7
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