Paths - a recurring theme

[Winston Mitchell]

Roads like this attract me like a magnet. If I were to die on a similar one, it wouldn't be all that bad.

©2007 Winston Mitchell: Shafer Canyon, Canyonlands, Utah
KM 7D, KM 17-35mm f/2.8-4
(Three-frame pano)​

To give you some feel for the scale of what you are looking at, below is a 100% crop of the truck that is to the right and above image center.

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Roads like this attract me like a magnet. If I were to die on a similar one, it wouldn't be all that bad.

©2007 Winston Mitchell: Shafer Canyon, Canyonlands, Utah
KM 7D, KM 17-35mm f/2.8-4
(Three-frame pano)​

A very nice picture and a well executed pano Winston, thanks for that. In my youth I have traveled extensively in remote parts of Turkey along with my dad who was a civil engineer busy building dams and harbors. Believe me, roads in some parts of the country looked just like this then. So they attract me too, thanks for sharing .

Cheers,

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

... Ruben just your 2 cents, LOL? That first image is remarkable and the second should have come from Cedric Massoulier, making one think of French Philosophers..

So Asher, you've triggered me with this remark. I thought if Ruben can get away with a "Cedric" picture, then perhaps I can do the same with a "Dwayne" one ;-)

Path of thorns

Cheers,

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[Asher Kelman]

So Asher, you've triggered me with this remark. I thought if Ruben can get away with a "Cedric" picture, then perhaps I can do the same with a "Dwayne" one ;-)

Cem Usakligil: Path of thorns
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Cem,

this is indeed a pleasant surprise. I do like the attention the soft texture of nature where one thing begins and ends in mild contrasts and many similarities. Each wants to be protected by the camouflage of the neighbor. The looking at nature this way also requires a somewhat wider view, since no longer is the individual so unique as it belongs so much in the milieux. It's the opposite of photographing an elk, bear or fox to stand out apart from everything else in the universe.

Being able to attempt to look at things in the ways others might experience the world is a great way of getting new light into our own observations. Kudos to you for this.

and yes, it does have that flavor. Did you process the mid-tones especially for this? Lastly, please, do you have more of the scene, just a little?

Asher

 

[Mike Shimwell]

Cem's earlier shot reminded me of this one.

Mike

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[janet Smith]

Another effective shot Mike, the silhouetted figures make it - very nice!

 

[fahim mohammed]

walking along a path one day....

Thanks for looking.



p.s photo by ayesha

 

[StuartRae]

I love all the recent posts, especially those by Winston and Cem.

Here's one from 1989, taken with a P&S 35mm camera because I wasn't going to take my SLR out in this sort of weather.

I was brought up in East Anglia, where the wind comes straight from Siberia, so I'm fairly immune to the cold, but I have to say that this was the coldest I've ever been. A gale force wind, driving snow and horizontal icicles sticking out from the wire fence by the wall. Please forgive the IQ
The sign on the rock says "Footpath over the wall"!

Stuart Rae: Whiteout on Whernside. March 21st 1989​

Regards,

Stuart

 

[janet Smith]

A difficult path to follow on the limestone pavement at Malham

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Here is a picture I have rediscovered while digitizing some old slides for cataloging. It was taken in 1994 in Cyprus, using Kodak Elite Chrome 100 film. I have digitized it with my 5DII and the 100mm macro lens. I had to clean up the noise but the tonality is more or less as it is on the slide.

The picture shows a nun in a monastery atop a mountain, who has lived there all her life together with her sisters. She was traversing the gallery which runs in front of their small rooms facing the inner garden. The path here is of course a metaphorical one.

Nun in a monastery
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Cheers,

 

[Ruben Alfu]

That's a really good photo Cem, and a profound metaphor. Let me follow the path with another metaphor...

Ruben Alfu : Watch

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[Asher Kelman]

Cem Usakligil: Nun in a monastery
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I like the continued thinking on this general idea. It is really stimulating, allowing both group effort and re-evaluation of one's forgotten images.

Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

Carrying a bag full of breadcrumbs, Andres walks along the Hudson River feeding the seagulls. This is something he does on a regular basis, even in a chilly day, even though he is a homeless man. The frenzy flock of birds surround Andres all along the way making him look like a seagull's Pied Piper. I wanted to capture the excitement of the moment as I perceived it: happy seagulls thanks to a good man.

Ruben Alfu : Andres and the happy seagulls


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Ruben,

I revisited today and realized that this belongs also in the Themes section in the beautiful "Paths" thread here.

Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

Carrying a bag full of breadcrumbs, Andres walks along the Hudson River feeding the seagulls. This is something he does on a regular basis, even in a chilly day, even though he is a homeless man. The frenzy flock of birds surround Andres all along the way making him look like a seagull's Pied Piper. I wanted to capture the excitement of the moment as I perceived it: happy seagulls thanks to a good man.

Ruben Alfu : Andres and the happy seagulls


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Ruben,

I revisited today and realized that this belongs also in the Themes section in the beautiful "Paths" thread here.

Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

This original thread by Ruben Alfu is so rich an experience that it deserves be by represented here, too!

Carrying a bag full of breadcrumbs, Andres walks along the Hudson River feeding the seagulls. This is something he does on a regular basis, even in a chilly day, even though he is a homeless man. The frenzy flock of birds surround Andres all along the way making him look like a seagull's Pied Piper. I wanted to capture the excitement of the moment as I perceived it: happy seagulls thanks to a good man.

Ruben Alfu : Andres and the happy seagulls


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Ruben,

I revisited today and realized that this belongs also in the Themes section in this beautiful "Paths" thread too.

Asher

 

[Phil Marion]

I hope this one works. The path isn't the primary element in the shot but it is an integral element.

 

[Asher Kelman]

I hope this one works. The path isn't the primary element in the shot but it is an integral element.

Phil, the pictures is delightful and does show us the beauty is just a superficial cover for her hard life.

Consider, perhaps, a very judicious and subtle effort for just the path to emphasize it. You might use an S curve, a masked simple layer of a curve set to multiply at about 7-15% just for the path or actual sharpening. Just a thought, but not a necessity.

As it is, I love it too!

Asher

 

[Laslo Kis]

My two cents

Not necessarily a path...maybe a preface to the story.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Not necessarily a path...maybe a preface to the story.

Laslo,

Your picture is remarkable in that the chairs are reminiscent of a country road winding it's way to the horizon and contrasts with the straight line the man takes on the wet reflective pavement.

Asher

 

[Phil Marion]

Phil, the pictures is delightful and does show us the beauty is just a superficial cover for her hard life.

Consider, perhaps, a very judicious and subtle effort for just the path to emphasize it. You might use an S curve, a masked simple layer of a curve set to multiply at about 7-15% just for the path or actual sharpening. Just a thought, but not a necessity.

As it is, I love it too!

Asher

Thanks for the cc - I had tried to accentuate it using the adjustment brush in ACR - lightening the path, darkening the border and increased contract.

 

[Valentin Arfire]

paths of the summer

speaking of 2 cent
...here are mine from July 2009 - Catalonia (and the spherical panorama from where I've extracted the projection)

http://www.360cities.net/image/the-way-to-sant-feliu-de-codines-timisoara


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IMG]http://valentin.europhoto.ro/fotovest/paths/valldenuria.jpg[/IMG]​

http://www.europhoto.ro/cd_europhoto/vtours/Vall_de_Nuria/images/mov/panorama11.mov

 

[Brandon Cade]

The lighted way, to the other side.

 

[Asher Kelman]

speaking of 2 cent
...here are mine from July 2009 - Catalonia (and the spherical panorama from where I've extracted the projection)

http://www.360cities.net/image/the-way-to-sant-feliu-de-codines-timisoara


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IMG]http://valentin.europhoto.ro/fotovest/paths/valldenuria.jpg[/IMG]​

http://www.europhoto.ro/cd_europhoto/vtours/Vall_de_Nuria/images/mov/panorama11.mov

It unusual to consider a path top be on the edge of a curve. That's the point where you are not sure whether or not you will spin out of control.

Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

The lighted way, to the other side.

What's especially interesting to me is the single pole which blocks access to vehicular traffic. Why? This reminds me of the unusual and exceptionally dark long iron bridge shown some time ago by Cem Usakligil of the Long Iron Bridge, which was also blocked to all bur pedestrian traffic. Its not online at the moment, but when it is, we'll post the link.

Asher

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

...This reminds me of the unusual and exceptionally dark long iron bridge shown some time ago by Cem Usakligil of the Long Iron Bridge, which was also blocked to all bur pedestrian traffic. Its not online at the moment, but when it is, we'll post the link.

Sorry Asher, the URL wasn't correct so I have fixed it. The image in that thread is visible now. Here it is for repetition:

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Cheers,

 

[Rachel Foster]

My offering (again, from today's shoot):

Jacob Eliana: Muskegon Road in Fog​

 

[Mike Shimwell]

Rachel

This reminds me of an older picture of yours - I like this very much. The tonality is lovely and the way the trees trace themselves in the shadows too.

Well done

Mike

 

[Rachel Foster]

Thanks, Mike! Taken as a passenger from the front seat of a moving vehicle, believe it or not.

 

[Graham Harris]

Going home

Taken recently of a man going home to lunch and siesta. Hope it fits here.

Graham

 

[Mike Shimwell]

Graham, a definite fit and one you can construct a story around - the gloves speak of manual work methinks.

Mike