* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #787 / Revived #007 on 2023 05 17 *

Great panorama.

Idea is great, though. The light capture and the shadow are spot on.

* Agreed. I also like the positioning of the arms and hands below. They give a triangular base to the torso. The disconnected hands are noteworthy and each adds to our response. One confidently supports an arm and the red nail polish demands attention. The other, palm up, is requesting. Together that add complexity to what we feel about the torso.
An aside. At the moment in Sicily I am seeing far too many armless naked female torso statues. They could learn a lot from Lou. *

Even at first glance, this isn't an abstract however we are used to abstracts and we have no difficulty in seeing and responding to the image as though it is an abstract.
After that, I think minniev's analysis covers the elements.
As is usually my way with abstracts, I let my memory roll and see what it suggests. This time I see a satellite weather map with ocean, deserts and mountain ranges. Perhaps because I'm from a generation when we marvelled to first see such images from above, I still feel awe that such things are possible. This image draws exactly that response in me.

No I haven't and I need to. I think they're UHD sized, but it's not in front of me. I started doing pieces, but 100 at a time was too time consuming. 1000 was too much and I learned your OS apparently can keep running on as little as 13 gigs of space left. I'm looking for "broken" results, not smooth ones, which I think doing in sections wouldn't produce anyways.

This conversation has me thinking...I wonder if I just align without stitching I could produce something like what I'm trying to achieve via simple masking. Another thing to add to the pile of stuff to do.

Curved lines

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Cruise terminal at Leixões harbor. It is a recent building with a very modern architecture. It is great for those who like to explore lines in photography.

Indeed! The textured walls and the two glimpses of cloudless blue skies add a great deal to my enjoyment. Wonderful subject!

Quite a nice image. Not only do you give us those lines, but they are in a pinwheel shape emanating from the juncture at near the lower left thirds juncture. (You're the second this week to share a pinwheel-type composition - Chris did it with an entirely different kind of image). Your image has something else besides line and shape, too. It has rhythm. The textures and colors add interest as do the tiny human figures that show scale.

I was first curious about the translucent edge along the lower wall, but I figured it out I think - a plexiglass border.

Superb image with imaginative lines and curves and human element and all against beautiful blue sky as a backdrop.

Here you go:

www.dpreview.com/forums/post/67042599

Thanks Jim.
I like it a great deal. What I think you have done is capture the feel of a subway. Lots of people crowded together, overlapping each other, hanging from straps, totally meshed with and dependent on an elongated tube of machinery.
Speaking of DPR, they still have me under some sort of ban because after they announced they were closing, I posted a notice there looking for people who wanted to discuss images rather than gear. I can post but no one can see anything I post unless it is cleared by a moderator over there.

WA lenses and sweeping curved lines and lots of dof appeal to me too. Here you have a perfect subject for the technique.
It pays to look at your shot enlarged. Seen small, the figures don't have enough prominence to justify their inclusion. Seen large, your sweeping curves take us to them and we see enough of them so they become people rather than anonymous dots. The clear blue sky give a contrast that brings out the lines.
I wonder what was below the bottom edge of your frame? If possible, I'd have liked the figures to have been located a little higher in the composition but it may not have been possible. As it stands, they are kind of overwhelmed by the building. That may or may not have been your intention. Certainly giant cruise ships leave me feeling that way.

Interesting shot of interesting architecture. Hands up who noticed the down lights in the ceiling of the upper walkway and their reflection on the windows? And the rust streak under the railing - ouch? Re the architecture, I am not sure what to think of the different angles of the hexagons. They give texture to a flat surface from a distance but seem a touch extreme up close - as if they are about to fall off. Maybe that's the desired effect...

Mike, Very interesting last observation. We have a TV program here locally: "Mysteries from Above" That is exactly what the show is all about. Various interpretations of scenes from above...