analog kansas
Bird Cage
Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 22 September 2008 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.
Overland Park, Kansas
Holga
Tri-X
Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia
just when I think it can't get better with your outstanding images outside you brain me with the holga indoors. nice one !!
22 Sep 2008 5:07am
@Matt Sutton: thanks very much matt
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
this is truly stunning! what wonderful light -- so ghostly! gorgeous!
22 Sep 2008 5:21am
@Polydactyle: thanks p. it's my strange living room :-)
Vink from Grasse - French riviera, France
Wonderful composition and atmosphere ! a great b&w
22 Sep 2008 12:09pm
Lucca from Cologne, Germany
This is great. I didn't know Holga is able to shoot such a neat indoor photo. I never had such a good results with mine. Is it a long exposure shot?
22 Sep 2008 12:35pm
@Lucca: thanks lucca. no, it's just the regular holga shutter speed, whatever that is, and asa 400 film. (i have probably a hundred indoor holga shots that looked good in my mind and didn't work out at all.)
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
I love the cage. Such fine detail. We used to have some Love birds...beautiful image.
22 Sep 2008 2:11pm
daina from New York, United States
oooh - ahhh - gorgeous! The twisty thing on top of the cage is such a marvelous finishing touch to an image with charm, nostalgia and subtlety. Love the lines in the cage together with the window curtain. And the composition and light - what can one say? There is poetry here.
22 Sep 2008 2:12pm
@daina: diana, your comments are always so interesting. usually the best i can manage is something like "i really like it."
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
superb! the gauzy background is a treat. best...jerry
22 Sep 2008 2:19pm
Elaine- from Vancouver, Canada
oh my, what a strikingly beautiful photograph.. it reminds me of being at a person's house that i really love.. the curtains in the background leave a soft light that is very charming, and draws me in
22 Sep 2008 3:36pm
@Elaine-: that's a great compliment. thanks elaine.
Nill@ from Sweden, Sweden
This photo is amazing.Like how I can the leaf and flower in the curtain.
22 Sep 2008 3:59pm
Dave from United States
I always (re)learn something essential about great photography when I look at your images.
22 Sep 2008 4:57pm
@Dave: you're too kind dave, but don't stop...
Mindy from United States
it's been said above, but let me repeat...great, moody light. that cage looks worn for the wear. nice image.
22 Sep 2008 5:11pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
The softness, the heart-shaped top, and the vine pattern on the drape... very 'feminine' I find, and I mean it as a compliment. Nice shot.
22 Sep 2008 7:36pm
@Howard F.: thanks howard. the photo is mine. everything in it, put there by my girlfriend. so maybe this is a collaboration.
Paul van der Meer from Valkenswaard, Netherlands
really gorgeous! a picture with a story!
22 Sep 2008 9:28pm
@taffer: thanks taffer!
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
There is something very poignant about this empty birdcage and diffused light through the net curtains. Are they waiting, has something distressing happened.....?
Excellent image...!!
22 Sep 2008 10:42pm
Makoto from Sapporo, Japan
Your holga caught a beautiful soft lights. I really love this.
23 Sep 2008 2:29am
@Makoto: thanks very much makoto
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
What an incredible image! The bird cage is perfect against the willowy curtains...at first glance I thought the pattern was actually birds escaping. Amazing!
23 Sep 2008 4:55am
@bluechameleon: thanks bc, i appreciate your comments
@yiannis krikis: thanks yiannis
@Marie: thank you marie
@GJC: thanks very much
Rachael from Heber Springs, United States
I found your site through Sherri at pearweed. The bird cage is the same as a painting I have. This is so pretty against the lace curtain. As I've said to others I don't know if it's proper or not, but I'm going to save your photoblog in my VFXY favorites.
24 Sep 2008 1:46pm
@Rachael: thanks rachael. i have no idea what's proper in this case. i'm very new to this actually. but i'm flattered to be in your favorites, so thanks.
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
There's a certain amount of creepiness here. For some reason my first association was "Great Expectations."
25 Sep 2008 2:55am
@Twelvebit: it's been over 30 years since i read it, but i still remember with dread the descriptions of the interior spaces!
Gildas from Le Mans, France
Great ork. You've created a wonderful atmosphere underline by that simple but effective composition. (... and forgive me for my sometime strange english ;) ).
29 Sep 2008 7:28am
@Gildas: it's much better than my french :-) and thanks.
Robert from Kingsville, Canada
Dreamy qualities , this is superb . I hope you have a good size print of this one on your wall .
13 Dec 2008 11:09pm
@Robert: this was shot inside my house, so it might be an odd combination... thanks.
