UnBob, Greg & Bob, Thank You for all the warm words and that inexplainable "elbow feeling" that is keeping me alive next to Eric Idle's somg "Always look at the bright side..." <grrr> > An interesting mix of the inside and outside. It makes me think of > shots where you *really* want to take the shot, but you can't help but > be in it (either because of reflections, shadow, or some other > reason). > I had one of those on the weekend. I chose to hang on to a brace of > helium baloons (is that the correct colective term?) so at least my > shadow was interesting :-) > Peeter Vissak (Self-portrait on the kitchen window) - This one presents a > very important question. Did Peeter forget his polarizing filter or did he > really intend for this to be a self portrait? Change those few green leaves > to red please. What kind of camera is that? How come there's no snow yet? > Have you become a monk? Why the hood up: is it raining? > Oh, the flowers are crap. So too is the paintwork: you really should > decorate that yellow woodwork!!! I am always shooting what I see or what I want and I am always aware of myself being that small nasty dark cloud that covers the tiny bloomy thing from the sun. Sometimes I leave myself intentionally stretching over flatlands late in the evening and sometimes I shoot "autoportraits" of myself on the auto's window. Putting this shortly -- that's what I'd call self-control or (all right) self-awareness. Anyway - what's the point of shooting your window without your own reflection? Not me, time will be the immortal decorator to paint the few other leaves red. Sooner or later. "Deep Purple" or "King Crimson" or "Simply Red" or whatever plugin it will use... I need not to be a monk to be cold in our climate (even without any externally noticeable snow). But keep on reviewing -- I thought already I'm damned (as soon as I post my image everyone deals with dust on flashes or dust on CCD-s or whatever marginal thing pops up). Gratefully Yours, Peeter ;o)
