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[Philippe-Georges]

An abandoned clubhouse and café for homing pigeon fanciers along the road somewhere in Flanders, Belgium.

Linhof Technorama 617 S, no center filter on Tri-X @ 1000 ASA in X-Tol 1+1.

 

[markbau]

Lake near Macedon, Victoria, Australia .

Not sure if this is a landscape or a still life.
Pentax 67 165mm lens 6 stop ND filter, 1 minute f5.6 shot on TX. Developed in D23 16 minutes.
Sadly I can't make wet prints because the TX, which was out of date, had very bad backing paper imprints which were removed on the scan.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

Lake near Macedon, Victoria, Australia .
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Not sure if this is a landscape or a still life.
Pentax 67 165mm lens 6 stop ND filter, 1 minute f5.6 shot on TX. Developed in D23 16 minutes.
Sadly I can't make wet prints because the TX, which was out of date, had very bad backing paper imprints which were removed on the scan.

To my personal opinion, this is definitely a landscape, rather minimal but it is, and I like it a lot!

 

[Sirius Glass]

Lake near Macedon, Victoria, Australia .
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Not sure if this is a landscape or a still life.
Pentax 67 165mm lens 6 stop ND filter, 1 minute f5.6 shot on TX. Developed in D23 16 minutes.
Sadly I can't make wet prints because the TX, which was out of date, had very bad backing paper imprints which were removed on the scan.

I would consider it a landscape. One thing I do not do often enough is to look for close in subjects and especially looking around my feet. I do have some especially good photographs when I have looked down around my feet.

 

[Moose22]

To my personal opinion, this is definitely a landscape, rather minimal but it is, and I like it a lot!

Agreed. On all points.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

Agreed. On all points.

It's a relief to feel not alone (what I often do over here)...

 

[Philippe-Georges]

Markbau, this one is for you...
'Looking down', Scheldemeersen near Gent, Flanders, Belgium.

Hasselblad 500C/M + Planar 80mm + Yellow filter on Tri-X 400ASA processed in Pyrocat-HD (but at little too high temperature hence the gritty grain).

 

[bernard_L]

I like the pictures on this page (well, above the present post; below cant say). Especially the last two by markbau and Philipe-Georges. If they qualify as landscapes, so would these. F4, D-76 1+1, FM2N, 24mm, 85mm.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

I like the pictures on this page (well, above the present post; below cant say). Especially the last two by markbau and Philipe-Georges. If they qualify as landscapes, so would these. F4, D-76 1+1, FM2N, 24mm, 85mm.


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I like the second the most, wel done!

BTW, who has the power to qualify the (art-) work of others? Like op dislike the other's (art-) work is a personal freedom, 'qualifying' leans towards judging...

 

[MattKing]

Maybe "categorize" rather than "qualify".
But only when the categorization is there for a reason.

 

[Moose22]

It's a relief to feel not alone (what I often do over here)...

If it means anything, you're only alone because you post quite a few really nice photographs. I only mention the ones I like the most. They're just my favorites out of a body of excellent works. But I very much enjoy the posts even when I don't say so.

The same is true of several other posters here.

 

[fdonadio]

But I very much enjoy the posts even when I don't say so.

The same is true of several other posters

Same for me. Sometimes I think a “like button” would be cool, but not without its own problems.

 

[markbau]

Markbau, this one is for you...
'Looking down', Scheldemeersen near Gent, Flanders, Belgium.

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Hasselblad 500C/M + Planar 80mm + Yellow filter on Tri-X 400ASA processed in Pyrocat-HD (but at little too high temperature hence the gritty grain).

Very nice photograph Phillipe, we must be on the same photographic wavelength as the very next frame after the one of the sticks is this. I don't like it, the background is too sharp and too bright and it is a very hard area to burn down but thought you'd enjoy our kindred photos from opposite sides of the planet!

 

[Philippe-Georges]

Very nice photograph Phillipe, we must be on the same photographic wavelength as the very next frame after the one of the sticks is this. I don't like it, the background is too sharp and too bright and it is a very hard area to burn down but thought you'd enjoy our kindred photos from opposite sides of the planet!
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Let's go on...

Same place and specs as the previous one.

PS: where my roots are, we have a lot of Australian military graveyards from WWI, and every year many Australians come to vist the former frontline, along English, Canadians, New-Zeelanders, French, Germans and so many others...
We should always remember what misery the war does, sadly some very stupid man has forgotten that!

 

[Donald Qualls]

We should always remember what misery the war does, sadly some very stupid man has forgotten that!

Someone forgets that with distressing regularity. They usually give lots of warning, too, but...

 

[Moose22]

PS: where my roots are, we have a lot of Australian military graveyards from WWI, and every year many Australians come to vist the former frontline, along English, Canadians, New-Zeelanders, French, Germans and so many others...
We should always remember what misery the war does, sadly some very stupid man has forgotten that!

One of the reasons I enjoy your photographs is that I have a friend in Flanders. We've toured the area and visited some of what you have documented.

Not the best of my photos, but they're online and they're some of my favorite, so here they are.

A hundred years later they still maintain these sites like they are new. In the summer they're green with grass, flowers and in some places people will even leave a little something at the memorial. A picture of a great grandfather with flower or something. They still blow the Last Post at the Menin gate in Ypres every night for 90 of the last 95 years. Places like Tyne Cot are beautiful, sad, and remarkably moving.

For centuries, Belgium was where Europe went to fight their wars. The folks in Flanders got the worst of WWI and wanted people to never forget.

 

[Stankula]

Hendaya, Francia
Linhof Master Technika Classic
Apo-Sironar S 210
Ilford HP5

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Lake near Macedon, Victoria, Australia .
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Not sure if this is a landscape or a still life.

It's landscape - even though we see no land -, and quite a nice one. I also like the minimalist touch to it.

Always found interesting that in French (my mother tongue) the translation of "still life" is "nature morte," meaning, literally, "dead nature". It's definition, found in various treaties and dictionaries of painting throughout the ages, is that it's a representation of objects, flowers, fruits, vegetables, game or fish - not necessarily represented in a "dead" state, but in a state that foretells their inevitable "death" (either by rotting or by being eaten). That's why the flowers are not in the ground but in a vase, the fruits, vegetables, game and fish on a table. For some painters, the purpose of the "nature morte" was to underline the ephemeral quality and vanity of all things.

And who said art wasn't fun!

 

[Stephen Benskin]

Salton Sea, CA

 

[Philippe-Georges]

One of the reasons I enjoy your photographs is that I have a friend in Flanders. We've toured the area and visited some of what you have documented.

Not the best of my photos, but they're online and they're some of my favorite, so here they are.

A hundred years later they still maintain these sites like they are new. In the summer they're green with grass, flowers and in some places people will even leave a little something at the memorial. A picture of a great grandfather with flower or something. They still blow the Last Post at the Menin gate in Ypres every night for 90 of the last 95 years. Places like Tyne Cot are beautiful, sad, and remarkably moving.

For centuries, Belgium was where Europe went to fight their wars. The folks in Flanders got the worst of WWI and wanted people to never forget.

Moose22, this is for you (and every body who concerns): Tyne Cot cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Grave Memorial on the continent...

PS: if we don't do anything to stop the madness in Ukraine, these monuments will emerge over there soon too. This is what is left of a generation of brave young men after that a few criminal fools got delusional, this should be a permanent wake up call...

 

[Ivo Stunga]

This is what is left of a generation of brave young men after that a few criminal fools got delusional, this should be a permanent wake up call...

It's complicated. Everything in life ebbs and flows in circular, spiraling patterns - what was old, is new again after couple of generations and it just seems that another such cycle is repeating itself to take away our illusions about global peace - hell, even peace on a single continent. It's not fun to live next to a miltant, backwards country that's susceptible to these patterns of anger, disgust, revolt and victory. A country that teaches alternate history in their History classes, that hasn't really confronted its war mistakes (history is written by victors, eh?), haven't learned from them, thus is prone to repeating the same mistakes.

The moment I see a country adopting censorship - it's clear to me that they're fetishizing war over truth and peace. And Russia hasn't really dropped it's good, old Soviet censorship. And how could they with a KGB product as a Leader? I choose the word Leader, because that's what it is in reality. A Soviet anthem with swapped lyrics and Soviet military symbols with swapped colors.

Beating must be accompanied with teaching - if Russians refuse to learn, you'll just have another cycle to repeat decades later. Especially when cutting off communications and economic ties that the well deserved sanctions inevitably bring. To seed another vicious cycle of revenge - just like Germany with the exception that it was forced to recognize their wrong, to learn from their mistakes.

Cold War 2.0 with some hot exchanges? Idiots with too much power. Two last European dictators are dicktating around - tell me something new.



Smagrīts Daugmales pilskalnā by Ivo Stunga, on Flickr

 

[Tom Taylor]

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The big picture with the K1000. Temblor Range, Kern County, California.

 

[MattKing]

Just a caution here.
We are trying to eliminate political and current events discussions unless they are specific to photography.
For now, I'm leaving Phillipe-Georges' thoughtful commentary to his war memorial photo in place, along with Ivo Stunga's thoughtful response to that commentary.
But if there are further responses, all will be deleted, leaving only the photo.
The photo (along with identifying information) is powerful commentary on its own, and it is within the ambit of our photography website.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Just a caution here.
We are trying to eliminate political and current events discussions unless they are specific to photography.
For now, I'm leaving Phillipe-Georges' thoughtful commentary to his war memorial photo in place, along with Ivo Stunga's thoughtful response to that commentary.
But if there are further responses, all will be deleted, leaving only the photo.
The photo (along with identifying information) is powerful commentary on its own, and it is within the ambit of our photography website.

 

[Ivo Stunga]

Just a caution here.
We are trying to eliminate political and current events discussions unless they are specific to photography.

Thanks for heads up! Good, it just tends to muddy the waters and break relationships needlessly.