two cat jack

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]
[crossposted to doorwindowwall]

here's the prospect with which arriving trick-or-treater were greeted last night.  the two kitty faces on the pumpkin represent, of course, Peake and Meg in standard and miniature rendition. 

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Comments

[niyabinghi.livejournal.com]

Beautiful photo! Love your screen doors, too.

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

thank you, I'm glad you like them. 

two years ago what was there was: a modern three section sliding glass door -- remuddling at its finest.  keeping a shared record of the work done on the cottage is what this journal was first about, and still is, though no longer exclusively. 

[m-lightfoot.livejournal.com]

I like this even better than Della's classic Grove Halloween shot---probably because it has more emotional context for me. Both are wonderful use of very low ambient lighting.

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

thank you. 

I don't quite know when or how it happened, but somewhere along the way I have picked up a strong aversion to the use of flash.  I have a friend who is a master of bulb placement and produces truly stunning night shots, and at some point I should probably try to learn some of that, but at least so far it's all been about making use of whatever light there is, even at the cost of the occasional image whose potential is never realised. 

[m-lightfoot.livejournal.com]

I think your focus on available light photography has led to some lovely shots, especially in McCathran Hall. Use of flash would be far less interesting there as well.
After comparing 2-cat-jack more carefully with face-to-face (I'm at home now and can take my time!) I'm even more impressed with 2-cat-jack. The contrast between the light and dark areas is so well balanced and the clarity of the details is amazing for the amount of light involved. And if you didn't carefully arrange the fallen leaves on the porch, then you definitely were blessed with good fortune in composition. I give you full credit for the great pumpkin carving! The more I look at the photo, the more interesting details I see---I really enjoy that.

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

thank you. 

yes, much of my flash aversion comes from trying to manage the level of intrusion, out of a wish to keep the act process of recording the event from altering it for the participants.  Heisenberg comes to the camera, as it were.  but I have come to find that flash is equally intrusive into my own efforts to see things.  it's all about the light, it always has been, and it's been interesting to realise how many situations there are in which less is more. 

the leaves are where they fell.  generally, I will go to ridiculous lengths to alter point of view in composing an image in order to keep from altering a subject or setting.  when out about the Grove with camera I am tremendously reluctant to even move a branch aside if it can be prevented. 

I also try to produces images that yield new detail on further examination.  after all, that's the way the Grove is for me, and that's an aspect that I am anxious to capture and relate.