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"Place des Voges @ the New Millennium"
Image Title:  "Place des Voges @ the New Millennium"
 
 By: Jim McNitt  
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Photographer Jim McNitt {K:11246}
Project N/A Camera Model Nikon Cp 990
Categories Cityscape
Film Format
Portfolio Lens  
Uploaded 9/6/2003 Film / Memory Type Lexar FC
    ISO / Film Speed 0
Views 572 Shutter
Favorites Aperture f/0
Critiques 23 Rating
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About This began as a silhouette photo of the roofline at Place des Voges (Paris) taken shortly after sunrise in June, 2000. The main graphic issue I was attempting to address in this scene is the mixing of a warm foreground and cool background. To make this work I first colorized the sky layer (the original sky was white), then desaturated by about 50 percent, and finally used the diffusion filter to reintroduce some white areas. I think this works, in part, because the lumeniscence of both the cool and warm tones is about equal. Also, IMO, the french-curved lampost and yellow church cupola serve as transitional devices which mitigate the abrupt shift in color palettes. Conceptually, I like the result because to me the sky layer suggests the way modern glass-and-steel buildings so often impinge on warmer and more humanistic old city centers. An alternative visual interpretation of these closely spaced retangular shapes as tombstones, I think, also advances this distinction between the vibrance and humanism of classical urban architecture and the cold, calculated commercial effficiency of most modern cityscapes. Your thoughts welcomed.
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There are 23 Comments in 1 Pages
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G C   {K:12204} 9/6/2003
An amazing result from your work, a striking, even haunting image. It does suggest the contrast between old and new, as you suggest.


ADAM ORZECHOWSKI   {K:7957} 9/6/2003
Very creative super art picture.Well done Jim.Regards.


Naty Z   {K:16486} 9/6/2003
i love this new "phase" of yours!


Jamie Ferguson   {K:6284} 9/6/2003
Very striking Jim, the lantern is powerful by itself. Might have looked better as a portrait as the top right is very empty and draws my eye out of the image when wandering. Good to see your cubist playing is still going, enjoying it.


Ronny Van Eeckhoutte   {K:12734} 9/6/2003
Wonderfully powerful and well composed image.


Kim kyungsang   {K:14135} 9/6/2003
wonderful photoart!


Alberto Agnoletti   {K:12808} 9/6/2003
Very nice work!!!!


Rhonda Prince   {K:17684} 9/6/2003
I love your images and experimentation and also love your explanations. Beautiful!


Gregory Fiedler   {K:15439} 9/6/2003
Pass you the butter! Your on a roll! Great Stuff!


lowell whipple girbes   {K:13181} 9/6/2003
me likeit


Craig Garland   {K:27077} 9/6/2003
Jim; another excellent work in this rapidly developing squarist style. I really like this-- the mix of warm and cool colors is excellent and the curved object contrasts very nicely w/ the "squares"-- cool subject too. I'm really enjoying your latest photoart style! Would you please take a look at my latest soft/ethereal landscape?-- it's sort of the polar opposite of what you've done here and a favorite of mine. Thanks and Cheers. Craig.


Tomo Radovanovic   {K:12788} 9/6/2003
excellent creative work


Anna    {K:2994} 9/7/2003
Another special image of yours... it makes me dream and my fantasy running into different spaces...
Thank you, Jim


Mari Mar   {K:11417} 9/7/2003
Farolito que alumbras apenas mi calle desierta ?cuántas veces me has visto tocar a su puerta, sin llevarle más que una canción y un pedazo de mi corazón, sin llevarle más nada que un beso violento y travieso, amargo y dulzón? Song by Agustín Lara

Linda imagen, bellos colores, well done, Jim!!


CJ Kitts   {K:1614} 9/8/2003
A very contemporary approach. It is beautiful and it is fresh and interesting. Great job!


Rhonda Prince   {K:17684} 9/8/2003
So you know Helen? She never mentioned you or the episode with Englebert... tsk, tsk! :)


Igor L.   {K:7432} 9/8/2003
Nice image and creative colors!


luisa vassallo   {K:28240} 9/9/2003
Complimenti!
Molto bella: magica!


Gregory Fiedler   {K:15439} 9/9/2003
Reminds me of the times when we would go into Paris, France in the early 70's in search of information on Jim Morrison of The Doors. Ah the "City of Lights" Drinking pus cafe's on the street restaurants. Wildly running the streets at night with not a care in the world.......Wait none of that ever happened! Jim, Love the wonderful color cubes! The colorful shilloetts, and the light. All of the colors set a definate mood. Really fine work Jim.


kita mcintosh   {K:18594} 9/10/2003
brilliant fantastic fab love it my cup of tea as they say


^j^ .   {K:8554} 9/10/2003
Hey... You've been busy lately... I haven't got much time now so I'll be back later to have a closer look at this... And the rest... Have a nice day !


Andre Fersen   {K:1679} 9/15/2003
So Manhattan-in-the-sky falls over PLace des Voges? Well-expressed idea, and your words about colour balance and the place of the curvy lines of the lamp-post and skyline are also on-target. I'm curious how you work towards a final picture - does the concept come first and then you try to express it, or do you play with the picture until something gels (which is what I do)?


ventrix drogo   {K:62767} 9/16/2003
OH lala. Place des Vosges, che meraviglioso posto. Stento un po' a riconoscerla, ma la composizione e' accattivante e bella. Ciao


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