Zaren - A Photo A Day
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knoxknocks
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the master strikes again :bsmilie:
is this the same motorbike as your earlier pic?
great colours and use of space!
is this the same motorbike as your earlier pic?
great colours and use of space!
zhang3feng
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:hi zaren
besides the really minimalistic,(i nearly put simplistic,but then i wont call yours as simplistic) and creative concepts, i always admire you for the way you bring out the colours. makes me wanna improve on mine. (amongst many other technicalities that i have to improve :embrass: )
needless to say.. this is :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
besides the really minimalistic,(i nearly put simplistic,but then i wont call yours as simplistic) and creative concepts, i always admire you for the way you bring out the colours. makes me wanna improve on mine. (amongst many other technicalities that i have to improve :embrass: )
needless to say.. this is :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
AngelZhou said:
to keep a long and tedious discussion short....( :bsmilie: )
To my understanding, Surrealism embraces the notion that reality exists in both the 'conscious' and 'subconscious' mind. that the 'conscious' mind is bound by conventional thought, pre-conditioned rules, a tedious exercise in trying to grasp 'reality' through 'rational' reasoning. and that the 'subconscious' mind is uninhibited and 'pure', unadulterated with so-called human logic..and somehow perhaps there are deeper and greater truths & answers which is shielded by our 'consciousness' (mm..i dont know if 'truth' n 'answer' are the right terms to use). some Surrealists believe we can understand the human condition better by acknowledging the 'messages' the subconscious is trying to tell us, some believe 'true' creativity can be unleashed by tapping into the subconscious, and so on.
there are two main 'camps' in which Surrealists believe this 'subconscious' can be expressed - the Automatists and the Veristic Surrealists. i can't go into detail the differences (info can be easily found, and somehow i will get it wrong somewhere). and why some 'surrealistic' visual art look so much 'dreamlike' is because the Surrealists believe dreams to be an important 'clue' in what the subconscious is trying to tell us. by revealing and expressing 'freely' the dreams (automatists and veristic surrealists have their own ways and opinion) from the 'inner' world, by attempting to 'decode' it, perhaps there are stuff which gives us a better understanding of the 'real', outer world.
in other words, (to my understanding), Surrealists believe reality exists both in 'inner' and 'outer' world. one cannot exists without the other. to dismiss one or the other is akin to deliberate ignorance, ignoring the human existence. true 'reality' exists when the two worlds work hand in hand ... what they call, a 'Surreality'.
sadly to say, the word 'Surreal' has been assimilated so much into popular culture that the meaning is somewhat distorted and diluted. just like how 'abstraction' has come to be a convenient word to tag, so has 'surreal'. but..honestly, i got no beef with that :bsmilie: i use words wrongly all the time haha!
hyperFocal
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Kaoz! So profound... enlightening, nonetheless. Thanks for sharing. Pretty much enjoyed your sharing here as well as under your APAD thread. Cheers!Stereobox said:
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I see that you're very fond of mirror shots. Nice, inspiring pictures! :thumbsup: Sadly, I'm always quite "blank" when I go out to shoot. Sigh...zaren said:25th January
thx zhang3feng, nicZnap, wiz23, Sbox, Rheo, ParkertR, choo, hyperFocal 
i shoot in jpeg and use irfanview to post process the shot (you can get the same results by PP in PS). this is the unedited pic;
colors are flat and lack punch.
in irfanview, i applied a gamma correction of 0.57 and an increase in contrast to 83, to get the deeper and richer colours in the final pic.
i shoot in jpeg and use irfanview to post process the shot (you can get the same results by PP in PS). this is the unedited pic;
colors are flat and lack punch.
in irfanview, i applied a gamma correction of 0.57 and an increase in contrast to 83, to get the deeper and richer colours in the final pic.
i love the colours in this.zaren said:thx for the comments AngelZhou, Stereobox, lil p ,knoxknocks & choo! wow....shooting a pic a day is much tougher than i thought! :bsmilie:
3rd January 2006
A newly constructed condo takes shape in the side mirror of a motorcycle parked outside my office.
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