This was taken this afternoon in the nearby market town of St. Méen le Grand looking east, and shows a rear view of the town hall with the market square beyond.
This image is SOOC and is part of my ongoing OCOLOY project - you can read more about it in my post for 1 January and in my profile.
Really well captured Richard. I have just read your commentary on OCOLOY, and I think this is a great thing to try. I also read all your profile, and about trying to keep up with posting and commenting. This is all so true, and I am finding that I just cannot keep up with all the commenting everyday, so I try to at least get around to all my consistent friends and followers once a week and catch up with them then. I don't know the answer to this but all I can do is try, and same for you. I enjoy your work, and your thoughts.
Love the contrast... and the curve of the road makes it a very attractive composition. This project with the X100T continues to be a great success. A printed series (or several) maybe themed if you continue with it photo-books perhaps?) could be really good.
@yrhenwr Your timing is impeccable... I was just wondering whether I should drop the sooc part as I'm taking lots of pics that I like... but only after they're processed! Now I'm going to have to persevere a bit longer! Thanks heaps for your kind comments... e-mail coming this weekend.
Well, remember the "doable" part: One thing I've loved about sooc septembers is the freedom from the time and angst of processing (yes and the pleasures too). I think my comments on this already appear above.
@francoise Bless you Françoise, you are always so well anchored! I've always enjoyed nf-sooc Septembers and always end up wondering why I process so much... and then go straight back to my old habits! To be be fair though, I'm usually on holiday in September so lots of new things and places to photograph.
I've been shooting in both JPEG and Raw with the X100T so that I have pics I could use in another album. I'm going to switch the X100T back to JPEG only, I think, and take a second camera with me for other shots. It's only the lack of processing that's been irking me... I'm fine with the OCOLOY concept, love B&W and I hardly ever crop anyway so I'm already three-quarters of the way there.
Thank you so much for your wise counsel and your encouragement.
Your project your rules: @vignouse. I think there's something to be said for a processing but no cropping rule if you're a committed ocologist. No cropping because of the value of getting composition right in-camera and of mastering the field of view but processing because, well, why not?
it's recently rained in your shot, right? Sets the road and its lovely curve off so well.
@jasperc Yeah, that's what I've been telling myself - well, why not?! I think the dull weather hasn't helped because there is so little contrast in many of my photos at the moment - this one is OK because the sun came out for a few minutes... after the rain stopped. I shall see January out SOOC anyway and then we'll see if I'll permit myself the indulgence of a wee tweak here and there ;-)
@vignouse Why not? I suppose, on reflection and to answer my rhetorical question, perhaps to force you to explore all alternative avenues. Does your comment suggest you have an (over?)dependence on contrast to makes your photos sing? Nothing wrong with that. But maybe now is the moment to explore soft contrast monochrome.
It's a good point but I don't think I have any kind of dependence on high-contrast monochrome - there are lots of examples of soft contrast in my project... most recently Ocoloy Days 17 & 20, both of which I really like and wouldn't want to do anything to. On a slightly different note, I've just seen @dbj Joe's post... I shall comment shortly!
it makes my head spin this picture!
I like your view angle
I've been shooting in both JPEG and Raw with the X100T so that I have pics I could use in another album. I'm going to switch the X100T back to JPEG only, I think, and take a second camera with me for other shots. It's only the lack of processing that's been irking me... I'm fine with the OCOLOY concept, love B&W and I hardly ever crop anyway so I'm already three-quarters of the way there.
Thank you so much for your wise counsel and your encouragement.
it's recently rained in your shot, right? Sets the road and its lovely curve off so well.