1st place Applied Geometry* by Jonathan Nissanov by Canon DSLR Challenge

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Applied Geometry*
by Jonathan Nissanov


9/11/2004	Jonathan Nissanov

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Canon DSLR Challenge		22-Sep-2004 01:06
I am honered Roberta. Bee1000 I tried it and it was too serious and I really wanted the fun caricature like feel.

Canon DSLR Challenge		22-Sep-2004 01:01
Jonathan, This is fabulous. I'd love to share this with my art students when they work on their cityscapes. Great work. Roberta

Guest		22-Sep-2004 00:07
Nice interpretation of the theme. I like the image, but it's too Photoshoppy for my tastes. I think I would prefer it as a high-contrast black and white image. - bee1000

Jonathan (Yoni) Nissanov		19-Sep-2004 16:18
Thanks everyone. I was wondering how complex can an image be and still be essentially graphic. The need for flattened perspective is not surprising. Without the color enhancement and tight crop (there was a bit of water and docked boat at the bottom of the frame) the image is of a city foremost. To my eyes only after treatment do the shapes dominate and one's eye begins to wander over the various colors, geometric shapes, and textures. I also tried to push things further using geometric distortions (results posted athttp://www.pbase.com/yonili/image/33962959), the results while fun move the image way too far from the issue of architecture and cityscape. BTW, for those of you interested, this is taken in Boston.

Canon DSLR Challenge		19-Sep-2004 13:38
This one is actually expanding my view of what constitutes a graphic photo. When I thought of the theme, I would never have thought of anything like this, but it is indeed very graphic. The flat perspective and the filled frame both help in making this graphic as does the increased saturation and heavy use of USM. The architecture is post-modern and the graphic treatment seems very fitting to this kind of architecture, sort of capturing the spirit of post-modernism - via caricature. Well done! --Olaf

Guest		17-Sep-2004 22:30
Jonathan, This is great. Beautiful colors! Susan

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Sep-2004 22:18
Thanks, bumped saturation plus hard unsharp only.

Edward Hahn		17-Sep-2004 22:09
Very nice graphic feel. Are the colors simply a result of bumped saturation and hue, or is there selective "colorizing" in the processing? -Ed Hahn

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Sep-2004 14:24
Wow, great shot, certainly extremely graphic and colourful. Very nice. Vikas