Selected Excellence: Mountains

A reader, Christopher Guy, sent me a photo which I consider excellent and wish to share with all of you today. It is taken with a LX3. I like this photo a lot. Well done, Chris.

Regrettabely, Chris hasn't given me his blog or other addresses.

The first sight of the photo reminded me of this song: Climb Every Mountain. Good photo and a good song. Have a great day! :)

(The part after the song seems moving. Anyone speaking Dutch can enlighten us on what are being spoken after the song? I copied a gist translation for the Dutch part anyway: "At 2:36 he say's: Well done. Then he says: This is a moment for you, aw sweetheart! Well done. A song with a story. This is a very special moment for you.. it's a hard song. Should you do that song? She said yes, because: I can't talk.. she said. She sung the song for someone who isn't living anymore. The people on the blue chairs thought it was amazing and they had tears in their eyes!")

Comments

Wouter Brandsma said…

Hi Nevis, Your translation is pretty good of the presenter and the singer Nikki. She one the Idols series last year by the way and released her first album at the end of 2008.

Cheers from the Netherlands!

5 April 2009 at 13:33

Nevin said…

This Nikki has a captivating voice really.

5 April 2009 at 13:54

A Real Hero

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Eye Contact

(Leica D-lux 5) The digital era may make it easier to end up with fave shots. Even lousy photos may be turned likable after a few clicks in the post-processing workflow. But if digital advancement or amendments have any bearing on the cultivation of personal style, no photographers will need to discover his or her own photographer’s eye. Undoutedly, this is out of the question. Only with a trained photographer’s eye can we give a thinking gaze and capture an eternal moment, in our unique style. Style is the soul of a great photo. A few posts have been written in GXG to touch on the topic of photographer’s eye. Instead of finding an answer, which would require academic discussions, the posts are intended to give my general reflections and spark interests in moving towards further exploration of the topic. The posts can be viewed after the links: 1) Photographer's Eye: Storytelling 2) Photographer's Eye: Little Show of Observing 3) Photographer's Eye: Sight-Worthy 4

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