Kept Light» flower http://www.keptlight.com A. Cemal Ekin on Photography Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:21:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ayvalik, Flowers, and Windowshttp://www.keptlight.com/2009/08/ayvalik-flowers-and-windows/ http://www.keptlight.com/2009/08/ayvalik-flowers-and-windows/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:50:38 +0000 A. Cemal Ekin http://www.keptlight.com/?p=583 img_3474 A stroll through the narrow streets in Ayvalik will make one aware of the close relation the people have with two things: flowers and cats. Now, I don’t mean to give the impression that you will find lush gardens, meticulously manicured in ever respect. I know of one such garden in Ayvalik, it is the garden of the Melin house on Zafer Street. Instead, you will see hollyhocks reaching 8-feet or more in height on a sliver of soil on the side of the street, perhaps a mere 8 inches; you will go by many houses where windows became mini gardens with some flowers in pots; you will even see flowers painted on old, crumbling walls, as if to make them last longer. In every alley, next to most poles, at the corner of many houses will be some plant trailing to find the best path to reach the sun. Of course, some are large and thriving roses hanging from the walls, or oleanders moving to the wind.

This gallery is a small selection of photographs which show the close relation between the people and the plants, mostly flowering. Cats, well, that’s for another post.

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Canon 5D
Canon 24-105 L
Natural light
Tripod mounted
Cable release

Post processing:

Lightroom, Photoshop CS4

Both color and monochrome converted versions are presented as part of the study. My reaction to the photographs are different depending on whether they are in color or are monochrome presentations.

]]> http://www.keptlight.com/2009/04/more-calla-studies/feed/ 0 Calla Studies in Color and Monochromehttp://www.keptlight.com/2009/04/calla-studies-in-color-and-monochrome/ http://www.keptlight.com/2009/04/calla-studies-in-color-and-monochrome/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:10:55 +0000 A. Cemal Ekin http://www.keptlight.com/?p=497 This afternoon Jan and I took photographs of a single calla flower. Setup:

Canon 5D
Canon 100mm Macro
Natural light
Tripod mounted
Cable release

Post processing:

Lightroom, Photoshop CS4

Below are three images in both color and monochrome. Conversion to B&W was in Lightroom with split toning.

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Mina and Elif in the fields

Mina and Cemal Dede and the rest of the day

Wild flowers near Alta, UT

 

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