Kept Light » flower http://www.keptlight.com A. Cemal Ekin on Photography Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:56:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Ayvalik, Flowers, and Windows http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2009/08/ayvalik-flowers-and-windows/ http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2009/08/ayvalik-flowers-and-windows/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:50:38 +0000 A. Cemal Ekin http://www.keptlight.com/?p=583
  • Ayvalik-Lesvos Days
  • Dinner at Deniz Kestanesi
  • The Melin House
    • ]]>     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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    1. Ayvalik-Lesvos Days
    2. Dinner at Deniz Kestanesi
    3. The Melin House

    ]]>     http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2009/08/ayvalik-flowers-and-windows/feed/ 0     More Calla Studies http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2009/04/more-calla-studies/ http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2009/04/more-calla-studies/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:58:13 +0000 A. Cemal Ekin http://www.keptlight.com/?p=501
  • Cabbage
  • Eggsperiment
  • Don’t Bruise the Pixels
    • ]]>     I took more photographs of a couple of calla lilly blossoms. I wanted to explore their shape and form. All shooting by a window where the flowers are receiveing full light and the background is getting what spills.

    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.

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    1. Cabbage
    2. Eggsperiment
    3. Don’t Bruise the Pixels

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