Kept Light » flowers 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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    2. Dinner at Deniz Kestanesi
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    ]]>     http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2009/08/ayvalik-flowers-and-windows/feed/ 0     Calla Studies in Color and Monochrome http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2009/04/calla-studies-in-color-and-monochrome/ http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/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
  • Cabbage
  • Eggsperiment
  • Don’t Bruise the Pixels
    • ]]>     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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    ]]>     http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2009/04/calla-studies-in-color-and-monochrome/feed/ 0     Visit to Salt Lake City http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2008/08/visit-to-salt-lake-city/ http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2008/08/visit-to-salt-lake-city/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:16:12 +0000 A. Cemal Ekin http://www.keptlight.com/blog/?p=108
  • Anemon Hotel and Grifin Fish Restaurant
  • Sunset over the Bosphorus
  • Visit to Princes Islands
    • ]]>     I arrived at Salt Lake City on August 4, 2008 primarily to see my daughter, granddaughter and son-in-law. This time of the year, the mountain sides are extremely colorful with bursting wild flowers. The following are a few albums from this visit.

    Mina and Elif in the fields

    Mina and Cemal Dede and the rest of the day

    Wild flowers near Alta, UT

    Wild flowers near Alta, UT part 2

     

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