Uploads from jasontheaker, tagged ostrellina, with geodata

Development Or Die

nobody@flickr.com (jasontheaker) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:34:11 -0800

I’ve been thinking recently that there is something missing from flickr, (well something that I haven’t found yet). A kind of place (group) that has the ability to inspire, to welcome experimentation, a place that has a lot more depth than the usual shallow resting place for hundreds of images. I want equality, a place that isn’t run by power obsessed admin's, a place that isn’t a all closed network of buddies, a place that welcomes true thought, true learning, true experimentation. I want to visit to contribute, to experiment, to crit others work, to have a balanced group of people that respect others values. I want a place that doesn’t have any irritating insecure people trying to tell you how good they are. Yes I'm wanting a lot and I do get these things from different groups (id say about 3 or 4 that I visit regularly) but I want them all in one place.

To be honest, I would like to cherry pick the people I value (for many reasons) and get them together and create a new group that would be fantastic. But I also don’t want to upset anybody…and god not another group, please no not more groups.

I also have been wondering if there isn’t a better way of developing ideas, sparking inspiration. For me I would love to get more involved in a discussion-based group concerning the ideas behind photography. Kind of the deeper physiological elements to why we take photos, what the viewer feels, presenting challenging concepts, blar blar blar. I feel that to push in these directions is fascinating. As some of you may have observed, I've been trying to get this type of thing going in the threads of some groups, but it doest seem to be working. What I'm asking here I suppose is does anybody know of any groups that offer this type of thing or do I have to set one up, or do I try and push one of the groups I'm involved in into this direction? Also I wonder if there is any others out there, who are committed enough and have the desire to challenge them selves, push themselves in different directions. I only know of a few people here on flicker that I ‘Guess’ would welcome this type of direction but id truly love to meet more. This isn’t about just image quality (that is a given) its about ideas, experimentation, forging new ground (if that’s possible)

Anyway, any thoughts out there?

Note: this is taken on Constantine beach at sunset this summer. I got down very low and used a polarizer to maintain the foreground leading lines. Anyway I hope you like it.

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What If The Earth Stopped Spinning?

nobody@flickr.com (jasontheaker) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:28:09 -0800

jasontheaker posted a photo:

There is this pub in the village of Travone that we went to a lot this year. Its a pretty little place just around the coastline from were we were staying. We actually began going there many years ago when on our honeymoon. We use to end our day there by eating our evening meal watching the last sunrays disappear over the Atlantic.

But this year the pub was a very handy west facing location for Cathy to relax with the kids whist I regularly, (guilt reduced) ran down the corn field, tripod strapped to my back, over a gate and through some very posh houses, with even more expensive views, to get to this little gem of a beach.

I have mixed feelings about this image. I totally love the sunset. It began rather muted, but as you can see it managed to peep through the cloudbank, just before it disappeared down under the horizon. My hesitation in posting this is due to the quantity of untidy rocks and this image that distract from a clean composition. It also lacks any kind of water action, which I have become, to like in these types of shots, to give it movement and drama. I do however like the clean simplicity in the sand bars, and feel it justifies being let out from the dungeon of images consigned to my hard drive.

Funny this sun chasing lark. If you think about it, it is not the sun that is moving, its us. It is us. that are spinning away from it. At hundreds of miles an hour from its warm rays. (At mid-latitudes, the speed of the Earth's rotation is 700 to 900 miles per hour )

The sun is the main character, the main focus in the average landscape snapper’s sights. Many people take its presence for granted. I mean its there every day, it is in-fact the thing that defines our day, the length of our day, thou the year. It sustains our very existence. With out it we would not be here. If it stopped, ran out, turned off then god what a disaster. How long would we live? There would be a permanent static sunset and sunrise skirting the circumference of the world. In fact it wouldn’t be a sunrise or set at all, it would have to be renamed the suns edge. The world’s population would have to live within 5o miles of this line, as one side of the planet would be frozen solid and the other side would be scorched to a cinder. We would all have to migrate to the edge of the sun influence. We all would live in consent yellow and red light. Wow what a world that would be. A densely populated ring of kayos around the entire planet.

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Robin Hoods Bay Sun Rise

nobody@flickr.com (jasontheaker) — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:15:03 -0700

jasontheaker posted a photo:

This is the next one that I've processed from the same morning.
I got there at the right time, because the tide was going out very fast, due to the spring tide being very high and low. I was VERY lucky with the weather being so wonderful!