Purposeful Shadows

[Pol]

How about a new challenge for photos where the shadow was the main motivation for taking the shot. Photos where the shadow is the prominent part of the picture or maybe the main subject.

I have two or three in mind to get the ball rolling so I'll dig them out and post copies soon.

Pol

[jojo]

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Okay Pol, I'm up for this - I'll see what I can rally up.

Jo

[Pol]

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How about a new challenge for photos where the shadow was the main motivation for taking the shot. Photos where the shadow is the prominent part of the picture or maybe the main subject.

I have two or three in mind to get the ball rolling so I'll dig them out and post copies soon.

Pol

Three examples to show the sort of thing I had in mind. Each of these 3 photos were shot because the shadow had caught my attention. So I'd tried to present the shadow in an appropriate an eye catching way - ie tried to make the shadow(s) a prominent part of the picture.

First one, also most recent. A very clearly defined shadow on the corner of the side wall of the DLW Pavilion.




I sometimes refer to this second shot as "the railway lines' because it's a view of a bench, fence and platform on a contrasty day at a railway station.



The next one is from about 2-3 years ago caught my attention because of the SS shaped combination of the side of the garden bench and the shadow it cast on the paving.




Not much sun at the moment but hopefully I might be able to get more shadow pictures soon.

Pol

[Stephen]

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Nice one Pol
Here's one of mine

[pewidane]

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Here,s one of mine.

[Pops]

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The 2nd really jumps out

[Mike Parr]

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Now what do I do...i spent all last summer trying to keep my shadow self portrait out of my photos

[Caz]

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Here's my twopence:

Shadow of DNA:

That's the shadow of half a statue in Northampton's main shopping street put up in memory of Francis Crick, one of it's more famous sons. The sun could have been a bit stronger, so the shadow is a little soft

Shadows of war:

I took two or three there, but liked that one best.

[Autumn]

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Dancing with My Shadow. (Snow at Chatsworth)

[Blithe]

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Don't know if this will count. I took the photograph last summer because I liked the ears of barley in the shadows of the tree against the field of barley in the sunlight. It screamed summer to me.

This also was taken last year. I liked the shadow on the wall behind the fabric flower, thinking the shadow complimented the slightly battered and frayed petals.

[Jocelyn Walker]

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I like the effect of the shadow petals, but would like to have seen full flower in foreground!

[Pol]

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Don't know if this will count. I took the photograph last summer because I liked the ears of barley in the shadows of the tree against the field of barley in the sunlight. It screamed summer to me.

Of course it counts and they're nice ones too.

Anything at all where the shadow was, or played a key part in the inspiration for taking the shot. Or anything where the shadow is a key part of the composition.

Gotta admit I nicked the idea from another board where the person who started the thread (a crack togfa) had mentioned that including shadows or using them artistically was often overlooked. So that's how and when I started looking more closely at 'shadow potential'.

Does that make me a thieving git? Naaah.

Pol

[DTD]

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Here's one taken in my front room.

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[Pol]

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Another one from me. I have to admit I was after the washed up container originally but couldn't get any closer as the sand was too wet, tide just gone out. As I was waiting and willing the wind to blow the container closer towards me the sun came out and kindly cast an interesting shadow.

The marks in the sand were caused by the container blowing about. It was a very windy day.



Pol

[Martin]

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Here are a couple from me -
A rather old one taken on a visit to Newcastle



and perhaps not fitting the challenge criteria as I wasn't thinking about the shadow effect when I took this.