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Dining Room Light

Dining Room Light

filed under things: The light was streaming into the dining room, so I grabbed my Kodak digital camera and snapped a shot. Unfortunately, I had the color mode on "Saturated," so it made the colors all blocky. Also, because of the low light, there's quite a bit of digital noise. Still, I like the warmth of the picture, and the colors, and the light on the Sean Krueger painting looks like it has caught the birches on fire.

Comments (3)

1Dad wrote:

Karl:
To be retired is, partly, having the time to look more thoroughly at your web site. I never before saw this photo, which I think is wonderful. Saturated with "late light" the way it is gives it a sort of Rembrandt-esque quality. Beautiful.
Dad

Jun 21, 2004 ; 9:47 AM

2jon vandervelde wrote:

Another great photo- great color and composition, contrasting forms. The glasses on the books looks posed however, even if it is not. Maybe its my baggage- I was in a home where they had an open book with some Benjamin Franklin glasses on top of it. I found it all a bit contrived.

Aug 25, 2005 ; 5:44 PM

3Karl wrote:

Not posed at all. It was a long time ago, so I can't recall why the glasses were there, but I probably took them off to take the picture and they just happened to get in the shot. I'm glad you like the picture, and I really appreciate the comments.

Aug 25, 2005 ; 6:31 PM

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