JC's Eye

an end

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Thats it folks. Well not really. If you've enjoyed the works put up here so far,
then head over to http://monofarben.blogspot.com as all future works will
go up on the new blog; dedicated specially to the people and space around me.
why a new blog? well, for no specific reason really. I think 100 post is quite a landmark.
So the next site will aim for the 1000 mark before anything else changes.
-Julius-

and the 100th post goes to...

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untitled
-somethings, words just won't describe. Wayne, Eric & Co at Straits restaurant, Doncaster.

the 99th post

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"water's getting harder to thread"
17 November 2006; Sam & JM, Post exhibition at Soba Bar

Wishing for more light

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"Ahh, Stella & Space"

I wish for more light, both physical light & ideas. But physical light is dear, and ideas are scarce.
but money comes with time, ideas, well..not really. So here I am, seeking it introspectively.
I figured what better window into some of my personal space than the place I live in, and the
people whom I share it with. Samuel is a soon to be an architect. Maybe I'm being generous.
He is a soon to be graduate architecture student. And when the exams draw close,
the entire living room turns into his space. He uses space, to create space, and then looks
for more space. I guess architecture wouldn't survive without space, its abundance or
the lack of it. -JC

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"Autobiography"
Life In Melbourne, 12 months later

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"unplugged"- A glass of coffee, sun invading the living room-7pm

notes,

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Dear all,

For those of you who have been faithfully frequenting the site, I hope the work that I have put up
satisfies yourself in some sense, one or another, to a certain degree. More recently have I come accross people
probing for the type of photography I do, be it landscape/scenery, digital/film, the list goes on.

Truth is, that was the sole purpose of this blog. To discover my voice in photography and keep monitor of progress.
Perhaps "experimental expression" would be good way of describing my work.
Last but not least, hope you enjoy your stay, I shall leave you at that with a less recent work below.

JC

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"untitled" Steps of victoria state library

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"untitled" - view from West Melbourne

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"passing by"

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"untitled"

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"gone"

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"untitled"

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"dying breed"

"color blind"

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"The flagstaff prowler; Bob"

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"untitled"

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"moo..."

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"my name is lowie...."

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Lowie the dog...

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"untitled" - wind spinning things, Docklands

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"untitled"

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"Free"

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"brave new world"

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"Our world"

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Docklands

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"Astonishment"- "too smooth" John goes about his coins accross routine at Fitzroy

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-Julius Chan. "Showtime", Wayne; loosening up prior to walk around magic at Fitzroy.

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Behind Lygon

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Monee Ponds creek Cycling path; John Fawkner Cyclist

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Walk with me

curious eye (now in color)

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Spencer to Bourke

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Black Thing

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How well do we know ourselves?

Timed exposure at the corner of Swanston and Collin st., Melbourne

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Digitally speaking, for the past 6 months I have been diddling around
PS and over the entire net, experimenting with various forms of BW conversion.
Among those, greyscale, desaturation, LAB mode, channel mixer and one, which
less seem to talk about, gradient map (though I must confess, even though most of
my BW's go through gradient map, I have no idea how it actually works. None the less
it gives me a good starting point to work from imo.
More on that next time. This photograph is one of my few first attempts at a timed exposure.

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a walk in the city

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Federation Square: 1st installation

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note;

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Small announcement here, new works underway. Check back in the next few weeks for
Light & Shadow.-JC

Latrobe Street

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Melbourne Central at 7:00am

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Tamed..

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A beautiful Photog needs no description.
Taken by Junn.
As tempted as I was to touch it up, somethings best left untouched.

JC

Hmm..this photog appears vertical on my screen, think it looked better the way it was..
it's posted horizontally...

Trams?

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Swanston street

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A coupla kids fancy getting up close with a horse in the heart of the city, along Swanston Street.

Street photography; Melbourne State Library

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Ouch. Dangers of photography. Luckily the D50 was left unscathed

Only the nerds visit the library on a Sunday

Docklands

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I quite like this photograph, simply because it captured what I felt- something I just cannot describe unfortunately;
Her pointing her towards docklands, him with his hands in his jeans pocket, attention somewhat directed by her suggestion of something apparently interesting on the right side. Beats me. Last of all, I enjoyed the composition of this photograph,and the exposure seemed right to bring out the details from both background and foreground. Balanced composition?

JC

Flagstaff gardens 2nd installation

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Street photography; Flinders Station & people

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I guess I've discovered that there are always more ways of doing the same thing.
One of if, shooting from inside the subject location, including certain landmarks that are around the location itself to imply the location. I was fascinated by how this skater was sitting quietly on his skateboard, staring outward while all his friends were busy chatting away...

Street photography; Flinders Station & people

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I was quite disappointed with my attempts on Flinders Station I must admit, but
it wasn't till I tried cropping in that I began to find an interesting way to
depict the station-says me that is.
Walking past it, I was always mused by the masses of crowd flocking in and out of
it. I guess thats not a bad way to portray the station then. The following has been
cropped straight down, converted to B&W.

Street photography; Flinders Station & people

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The following photograph, I thought had the right mix of elements to make it stand out. The main objective in capturing this image was to represent Flinders Station. The idea was to get up close to it, and picking out features unique to it that would describe the location of the picture; Flinders station. While composing to include the times of all the different train platform departures as well as portions of the station’s sign, the time of the photograph itself was also deliberate.
Deliberate to capture the two characters on the lower left corner of the photograph, involved in an act of public display of affection. I guess I hadn’t thought of this, but capturing the station all on its own seemed rather dull. It was the life and people around it that gave character to the place. During this instance there was a large gathering of people, supposedly from the “punk culture”. Unfortunately, there had to be this other figure, on the lower right corner, rushing to escape from my photograph that doesn’t seem do add much to the picture, and if anything detracts from it. Right now I’m thinking, recomposing the shot so the couple were in the middle bottom of the picture would actually improved the picture.Above all, The image isn't that clean cut, and I think people might struggle to notice what the photographer was trying to say with this picture...

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The following is a photograph of Flinders station, shot from the sidewalks of
Swanston st. Personally, I feel one of the characteristics of the Station is it’s copper green dome. Converting the photograph to black and white might not have been the best thing to do.
The photograph consist on two elements which complement each other quite well.
The street lights form an implied line that is very mildly diagonal. This helps lead the viewers eye into the photograph. Converting the photograph to a black and white reinforced this implied line by allowing the bright lights to stand out from the dark background. As the eye is guided towards the left, it is stopped by this structure lying just superior to it, that is, flinders station. Despite that, there is a considerable amount of space in the upper third of the photograph that reveals no detail. Shooting at night, one would probably not expect to see much detail in the sky. The photograph could have been improved by recomposing the shot so that the dome of Flinders station were more to the left, and slightly more superior. Then again, A tighter crop could have brought more attention to Flinders station whilst still maintaining the implied lines of street lights.
Settings; spot metering, f/5.6, aperture 1/15…and the focusing was manual (which I thought was on auto-hence why you might notice a slight blurriness)
Post processing: bw conversion via lab color.

JC

D50

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Photographs here onwards were taken through a Nikon D50 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
As Film critique was applied within radiography, so will I begin a
employing the same strategy to my photography, so to make myself
more aware of elements that make up a good picture. Hope you enjoy your stay. While I tinker around a system on how to critique, here are a few pictures to start of with. Enjoy your stay.

Lenses

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Me? Well I'll just stick to the toys I can afford for the time being..
being upgraded to a Nikon D50 hopefully within a few months time..."ouch!
If anyone's wondering...thats actually a Canon EOS300 film SLR.
It's my trusty IXUS 30 thats been delivering the goods here..=)...Then again..
what you're seeing is Sam's IXUS 55 , a nice upgrade from the ol'30..slightly different
button placements, but identical functions/features ...with a few nice additions..

Skyline GTT 34

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While I'm at it..might as well be fair...
Jon's Skyline from Brisbane...

WRX

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Just for fun...Jason's WRX in Adelaide.

Melbourne Central

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Melbourne under Fog

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Took these shots last weekend, on one of the coldest days I've yet to encounter in Melbourne. Processed to B&W.

princes pier

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* credits to Rodney Rogers, though I am not totally convinced at his approach to composing this photograph(cropping out of the sky)- but I guess these instincts are hard to grasp when one lacks the experience and proper training. In the mean time, here it is. Black and white conversion via gradient map, followed by levels adjustment to bring out the details of the ground and brightening of the overall image. Gradient filter was then applied to darken the sky from the top and left edge to simulate the effect of an storm passing by.

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2 men fishing by Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne

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Princes Pier, 20 minutes till sunset, Port Melbourne

Three hungry men with three pizzas

Low's Peak, Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, East Malaysia

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life

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Byron Bay, Northen New South Wales

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Flagstaff gardens first installation

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winter dawn...

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bolte bridge from docklands
Docklands

Bassist

Jeffcott & Spencer St.

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Photoshoped

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Sydney Splat

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good times

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Easter Camp 2006

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QV square, Melbourne CBD

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Swanston st, Melbourne

Rum cake, Brunetti's on Swanston

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Flinders station from the farside of flinders st/william st. intersection
I like this image because of how it directs the eye to the main subject, flinder station clock tower, thanks to the curve of the bridge entering from the left. The image itself wasn't captured very well owing to high digital zoom, so I decided to switch to a more contrasty image with noise

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Melbourne skyline from the west, Docklands

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Joh Fawkner Private Hospital, Moreland

Overcast day at Royal Park, Melbourne

Flinders/spencer st. intersection

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west of spencer st.

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