I've got my eye on you

by Rhoufi

Three alien eyeballs have got You covered.

A clutch of aliens gazes down at me from a shop window in Flinders Lane. We have crossed from the Kino Cinema and are heading for The Quarter for dinner. My alien friends seem lost amongst the glitter, the flaring car headlights blinding them from the intersection. They ask me to take their portraits and post them on the Internet in case some of their own kind might know where they are. I oblige because they are so polite. I wish them luck.
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Display window in an Interior Design Shop, Melbourne Australia.

Single capture, no Photoshop additions or deletions, Processed in Lightroom 2.7 for contrast, white balance & brightness.
Uploaded21/07/2011 - 03:48
CategoryArchitecture
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GIULIO57
Posted 21/07/2011 - 06:41 Link
Good colours-contrast
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Rhoufi
Posted 21/07/2011 - 07:07 Link
GIULIO57 wrote:
Good colours-contrast

Thank you Giulio, I tried to keep the colours as close to real as possible. The rest of the shop interior being in darkness helped with the contrast.
 
 
Melbourne, Australia
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AndrewA
Posted 21/07/2011 - 09:19 Link
Like it!
Andrew

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sandinista
Posted 21/07/2011 - 10:45 Link
Very strong composition and elegant in it's minimalism
Great simplicity is only won by an intense moment or by years of intelligent effort. T.S Eliot

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pianoman
Posted 21/07/2011 - 12:10 Link
As above I think this is so effective not only because its so well composed and executed but the simplicity really adds so much ...
All the best

David
nonur
Posted 21/07/2011 - 14:53 Link
Simple and effective!
Regards,
Nezih
szgabor
Posted 25/07/2011 - 16:50 Link
I agree with Nezih. Its shape and colour remembers me to the produce of the European Yew.
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Rhoufi
Posted 26/07/2011 - 07:36 Link
AndrewA wrote:
Like it!

Thanks Andrew
 
 
Melbourne, Australia
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Rhoufi
Posted 26/07/2011 - 07:37 Link
sandinista wrote:
Very strong composition and elegant in it's minimalism

Thank you Jim, I am a fan of minimalism where possible.
 
 
Melbourne, Australia
Pentax K-5; 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 WR Zoom; 70mm f2.4 LTD Prime; 50-135mm f2.8 SDM Zoom; Lightroom 3.6
Rhoufi
Posted 26/07/2011 - 07:42 Link
pianoman wrote:
As above I think this is so effective not only because its so well composed and executed but the simplicity really adds so much ...

Thank you David, the huge difference in brightness between the empty room beyond and the illuminated lights meant that I could draw out just the lights and create the simplicity. It was magic watching appear in Lightroom with very few adjustments.
 
 
Melbourne, Australia
Pentax K-5; 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 WR Zoom; 70mm f2.4 LTD Prime; 50-135mm f2.8 SDM Zoom; Lightroom 3.6
Rhoufi
Posted 26/07/2011 - 07:43 Link
nonur wrote:
Simple and effective!

Thank you Nezih, I like simplicity too.
 
 
Melbourne, Australia
Pentax K-5; 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 WR Zoom; 70mm f2.4 LTD Prime; 50-135mm f2.8 SDM Zoom; Lightroom 3.6
Rhoufi
Posted 26/07/2011 - 07:44 Link
szgabor wrote:
I agree with Nezih. Its shape and colour remembers me to the produce of the European Yew.

Thank you Gábor, they do look like red berries.
 
 
Melbourne, Australia
Pentax K-5; 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 WR Zoom; 70mm f2.4 LTD Prime; 50-135mm f2.8 SDM Zoom; Lightroom 3.6

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