share what you see
☆ July 23, 2010
string on a windowsill. nyc, 2000.
Since my attentions are required elsewhere for the next few days and posting will be minimal if at all, I thought I’d open space up for you to share your windowlight portraits! Would love to see what you see. And by portrait, I mean human, animal, vegetable, running shoe, whatever. Windowlight is beautiful light, even when just shooting string on a windowsill (oh, what a meditation that was…)
Leave a link to your photo(s) in the comment section if you are so inclined!
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July 23rd, 2010 @ 8:20 am
Our view of Lake Union, in Seattle, is pretty wonderful. Here’s a sunrise:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwsunshine/4795551738/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 9:34 am
My dorm room in college had some wonderful lighting in the afternoons:
http://cyborgsuzystock.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1q3l0d
(What it the window itself looked like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyborgsuzy/89160009/in/set-1807361/ )
July 23rd, 2010 @ 9:52 am
My rock collection on my windowsill: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22169422@N08/4521484808/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 10:00 am
awesome!
July 23rd, 2010 @ 10:13 am
My girls are my favorite subjects….
the first is through a skylight (does that count?)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tirzymcwirzy/2799857719/
and the second is the doggie under the window: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tirzymcwirzy/4259543668/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 11:03 am
@suzanne – thanks for sharing both shots… I plan on trying this out on the weekend and while I completely understand the ‘science’ behind how this works, my brain is having trouble believing it will work. And moreso, that I can pull it off.
@shreve – thanks so much for sharing the ‘how’ behind your grasshopper photo. I’m enough of a newbie photo geek that I was wondering how you got that shot. Your explanation and then your further post about the importance of the quality of the lens has got me shopping for a new lens (and not worrying aobut my very old camera body).
I’ll share what happens when I try. :-)
July 23rd, 2010 @ 11:44 am
I loved your grasshopper tutorial. What a great technique! Here are a couple of my attempts:
These are orchids from a show at the Botanical Gardens in Brooklyn, NY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46112426@N00/4821089023/in/photostream/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46112426@N00/4821706044/in/photostream/
And because she’s super cute, my pup Riley by a window:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46112426@N00/3196777809/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 11:54 am
My favorite subject is my little pooch
http://blog.corserdog.com/2010/03/doggydetails.html
July 23rd, 2010 @ 12:18 pm
been infusing tequila with strawberries the last few weeks. was so excited to finally try some!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/l_kim/4821793794/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 12:20 pm
A little Old World charm from a hotel room last weekend: http://www.flickr.com/photos/didrooglie/4805242079/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 12:44 pm
I took a couple of pictures of butterflies in a window display of a jewelry store in the lobby of the building I work in. I love butterflies and these fake butterflies were really pretty.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathymtb/3485175290/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathymtb/3484359019/in/photostream/
This next one is not so much window light but placing objects on a window sill. I was playing with a lens baby and shutter speeds to get the right glow.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathymtb/3484357993/in/photostream/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 12:48 pm
The best view from my computer desk, especially when I’m trying to work !
http://picasaweb.google.com/Disconnecktie.faithfull.vampire/Animaux#5497125618286578722
July 23rd, 2010 @ 12:49 pm
One of my favorite photos of Muffin on the floor and highlighted with light from the window
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26121271@N05/3940090504/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 1:00 pm
I’m packing to move, and this post is entirely window-light pictures of my various packing stuff. My favorite is the packing paper at the end, slightly twisted and wrinkled, with the sunlight coming through the window.
http://stressandstars.blogspot.com/2010/07/inch-by-fitful-inch.html
July 23rd, 2010 @ 1:59 pm
Lucy is always sitting near a window…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danagrandbois/4821342959/in/photostream/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 2:02 pm
here are some older portraits from my undergrad years back in 2001…. i’ve always exclusively used window light… its beauty is unmatched, i believe.
http://s676.photobucket.com/albums/vv128/zamelia1/work/?action=view¤t=lindsay_bed.jpg
http://s676.photobucket.com/albums/vv128/zamelia1/work/?action=view¤t=hannah.jpg
http://s676.photobucket.com/albums/vv128/zamelia1/work/?action=view¤t=gabe_lindsay_print.jpg
July 23rd, 2010 @ 2:20 pm
http://www5.snapfish.com/snapfish/slideshow/AlbumID=1716785028/PictureID=59659454028/a=3294414028_3294414028/otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Here is who I shared my evening with the other nite……
July 23rd, 2010 @ 3:16 pm
My Smokey Cat’s front paws after we had to say goodbye yesterday.
They were the softest things ever.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinytyrant/4821603357/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 5:17 pm
@Tiny – I’m so sorry for your loss.
This is my bulldog sitting by the door. I love the way the shadows fall over him.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33436508@N00/1019823154/in/set-72157600054704728/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 5:43 pm
@Tiny: Sorry you had to say good by yesterday to your soft-footed friend.
@Tirzah: The textures on your doggie’s blanket are wonderful.
Everyone’s photos are wonderful. Thanks for sharing with us.
July 23rd, 2010 @ 8:30 pm
Light just before a storm last year. Not photoshopped or tweaked. It was really like this.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3489/3756443085_c61ac98d9d.jpg
July 23rd, 2010 @ 8:36 pm
@Tiny – so sorry it was time for a goodbye.
I love window light and the catchlight it creates in eyes.
Dexter @ 12 weeks
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v60/LauraVanderipe/cats/?action=view¤t=Dexter20100627_502.jpg
July 23rd, 2010 @ 8:36 pm
The intertwined reaching “arms” of a tree. Just love this one.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/2846356057_cc38982cbc_o.jpg
July 23rd, 2010 @ 8:48 pm
My beautiful little girl Puck loves to be in the sun!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51947967@N05/
July 23rd, 2010 @ 9:00 pm
My little Chesapeake enjoying the sun on his knitted blanket
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4822900958_9f4d001dea_s.jpg
July 23rd, 2010 @ 9:01 pm
tiny – sooooo sorry about your Smokey.
July 23rd, 2010 @ 9:57 pm
Here are a couple I’d like to share:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/94807212@N00/4634023419/in/set-72157623494187788/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/94807212@N00/4622137209/in/set-72157623494187788/
This second photo was the first time I’d used my camera in Manual mode and actually knew what I was doing to get the desired result. A great sense of accomplishment :)
July 24th, 2010 @ 6:09 am
These are so awesome!
I’m gonna’ play around today and see what I can come up with.
Of course,trying to following any instructions turns into a deep and profound,”HUH?” in my brain so…*LOL*
Thanks Shreve. I enjoy these very much.
July 24th, 2010 @ 6:48 am
I am a rank amateur photographer but I’ve actually recently been experimenting with window light. Here’s a photo of my favourite subject, my parrot Merlin, sitting on my knee looking out a window. I was impressed with my ability to take an indoor picture without flash or other touch-ups, just by adjusting my speed and exposure settings on my dslr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mybirdcage1971/4468118146/
July 24th, 2010 @ 8:28 am
Oooh I’m going to add one from my flickr page too that I adore, of my kitty.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stressandstars/4708403898/
July 24th, 2010 @ 9:25 am
Family heirloom – if you look at the original size you can just make out the window providing the light reflected in her shiny nose!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joduggan/4824075050/
July 24th, 2010 @ 9:46 am
WOW ~ What a pipe, Jo!
All of these are so wonderful, thankyou for sharing!!
July 24th, 2010 @ 1:16 pm
Avery watching the world going by her favorite window:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9501/36346391.jpg
July 24th, 2010 @ 7:40 pm
This is one of my favorites. It’s from about 1993 so I had to scan in the negative. It looks a little washed out, but the original is much better: http://cabin77.tumblr.com/post/405619561/garbo-1993
And here is the same subject, 13 years later. She was on my bed and the morning light was coming in from her right (the left of the photo).
http://cabin77.tumblr.com/post/416501681/comfy-garbo-2006
One more. This one’s of my boy kitty. http://cabin77.tumblr.com/post/401022384/its-good-to-be-the-king-june-2006-our-very-own
This is fun! Thanks, Shreve!!!
July 24th, 2010 @ 7:45 pm
http://pics.livejournal.com/shadowstarr/pic/0005hwgz/g9
July 24th, 2010 @ 9:11 pm
I had to give the puppy dog equal time.
http://tinyurl.com/trooni1
http://tinyurl.com/trooni2
July 25th, 2010 @ 7:43 am
Hmmm, do I detect a new blog site in the future Shreve? You will never get away from the computer if this keeps up, nor will I!!! Totally enjoyed all the photos. I would share but haven’t a clue how to set it up without getting on Facebook or something. Oh well. Someone has to be a viewer instead of contributor.
July 25th, 2010 @ 9:04 am
I love growing flowers from seed. The colors are always a surprise.
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\Garden\window view 003.jpg
July 25th, 2010 @ 9:07 am
http://C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\Garden\window view 003.jpg
Learning something new. Ditto, Marg
July 25th, 2010 @ 7:12 pm
Jill, we can’t see photos on your C drive. You have to upload them to a web site.
July 26th, 2010 @ 12:36 am
This is taken from the other side of the windowsill, but I often see this view staring at me when I walk up the stairs to my house at the end of a long day:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4630087319_8de91c08a5_z.jpg
I think he is saying “why haven’t we gone for our walk yet?”
July 26th, 2010 @ 9:18 am
Took this last night. I just love the shadow she makes against the curtains.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7894865@N04/4830084257/
July 26th, 2010 @ 3:58 pm
My Australian cut-leaf Schefflera decided to propagate. It sits in my bedroom/office window.
http://cw-bell.blogspot.com/2010/07/reincarnation-my-australian-cut-leaf.html
July 27th, 2010 @ 4:00 am
Mi Hija was a gentle, happy soul, the best dog EVER. (I am not going to debate this point.) But she loved to chew up toys, and there came a point where I realized that the pieces of tennis balls and Kongs never had to be cleaned up anymore; they magically disappeared. This was not healthy. After failed experiments with antlers, hooves, doggy dental rings, and other apparently still edible objects, I found one thing she could happily destroy but not eat: pinecones. And we were blessed to have a tree across the street that dropped a regular supply of mostly-closed, smooth pinecones, for free! She would peel off pips one at a time and eject them onto the rug. I would sweep them out the front door into the planter, where they became mulch.
It was a great comfort to me, as I struggled to care for her in the last days of her life and prepare to say goodbye, when I noticed several tiny pine trees sprouting up beside the front door. I knelt down to smell their piney scent, proof that they were real, and wept in awe and gratitude to have the circle of life go one more round before my eyes. I called them the Mi Hija Trees. When I moved, I took one with me and this is it on my windowsill of my loft apartment in downtown Los Angeles. It is my most dear possession.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7679935@N05/4833982786/
It has since received a haircut from a bonsai expert who is teaching me to care for and shape it. I miss my girl, every day. But her spirit lives on in me and her tree.
Mi Hija, for the record, happy in the garden:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7679935@N05/4833997646/
July 28th, 2010 @ 9:37 am
My sweet Sugar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60696828@N00/3572704257/in/set-72157613391983696/
…and Beth K. I had to add this one too after seeing yours!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60696828@N00/3573561582/in/set-72157613391983696/
July 28th, 2010 @ 11:50 am
My sweet Coz kitty, the afternoon that I had to let him go and ease his suffering. I will always think of him in this sunbeam.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/betharoopie/4837822333/
July 29th, 2010 @ 12:24 pm
I snapped this picture w/ my phone… We were helping my mother in law move out of the old family homestead and my daughter and I were playing in one of the empty rooms… note the excellent carpeting… I grabbed this shot and it is still one of my favorites.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52525857@N02/4840946099/
July 31st, 2010 @ 11:54 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/friskylisp/4813281735/sizes/l/in/set-72157624547748164/
July 31st, 2010 @ 11:55 am
This is Marlon, one of my beloved Cairn terriers:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/friskylisp/4813281735/sizes/l/in/set-72157624547748164/
August 1st, 2010 @ 7:44 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coyote/118005377
August 4th, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
Holly, that photo is wonderful! What a cutie!