One thing we constantly talk about at Light Stalking is the skill of taking mundane subjects and interpreting them in a beautiful or interesting way. This is part of the skill set of a talented photographer and it's not necessarily an easy one to develop. We think these photographers have done a pretty solid job of demonstrating this skill in these photographs of windows. Composition, colour, implied negative space, lighting – all of these have been brought to bear to generate great shots from a mundane subject. Share your own efforts in the comments!
the submarines:maybe by visualpanic, on Flickr
مرگ چون پرواز است by Hamed Saber, on Flickr
Hello Darkness My Old Friend by geezaweezer, on Flickr
maria mena:i miss you love by visualpanic, on Flickr
stavropoleos by fusion-of-horizons, on Flickr
Rain bokeh by kevin dooley, on Flickr
218/365 – Remember This Emotional Equation by Helga Weber, on Flickr
Mirror In The Sky II by peasap, on Flickr
Framing the city by kevin dooley, on Flickr
kolumba museum, peter zumthor 1997-2007 by seier+seier, on Flickr
Volvo katulampun alla by ansik, on Flickr
Defenestration by Dawn Endico, on Flickr
Beautiful / Strange. by digitalpimp., on Flickr
These Hallowed Halls by country_boy_shane, on Flickr
vol au vent… by Biscarotte, on Flickr
Living in Rome by Gianni Dominici, on Flickr
yellow and blue by topher76, on Flickr
Towering Window by country_boy_shane, on Flickr
springtime by seyed mostafa zamani, on Flickr
The Yellow Window by Sukanto Debnath, on Flickr
Untitled by Maria Artigas, on Flickr
Diagonal by dorena-wm, on Flickr
A lone green chair in a dark dirty room, a ray of sunlight shines through the window on the green chair by crsan – christianholmer.com, on Flickr
Siding by kevin dooley, on Flickr
Portuguese Window by Fr Antunes, on Flickr
mazoni:blue by visualpanic, on Flickr
Shadow Escape by Ian Sane, on Flickr
25 Comments
Wonderful – Thank you for some inspiration
Beautifully exquisite in their deceptive simplicity. Fantastic inspiration!
Changing the way we see everyday things. Thank you
Fantastic images. Will definitely get me to see windows in a new light.
Here is one I had taken a while ago:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/saptashaw_c/5542965513/in/photostream
Would be great to to get some critique.
Beautiful. Thank you.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbhaber/2968548492/
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8062/8210375947_a87cf1266b_b.jpg
https://flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/6211555969/lightbox/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/river-love/8250483234/
Time Square
https://www.flickr.com/photos/river-love/8250483234/
2nd try
https://flic.kr/p/dz4TdW
I’m having trouble embedding the image. Any ideas?
Framing the city is still baffling me as to what I’m actually looking at. You can’t see through frames. Veeeery interesting indeed.
apart from a few shots , the one with the light ” slanting” in and a couple of the similar ones I found the rest to be mundane
I am always enthused by great photography.
Mundane these are not, inspirational they are
Window shots are always interesting, somewhere there is a story behind them.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/leslieleonard/6985431651/in/photostream
Chaco Canyon, NM window built circa AD 950
These shots are only mundane if you fail to appreciate the richness of the world around you.
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Check this out:
Wonderful images, all! I really appreciate the lesson on thinking differently about the mundane. Thank you!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/othersideofkim/7436566228/
Abstract leads to art