Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart - A Meeting of Minds

***Hans*** · Oct 16 2008, 08:10 AM

Selfportrait
This selfportrait was taken in the spring of 2004 and is, of course, a funny take on the famous bronze "The Thinker" by Rodin. I should have been naked for the optimum effect but... hey, it was a nippy spring that year

Foreground is unsharp/blurred, if the picture had been sharp all the way the foreground, very near the eye of the beholder, would have demanded too much attention. Even now I'm not 100% sure if the balustrade isn't too demanding. Still, I was after the effect of the balustrade while I took advantage of the empty pedestal and am curious to what others think of this.

The picture was taken in a park near Haarlem.
Camera Make: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD
Flash Used: No
Exposure Time: 0.0015 s (1/650)
ISO Equiv.: 100
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

Old and new
These are two old pictures, taken in Brussels. My analog camera's were Olympus camera's (OM1 and OM10, seperate for black & white and colour). These are scans of course.

Sacre Coeur
The last picture this time is much older and taken on my honeymoon in Paris, Fall 1979 (uh, yes, we celebrate 30 years of marriage next year).
It is the Sacre Coeur (Cathedral of the Holy Heart), in Paris up on the hill of the quartier Montmartre (mont meaning hill or mountain). The beautifully (steel?)blue sky without the merest hint or whisper of cloud and the stone used in building the cathedral makes this picture. It is, of course, a scan but nothing is photoshopped in this photograph and it is not manipulated during developing and printing. There was a certain amount of luck, but then, photography luck can often be induced by patience and skill. One of the lucky things here is that the church is on a hill so, looking up to the blue sky and thus avoiding any "interference" of lamp posts or other city things was natural.

Lady Maelin · Oct 16 2008, 12:08 PM

The First photo of you posing like Rodin's *Thinker* is a very
fun and artistic photo. I think it truly shows a lovely part of
your true personality...your very unique and wonderful sense
of humor...

!!!
Nudity...

...would have been closer to
the original, if a bit...

... too revealing for most
MoMers...

......

The last photo of the church is quite remarkable...and lovely.
The stark white of the church against the brilliant blue of
the sky...is indeed beautiful. To bad there is a tour bus in
the lower right corner.

edith · Oct 16 2008, 12:34 PM

That one of Sacre Coeur is amazing! It feels so uneartly with the perfect sky and the crisp whites of the church.

The "Thinker" is great too

***Hans*** · Oct 16 2008, 02:03 PM

You have a sharp eye, Maelin

But then I wouldn't expect anything else from you.
I would have liked if there were no bus and no tree on the left, but I had to work with what I had

I could make it disappear but for some reason I am/was not keen on photoshopping this picture.

And something more about the selfportrait. My name is "van der Boom", which literaly translated into English would be "from the Tree", so having this background in this selfportrait is an extra pun

jube · Oct 17 2008, 02:36 AM

Hans maybe you should take up Lara's statue (WITW #187) as well. After all you're an author too

GinnyStar · Oct 17 2008, 04:38 AM

Nice images Hans, I well look at them beter later.

Lady Maelin · Oct 17 2008, 11:07 PM

Hans...and very nice tree it is too...

Sandi · Oct 20 2008, 11:19 PM

I don't know enough about photography to make any intelligent judgments but I know what I like and what I don't and I like these. I wonder about the first one, though. I'd always been told that the original "Thinker" was trying to remember where he'd put his clothes. So, was this subject wondering what would happen if he shed his?

Lady Maelin · Oct 20 2008, 11:55 PM

That was hilarious Sandi

....[I can hardly write this I am laughing so hard]...and just perfect for Hans

.

***Hans*** · Oct 21 2008, 03:16 AM

that's indeed a very funny one, Sandi

Allen · Oct 21 2008, 07:55 AM

Some very nice shots, Hans. The colors in the first one are great, and the one of the cathedral is like you said; every once in a while, everything clicks.

***Anneli*** · Oct 21 2008, 04:48 PM

*hysterical laughter*

Thanks, Sandi, I needed that really bad right now

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sandi

I'd always been told that the original "Thinker" was trying to remember where he'd put his clothes. So, was this subject wondering what would happen if he shed his?

jube · Oct 22 2008, 09:20 AM

*shudders at the thought of it* but maybe for his wife's eyes only perhaps. Hans as 007!

***Hans*** · Oct 22 2008, 10:12 AM

I always enjoy a woman who shudders with delight at the thought of me without clothes...

Lady Maelin · Oct 23 2008, 05:37 PM

Jube,

I would think

a little bit more like, the

*Indiana Jones*

of Geneology[shudder] instead
of 007... especially knowing how much Hans loves to dig
into musty old files and very old records to discovery
someones ancient past.

Oct 16 2008, 12:08 PM	#2
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Hasn 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart The First photo of you posing like Rodin's Thinker is a very fun and artistic photo. I think it truly shows a lovely part of your true personality...your very unique and wonderful sense of humor...!!! Nudity......would have been closer to the original, if a bit...... too revealing for most MoMers......... The last photo of the church is quite remarkable...and lovely. The stark white of the church against the brilliant blue of the sky...is indeed beautiful. To bad there is a tour bus in the lower right corner. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Oct 16 2008, 12:34 PM	#3
edith Dragonrider Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delft Fan of: Most of them :) Now Reading: Don't You Have Time To Think- RP Feynman	Re: Hasn 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart That one of Sacre Coeur is amazing! It feels so uneartly with the perfect sky and the crisp whites of the church. The "Thinker" is great too __________________ "Should a rocket explode upon starting, it is called a "hard start." " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic

Oct 16 2008, 02:03 PM	#4
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Fan of: Pern!	Re: Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart You have a sharp eye, Maelin But then I wouldn't expect anything else from you. I would have liked if there were no bus and no tree on the left, but I had to work with what I had I could make it disappear but for some reason I am/was not keen on photoshopping this picture. And something more about the selfportrait. My name is "van der Boom", which literaly translated into English would be "from the Tree", so having this background in this selfportrait is an extra pun __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Oct 17 2008, 02:36 AM	#5
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart Hans maybe you should take up Lara's statue (WITW #187) as well. After all you're an author too __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

Oct 17 2008, 04:38 AM	#6
GinnyStar Dolphineer Craftmaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Wausau, Wisconsin, USA -- CST or CDT Pronouns: SheShe Fan of: PShPern BB, Tia., and Oth Now Reading: MHOP, Books Jerry Apps, Too Many to Post	Re: Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart Nice images Hans, I well look at them beter later. __________________ Lover s s, s and friends Lover of and beads, http://www.change.org/profiles/GinnyStar Dragoncave GinnyStar2 Jellied Dragons Lair of Dragons http://dragcave.net/user/GinnyStar2 Thanks! Others: None at this time WIP http://archiveofourown.org/works/252259 http://www.daisy.org/learning-difficulties

Oct 16 2008, 08:10 AM	#1
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Fan of: Pern!	Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart Selfportrait This selfportrait was taken in the spring of 2004 and is, of course, a funny take on the famous bronze "The Thinker" by Rodin. I should have been naked for the optimum effect but... hey, it was a nippy spring that year Foreground is unsharp/blurred, if the picture had been sharp all the way the foreground, very near the eye of the beholder, would have demanded too much attention. Even now I'm not 100% sure if the balustrade isn't too demanding. Still, I was after the effect of the balustrade while I took advantage of the empty pedestal and am curious to what others think of this. The picture was taken in a park near Haarlem. Camera Make: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD Flash Used: No Exposure Time: 0.0015 s (1/650) ISO Equiv.: 100 Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto) Old and new These are two old pictures, taken in Brussels. My analog camera's were Olympus camera's (OM1 and OM10, seperate for black & white and colour). These are scans of course. Sacre Coeur The last picture this time is much older and taken on my honeymoon in Paris, Fall 1979 (uh, yes, we celebrate 30 years of marriage next year). It is the Sacre Coeur (Cathedral of the Holy Heart), in Paris up on the hill of the quartier Montmartre (mont meaning hill or mountain). The beautifully (steel?)blue sky without the merest hint or whisper of cloud and the stone used in building the cathedral makes this picture. It is, of course, a scan but nothing is photoshopped in this photograph and it is not manipulated during developing and printing. There was a certain amount of luck, but then, photography luck can often be induced by patience and skill. One of the lucky things here is that the church is on a hill so, looking up to the blue sky and thus avoiding any "interference" of lamp posts or other city things was natural. __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines. Last edited by Hans; Nov 27 2008 at 03:17 AM.

Oct 17 2008, 11:07 PM	#7
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart Hans...and very nice tree it is too... __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Oct 20 2008, 11:19 PM	#8
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004	Re: Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart I don't know enough about photography to make any intelligent judgments but I know what I like and what I don't and I like these. I wonder about the first one, though. I'd always been told that the original "Thinker" was trying to remember where he'd put his clothes. So, was this subject wondering what would happen if he shed his?

Oct 20 2008, 11:55 PM	#9
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart That was hilarious Sandi....[I can hardly write this I am laughing so hard]...and just perfect for Hans. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Oct 21 2008, 03:16 AM	#10
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Fan of: Pern!	Re: Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart that's indeed a very funny one, Sandi __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines. Last edited by Hans; Oct 21 2008 at 10:15 AM.

Oct 21 2008, 07:55 AM	#11
Allen Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Last house on the left, across from the cemetery Fan of: The Pern Series Now Reading: Robin Hobb's Shaman's Crossing	Re: Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart Some very nice shots, Hans. The colors in the first one are great, and the one of the cathedral is like you said; every once in a while, everything clicks. __________________ *All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.*

Oct 22 2008, 09:20 AM	#13
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart shudders at the thought of it but maybe for his wife's eyes only perhaps. Hans as 007! __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

Oct 22 2008, 10:12 AM	#14
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Fan of: Pern!	Re: Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart I always enjoy a woman who shudders with delight at the thought of me without clothes... __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Oct 23 2008, 05:37 PM	#15
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Hans 2: selfportrait, old & new, holy heart Jube, I would think a little bit more like, the Indiana Jones of Geneology[shudder] instead of 007... especially knowing how much Hans loves to dig into musty old files and very old records to discovery someones ancient past. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

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