The Broom

Wow Boz, this is great. Beautifully composed and the light and shadows are gorgeous! Old houses have so much character and you have definately captured that.

Thanks Stuart.

Thanks Sylvia, I literally walked into this yesterday morning and couldn’t get the “car camera” quick enough!

Gorgeous shot, Andrew, love the light and shade, as well as the tones

Cheers Mel, thanks for looking.

Great shot, Andrew. Lighting is so fine. Perspective leads you right down into the shot to the doorway. Good work!

Nice depth and tones

Thanks Marks!!!

love it – light – frsming – the broom ,, all great work .. keep it up ..

Cheers Ash.

very nice photo, Andrew, lovely lighting!!!

That’s what you get for starting work at 7am hugo, nice lighting!

Well … it’s all been said – so all I can say is …. I love it :)

Lighting & comp superb

Yep, love it too!

hey! i love it too :]

Actually it is beautifully composed, I like the tunnel effect looking down the hall. It’s so simple, yet lovely with the light filtering in. Nice work!

Love it

It looks like the last view of a house before you move out of it. I get a feeling of finality about it. Great work.

Love this! Perfect with just the broom left behind and excellent handling of the light!
What a lovely old house!!!

PS. I used to have a G5 – great camera – wish I’d kept it!

Thanks everyone, amazing how one of the most spontaneous shots I’ve ever taken has turned out to be so popular!

REally Great LIghting and I love the old house they are such fantastic backdrops to any pic hey!!! Congrats on your popularity Dag…..LOL
xkc

Thanks KC!

nice light, nice shapes.. good job:)

Love it Boz! Superb lighting & shadows & I love hte way the hall draws you in.

Great shot Andrew!

Great lighting and the broom rounds it off perfectly.

Love it!

Thanks Lee, Helene, Mugsy and Coralie, glad you all like it!

Nothing fancy, what do you mean – this is glorious! Nicely captured and controlled… just a great feeling about this image. I love the black doorway on the left and the way the highlights just hit the outer edge. Great shot Andrew!

Thanks Paul, great comments.

Lovely feel to this one..I really like it but I don’t quite know why :O)

Wow, I missed this one. The light, the composition. All perfect!

Go the Boz!

Thanks andromada!

Good on ya Chris.

this is nice. Feels like a moment of stillness captured between the spaces of movement. Beautiful light

Beautifully done, Andrew….I like the arch with the stream of sunlight pouring through! Another Fav my friend!

You said (wrote) it!!

Thanks heydiddles, Charlie and Ozcloggie!

Love that time of the day when the shadows are long and my camera bag is calling. Great light, nice composition.

Thanks Tony.

Love this. The broom gives it a story.

Thanks Mike.

This is gorgeous Andrew!!!!

Lovely shot ,it has a lot in it,atmosphere,subtle shades,lovely “old building “charm.
Great use of “available light” well done.

The light and shadows are gorgeous. The subject looks so beautiful.

Thanks Malin, nicksay and Sylvia!

this must be the most beautiful light on any image here on RB, simply stunning and the way you’v captured it is beautifully natural and soft…excellent picture

Jeez Jess, that’s a big call!
Thanks.

one of the best images of catching light I have ever seen, very lovely!!!

Love it Andrew :) The broom is swept up in the sweeping light and shadows!! Nice!!! :)

Thanks Ruben, thanks Craig!

Love, love, love this! The light and perspective turns this into something really special.

Gorgeous shot!

this is wonderful – beautiful light -

Excellent composition, beautiful light

Spectacular shot. These shadows are amazing. Light is incredible.
Beautiful composition.

You must have moved this one up in your portfolio, not sure how I missed it. :-)

This is totally captivating. The light and composition are incredible.

May I worship at your feet? ;)

Such an interesting piece, great composition!!!

Beautiful lighting and composition. Simple scene but stunning.

Thanks Cathleen!

This is excellent….wow …speechless..

Thanks Antoine!

Nice light and shade creating a really special shot of a simple scene.

Love this setting and the way the light is filtering is very seductive.. It makes you want to know more, brings the voyeur out of me.

Thanks for stopping by Chriso and Susan.

Hey Andrew, you have an incredible eye. I thoroughly enjoy the majority of your work. Cant wait to see more. Thankyou!

Its got tones, lighting, composition all working for a great image – struggling hard not to insert a woeful pun!

Thanks Ardanach and David.

Very nice image.
Great exposure and composition

Thanks Aspire.

ahhh the serenity…wonderful! Beautiful lighting. Feels like a warm, sleepy old place :)

Beautiful Image Andrew.

nice shadows, captures your attention…

I keep coming back to this one…

Excellent picture. Full of anticipation and slightly haunting!

Great image, beautiful light

what a beautiful location and striking image. where is it?

waiting for a waltz ????? or for a sorcerer ??
Absolutely excellent photo.

Love the composition, great capture!

what a beautiful imag – a thousand different stories can start from just this shot.

Now this is Inspired. Everything comes together in this photograph particularly the light which creates a lovely still atmosphere,

beautifully shot…the light speaks for itself, love the perspective

What a stunning shot!

Excellent use of light, I love the perspective. Really a magnificant photograph.

wonderful photograph!

well andrew, it would appear as though youve got quite the talent behind the lens:)
what a phenomenal shot!

What I enjoy most in photography…is when someone can turn simplicity into a poem…and that is what I feel when I view this image…the perspective of the broom with the long trails of light are very eye catching here…excellent depth and story line!

Good feel to this

Oh the stories this house could tell! What beautiful sunlight and shadow.

wow, excellent. very lovely atmosphere and fantastic lights

the lighting is really gorgeous, but you do know how to capture it very well.

What a stunner – how come it took 2 months to make it to Featured?!!

great!

awesome shot…very much like the hall in my childhood home…great archway, mouldings , skirtings…you have a great eye for capturing a great image :)

gorgeous! love the far depth of field.

congrats Andrew, you’re on the RB home page as a featured photo! go Sydney group! :-)

Nice light

What a great image Andrew… I really like the way you have captured the light and the broom as a silhouette.

Perfect use of lighting and composition. Congratulations on being featured on the front page! Well deserved.

Pure magic Andrew :-)

perfect in every way! fantastic work again

Lovely perspective & light. I love the broom in the hallway!

Beautiful light and colour, very atmospheric.

Great tones and lighting!!!

A lovely shot in its ‘simplicity’. The geometric shapes in the hall really pull you through the image.

Beautiful!!

perfect framing i love the arch and the blackened doorway on the left, very mysterious…. great image well done!!

Lovely, simple but beautifully composed, superb lighting too

Nice shot. Love the lighting.

Superb.

Perfect as ever Andrew and the title says it all. Did you sweep up before you left?

Big laud applause:) Bravo!!!

Shuch mundanity made so interesting, Well done.

Wow, I love this shot

Exceptional DOF Andrew. And the lighting just sublime.

Fantastic lighting , VWD

Superb shot!

A quiet, cool place …lovely light and shadows.

Ooooooh…..my kind of stuff.
Immediately makes it into my top 5.
AWESOME.

Boz, surely is a house filled with gorgeous light, love this shot :)

a really good one!

fantastic light and a very friendly effective composition Andrew ! :)

I like it!!

I LOVE this one Boz!!! Can’t believe I didn’t see it earlier….

I bet you anything that you sell this piece Boz!!

Awesome work – perfect juxtaposition of light, shadow and perspective, wonderful mood – a thousand stories could be spun about this superb image! Very inspiring work, love it!

brilliant shot, perfect in every way… well done

inspiring – the shadows, the perspective, and the simplicity which you have turned into art! fantastic capture

this is fantastic !

LOts of comments on this means its a really great shot

love the quietness of this shot andrew…
& those fabulous skirting boards, ornate ceilings!

Wonderful image. I like where you have captured this and with the light streaming in.
Looks just like a house we lived in not so long ago, built in 1869.

nice!!!!!

Love the beautiful natural light, gorgeous building and interesting subject.

and a really really special broom! it’s so very empty…just moving in or out? could almost be b & w but for that little door frame. beautifully done

I like this. It looks to be a wonderful old house.

very beautiful!!!!

You know this is a fab shot. The lighting is superb. Well done.

I love that you can feel the persence of the person who was sweeping ...such beauty

gorgeous indeed. . its beautiful!

Stunning image….............................

This is fantastic! The simplicity of it…saying that…I think those ornate ceilings are so special! Just don’t do them like this anymore!!! Love the arch ways…bit of an art deco fan…love high ceilings…and the light in this gives it such a peaceful air.

Such beautiful tones & perfect lighting….. well captured!

great feel of the place filled with light

the lighting in this is so beautfiul, excellent work Amdrew!

Amazing lighting, and congrats on the sale well deserverd

That is awesome. Perfect composition, perfect lighting. Perfect shadow detail….wow Just simply perfect.

Your G2 seems to be in excellent condition LOL Fantastic capture my friend I love the mood

Beautiful picture, love the monochromatic sepia look, one gets sentimental when watching this picture. Oh, and love your description ;o)

Love the fact its not fancy…it is what it is,with or without the broom..

Outstanding composition and capture of light! Congrats on homepage feature!

Nice to see you on the home page Andrew. Great shot.

Simple beautiful1

Simple Beautiful!

Correction

Wow – the broom lives on!!! One of my all time fav shots Boz – pleased to see it resurrected and getting due honour!

Excellent photo! Congrats on the home page feature!

What amazing scenery. Congrats on Home Page

Like it very much. And congrats on the home page.

The broom is there… just waiting for the witch to appear. lol Great photo Boz. Congrats on the Home Page.

Wonderful image Congratulations on your homepage feature!:D

I think I already said..superb..

but just in case..

superb!!!

Great! :) Congratulations on your well deserved feature! :)

The light coming in through the front doors is beautiful. It looks so inviting. I love how you can see the detail on the ceiling. I love old buildings and the architect.

Congratulations on the home page feature. (May 29th 2009)

this is beyond fantastic,
great work

Beautiful…

Really nice

wow this is a blast from the past Boz – I instantly recognised it and love it as much today as i did then (must be getting on for 2 years). Congrats on the homepage too.

So atmospheric…

congrats on home pge boz, this was the 1st one u sold a gallery 26 milsons point!!

great capture and congratulations on being featured on the Home Page : )

Amazing shot! Love it!!!!