had an interesting discussion on flickr.  John@ asked me what was so special about the light leak and i told him nothing, i don’t actively seek light leaks, they just appear when i use the lomo or the kiev.  he said it was a good composition, which i have to say i kind of agree with as i spent a bit of time framing it and it’s certainly not the only shot but it was spoilt with the leak.  although I don’t totally agree that the leak spoils the photograph, i do think that it’s more jackson pollock than ingres and i’m the sort of person who prefers the stiffness of ingres to the random splatter of pollock.

so i got thinking about the lomo itself.  given the opportunity and the commission, i’d always use the lomo. I agree with John@ that the lens is rather amazing if a little tricky. I am really pleased with the way the grain of the wood and liquidity of the paintwork on the door look in this image.  I really like the way the background seems to almost swirl and there is something a little bit off-key about the colours themselves.

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