Saturday, March 11, 2006
Tracks
it's march and still snowing.
waiting for springtime...
Permalink / posted by and copyright of michael hoefner : 5:51 PM
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A very stark picture using the black and white to good effect. It looks like a "waiting for springtime" type shot: not enough snow to make it spectacular but enough to make things cold and damp, more slush. A strong, almost despairing composition that is two-dimensionally graphical but also leads - nowhere!
You do know how to create a picture from nothing, don't you!
I find the picture plane in this shot really unsettling. The two almost completely black lines in the bottom left corner seem to be on a different plane from the top half of the picture. Very odd and very striking.
I forgot to say....as to spring. We took the snow tyres off the car yesterday. Spring is now essential.
Nice composition making a picture out of nothing. I prefer the top half as the tracks have more detail, but the tracks at the bottom act as a good lead into the more interesting part. We had our worst snow of the winter today. A sprinkling laid on my car but nothing settled on the ground. Got a sledge 9 years ago and was only able to use it, for the first time, 2 years ago. Such is life on the South coast.
There is an interesting lack of perspective in this image which almost makes it into a 2D abstract.
The dark bottom and light top also brings the background to the fore, tipping the image up.
Ummm, interesting mind games.
Looking at this again I wondered if the apparent increase in detail as you go toward the 'back' of the image also helps with the 2d feel.
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I find the picture plane in this shot really unsettling. The two almost completely black lines in the bottom left corner seem to be on a different plane from the top half of the picture. Very odd and very striking.
The dark bottom and light top also brings the background to the fore, tipping the image up.
Ummm, interesting mind games.