Saturday, September 23, 2006
In colour!
Just to prove that I do sometimes make colour pictures.
Btw, it is a moth.
Permalink / posted by and copyright of Colin [auspiciousdragon.net] : 4:58 PM
Comments:
I am a creature of habit: visiting your site last night, it didn't cross my mind to look at Stills first as you normally don't post on a Saturday! AITMOAF!
So this is what I posted on your site:
"...Is this colour I see before me?! It's a good attempt to create something original and has the virtue of being abstract. However, having gone down that road the image doesn't quite work as an abstract - don't ask me to explain why! But it is a combination of composition, placement of blur, negative space etc.. ..."
I might have written more for Stills but it was almost past my bed time. But looking at what I wrote, I think that it will suffice.
John: yes, change of schedule. Partly because I wanted opinions on this photo and partly because the new medical regime sort of turns the week inside out.
I've posted some more natural history type shots of these moths on my site: ()Link)
I like the way the light works in this image, coming through the "wings" and leaving me in no doubt that, even though this is abstract, it is organic. It has a sycamore feel to it, but is plainly not. Yes, generically organic. That's how I would describe it.
I would describe this as a monochrome (virtually)which tend to be the type of 'colour' images I like.
I keep trying to see this as a moth and I don't/can't see it as an abstract without that thought of 'moth' returning.
The white background is a very dominant part of the image and composition. I think it is too dominant for me.
I'm wanting just a little more depth here. As an abstract it is too abstract and the excess of white detracts from my viewing expereince. The unusual positioning of the 'subject' also doesn't help as it forces the white as being the dominant feature pushing the actual subject to the boundaries.
Thanks for the various comments. This one goes into the 'nice idea, but' category I think.
I've been thinking about whether there was a more interesting picture that I could have taken (I mean, apart from the natural history shots which are interesting for a different reason). It is remarkably difficult to remember the original event without looking at it through the filter of the photos that I did take.
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So this is what I posted on your site:
"...Is this colour I see before me?! It's a good attempt to create something original and has the virtue of being abstract. However, having gone down that road the image doesn't quite work as an abstract - don't ask me to explain why! But it is a combination of composition, placement of blur, negative space etc.. ..."
I might have written more for Stills but it was almost past my bed time. But looking at what I wrote, I think that it will suffice.
I've posted some more natural history type shots of these moths on my site: ()Link)
I keep trying to see this as a moth and I don't/can't see it as an abstract without that thought of 'moth' returning.
The white background is a very dominant part of the image and composition. I think it is too dominant for me.
I've been thinking about whether there was a more interesting picture that I could have taken (I mean, apart from the natural history shots which are interesting for a different reason). It is remarkably difficult to remember the original event without looking at it through the filter of the photos that I did take.