Thursday, October 19, 2006
Curves (03020032)
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I see, perhaps, where the cat had been lying moments before. Must be a tough life being a cat; that's a long way to move I guess.
Catty in the extreme.
Hmm, the spot further down the curve? I guess that could be evidence of a cat.
I guess this is kind of a banal photo, but this cat is iconic and disgraceful at the sametime. She can't groom herself, so she has disgusting fur, but she poses and moves with such feline grace I always feel compelled to cast in her the best light.
I don't think that this is banal at all. The photographer's eye for shapes and tones lifts it above that. To me, this isn't a cat photo, rather it is a yard photo. I'm attached to photos taken from the everyday. It the cat's tail had been in a different position, or if the tub lower right hadn't been included, then it might have been banal.
On an excursionary note, Matt's comment made me go and look up the word 'banal'. It has an interesting history. Originally a feudal call to arms that applied to everybody.
What has caught the cat's eye?
I see the history of a bath duck on the path!
I like the curves but I admit to struggling a bit with this image.
Thanks for the etymology of the word banal; it's odd how words take on new meanings.
In an ideal world, the cat's tail would have more closely mirrored the curve of the path.
Rex, I think she was hunting a chipmonk.
Bath ducks aside (sure looks more like a cat to me) there is just enough intrigue in this shot to keep me interested. The curves sweep me to the doorstep and like the cat I'm more than just a little interested in what is out of shot.
Seems like some hairs on the scan.
...and the homage to my photography by inclusion of a solitary leaf at the foot of the print is most flattering!
You know, I've been carrying around a leaf in my pocket for strategic placement in my photos ;-)
I think the "hairs" are blades of grass.
I left this while I was away to see how it would 'mature'. I still come back to wondering why you kept the straight bits at the top. I thought that perhaps they were supposed to mirror some part of a body to fit on to the curves but don't think that that is the case. Removing the top centimetre or two would make it more modernistic and pictorially appealing.
John, that's not a bad idea, but I think the crop would leave me with insufficient head space. I'm not sure that the photo wouldn't be unbalanced with out it. Something worth playing with though.
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Catty in the extreme.
I guess this is kind of a banal photo, but this cat is iconic and disgraceful at the sametime. She can't groom herself, so she has disgusting fur, but she poses and moves with such feline grace I always feel compelled to cast in her the best light.
On an excursionary note, Matt's comment made me go and look up the word 'banal'. It has an interesting history. Originally a feudal call to arms that applied to everybody.
I see the history of a bath duck on the path!
I like the curves but I admit to struggling a bit with this image.
In an ideal world, the cat's tail would have more closely mirrored the curve of the path.
Rex, I think she was hunting a chipmonk.
Seems like some hairs on the scan.
...and the homage to my photography by inclusion of a solitary leaf at the foot of the print is most flattering!
I think the "hairs" are blades of grass.