Thursday, October 05, 2006
Garden
Comments:
At first, one thinks: how desolate; it must be allegorical. But longer study reveals work in prgress (and how artfully the rake was left lying there!). The photographer then saw the chance to utilise the L of the uncut turf and the peaty backfilled trench. So it's both a photographer's and a gardener's joint work. I'm surprised that with the rain you get that there is ever the chance to rake the soil!
It is surprisingly strong and has a lot of appeal. From the gardening perspective, the tonal rendering of the vertical side of the L suggests peaty soil.
JohnE: this is from the more formal part of Inverewe. I don't suppose any of that soil is original. And surely all National Trust soil is raked regularly.....
It was only on reading the comments that I realised that the bottom shadow was turf. The image suddenly meant more to me.
I wondered if a colour version would suit viewers like myself who are a bit dim.
I'm having a little trouble relating to this image partly because I'm pinned down by the idea of a clock. I want the rake to tick. I think I need to go and lie down.
Rex: the turf is more obvious on a larger version, but yes, I agree with you it is slightly obscure. I wasn't sure when I processed it if I had taken the tones too far.
I wouldn't have shown this in colour, I don't suppose, as I don't think the greens and browns would have been particularly harmonious. However, I can't anyway as this is HP5.
JohnJo: I hope the medication is working.......Seriously, I can see it as a clock too. If the lens/camera induced curve to the planting was just a bit more severe I would find the idea irresistible.
I read this as a particularly sinister photo perhaps because of the deep grays and blacks. I'm struggling with the sense of scale though. For some reason that rake keeps looking like a nail to me.
I find the scale of this rather troubling too. It's all very dark and difficult to make out what exactly is going on. I see the rake and the patterns in the soil to its right but not much else. The turfed bottom edge is very distracting.
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It is surprisingly strong and has a lot of appeal. From the gardening perspective, the tonal rendering of the vertical side of the L suggests peaty soil.
I wondered if a colour version would suit viewers like myself who are a bit dim.
I wouldn't have shown this in colour, I don't suppose, as I don't think the greens and browns would have been particularly harmonious. However, I can't anyway as this is HP5.
JohnJo: I hope the medication is working.......Seriously, I can see it as a clock too. If the lens/camera induced curve to the planting was just a bit more severe I would find the idea irresistible.