Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Key & Shadows
Comments:
Suspending disbelief? I hope that the red wire doesn't lead to a bomb! In a different way to 'Tesco' this is also oddly compelling but probably due more to the idea of smoke and mirrors. The colour gives a period look, again contradicted by the red wire. There is an element of Sherlock Homes here: a problem to be solved - down in the cellar; where the key is leading us. The strength of the image is the positioning of the various blocks of light and shade in its composition.
More Horror than Holmes I would say. Definitely something 'we three shall meet again' about this.
I find it difficult to relate to this image very strongly. Like a conjuring trick it feels clever, but...
As John has already said, the light and shade zoning work well.
This has captured my attention for a long time now and I still can't work out why.
The suspension aspect is its obvious strength. I am a little (though not overly) concerned about the right hand boundary. It makes me think that the key will hit the right hand side and just fall to the bottom. The picture as presented has a diagonal energy to it which this edging seems to diminish a little. Great lighting, shadow and detail (in both highlights and shadows).
Big fan of this one Rex. In a portrait construction I could imagine it as a book cover. Perhaps I don't get a subtle meaning of the red wire and its box in the composition but I would have been tempted to exclude it.
Lovely warm light and tones.
I can't seem to muster any feelings about this one way or anothter. I can appreciate the frames within frames and the use of light and shadow, but it doesn't add up for me.
Taken in the Castle in Praha using a wall as a steady. (Same Castle as the flag pole)
The support was a nylon cord which was hard to see but caught a 'glint' in the image, I cloned it out.
I don't know why I didn't clone out the bit on the ledge.
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I find it difficult to relate to this image very strongly. Like a conjuring trick it feels clever, but...
As John has already said, the light and shade zoning work well.
The suspension aspect is its obvious strength. I am a little (though not overly) concerned about the right hand boundary. It makes me think that the key will hit the right hand side and just fall to the bottom. The picture as presented has a diagonal energy to it which this edging seems to diminish a little. Great lighting, shadow and detail (in both highlights and shadows).
Lovely warm light and tones.
The support was a nylon cord which was hard to see but caught a 'glint' in the image, I cloned it out.
I don't know why I didn't clone out the bit on the ledge.