Saturday, February 17, 2007
Castle Wall
Comments:
National Geo?
I can appreciate the light, shadows and timing without getting terribly involved with the overall photo.
I suppose, see earlier conversation, that this may be because this picture is about the light as much as anything else.
This is lovely and well done -- making a whole scene from shadows on a nearly blank wall, and balanced by the figure in the corner. I agree that it is about the light, and I don't have any problem with that. No complex messages or emotions, just a very pleasant image.
This is like puppet theatre on a massive scale. It also has some passing resemblance to an illustration for a Brothers Grimm story - even if the chimney-like elements of the shadow tend towards Lowry! That said, there is also modernity in the picture: the girl is definitely of 'today'. I just find the disposition of the shadow and how key breaks line up with the wall sections to be rather magnificent - like an ocean liner (excuse all my similes!).
I recognize Jana's red tiles as well - she went mad photographing them from the heights around the castle.
Again a colour shot with a small number of colours in it.
The highlighted hair and manilla envelope match well with the creamy colour of the wall. Likewise the black attire with the shadows. The red tiled roof offers up a contrast in hue though the segment it occupies in the frame works well with the black and white squares bottom right. So I can live with that slight diversion.
The person's positioning holds down the shot. Without it (and in that exact position) that wall looks incredibly flat and top heavy.
I half expect something garish to come hurtling down the hill just to complete the shot and totally upset the calm balance you have presented.
"I half expect something garish to come hurtling down the hill just to complete the shot and totally upset the calm balance you have presented."
And I half expect the shadows to come alive some how.
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I can appreciate the light, shadows and timing without getting terribly involved with the overall photo.
I suppose, see earlier conversation, that this may be because this picture is about the light as much as anything else.
I recognize Jana's red tiles as well - she went mad photographing them from the heights around the castle.
The highlighted hair and manilla envelope match well with the creamy colour of the wall. Likewise the black attire with the shadows. The red tiled roof offers up a contrast in hue though the segment it occupies in the frame works well with the black and white squares bottom right. So I can live with that slight diversion.
The person's positioning holds down the shot. Without it (and in that exact position) that wall looks incredibly flat and top heavy.
I half expect something garish to come hurtling down the hill just to complete the shot and totally upset the calm balance you have presented.
And I half expect the shadows to come alive some how.