Sunday, October 28, 2007
Helmet
Thanks to your encouragements, this is the second one. I have no idea how many there will be...
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The hanging helmet is very much like a hanging question, it adds some nice tension and complments the composition. You have done a nice job controlling the values and this image holds my attention.
Not sure it adds tension as it has two supports. To me it adds mystery as I have no idea what I'm looking at! Wonderful tones and lighting. I hope you took a closer photographic look at the table in the right background as it adds plenty of interest to this scene as too do the papers on the windowsill. I too am enjoying this journey.
Yes, beautiful tones and a real sense of mystery, but I want the photographer to take step to the left in order to move that helmet into the blank space in the background. The window partially behind it is slightly distracting.
Given the nature of this establishment the helmet makes one wonder whether this room was an administrative area or a rest area for those going to work in a more industrial environment. A lot of interesting artifacts.
The photograph as a record of what once was, a museum in its own right.
I'm trying to work out whether the lozenge is on the window or outside the window and whether it dictated your camera position.
That aside, what I see here are some things which are commonplace, but a helmet which is a mystery. The double tether looks so unlikely; the height seems too low; the position in the room seems wrong. The shape on the wall top right is a faint echo of the central mystery.
I like John's idea of a museum -- it feels rather like that to me, too. The hanging helmet does add a mysterious presence.
I was also interested in the diamond shape in the window (here a "lozenge" is a piece of hard candy!) -- faint as it is, it got and held my attention longer than might seem warranted.
Looking forward to another piece of this puzzle.
"I hope you took a closer photographic look at the table in the right"
I did. How is it best to go on? By staying in this room or going outside to get some larger views before concentrating on details later? Or details to keep the questions? Or would the questions remain even if we have a better picture of where we are? Although I said before where we are :-)
Thanks for the reactions. These pictures have been ignored a few years because of my own loss of faith in them after being initially enthusiastic.
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The photograph as a record of what once was, a museum in its own right.
That aside, what I see here are some things which are commonplace, but a helmet which is a mystery. The double tether looks so unlikely; the height seems too low; the position in the room seems wrong. The shape on the wall top right is a faint echo of the central mystery.
I was also interested in the diamond shape in the window (here a "lozenge" is a piece of hard candy!) -- faint as it is, it got and held my attention longer than might seem warranted.
Looking forward to another piece of this puzzle.
I did. How is it best to go on? By staying in this room or going outside to get some larger views before concentrating on details later? Or details to keep the questions? Or would the questions remain even if we have a better picture of where we are? Although I said before where we are :-)
Thanks for the reactions. These pictures have been ignored a few years because of my own loss of faith in them after being initially enthusiastic.