Thursday, November 08, 2007
dim sglefrfyrddio
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It is remarkable how the shadow and the beach combine to make an inverted S. It really give a backbone to the photo with all the other elements organized around it. It certainly is central to the attraction this picture creates.
Nothing very dim here. And, finally, a good use of the heavy S curve in photography :-)
It is actually a very good way of dealing with that headland. Horizons which stop part way through a picture can be so very problematic.
There is something really quite beautiful about the way that the houses have been rendered.
I get a very "airy" feeling from this -- as if I'm there and can small and breathe the fresh air. Love the colors with the pastel houses and the bright primaries ahead of them.
I wonder what the blue tiled areas is on the right? -- it makes me think it should be filled with water -- like a swimming pool.
That "S", as mentioned, is really working here. Takes me right out of the dirt and into the more lovely scene beyond.
Christina - I got distracted by some girls playing on the beach (the 'fairies' on the rail) but my recollection is that it is a small paddling pool (for use in the summer). I've only ever been there in the winter so it has not registered before. Lots of fresh air that day! This is Aberystwyth by the way.
As you know Colin - it is 'dim' everything: this is quite a novelty and I am amazed that there is a Welsh word for skateboarding: the elders must have sat around and made up a word rather than let the dreaded English impinge yet again (dim parcio).
This has an interesting flow, taken by the curve of the shadows and then extended out to the headlands. I'm distracted by the young kids, since I am unable to make out what they are doing, thus I am not involved. I do like the color of the beach side buildings, they seem to complement the rest of the scene well.
Apart from what has already been said about the S curve, I like the way the eye is led up the hill by the . . . well, I don't know what that structure is, but it looks like drainage or something similar.
OK so everyone has commented on the S curve, so I'll say I like the sigmoid curve, it is a strong compositional element! :-)
In fact I think the sigmoid curve stops the fence from spliting the image in two.
There is plenty in this to keep you interested - for me I'm wondering about the construction up the hill. Great use of the curves - from the shadows, to the railings to the beach line to the houses. The children are an added bonus. The fence acts as a strong boundary between the safe concrete jungle in front of it and the rather unsafe conditions behind it.
Thanks for the various observations. The hill to the right is called Constitution Hill at the top of which is a camera obscura. The town claims the railway running to the top to be the longest in the UK (not being an expert, I have no idea whether that is true or not). Googling the name leads to more.
I can see that in a conventional way the children appear oddly placed. They are at the top of steps down to the beach. I feel that, given the general absence of people, these teenagers provided a small human counterpoint.
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It is actually a very good way of dealing with that headland. Horizons which stop part way through a picture can be so very problematic.
There is something really quite beautiful about the way that the houses have been rendered.
I wonder what the blue tiled areas is on the right? -- it makes me think it should be filled with water -- like a swimming pool.
That "S", as mentioned, is really working here. Takes me right out of the dirt and into the more lovely scene beyond.
As you know Colin - it is 'dim' everything: this is quite a novelty and I am amazed that there is a Welsh word for skateboarding: the elders must have sat around and made up a word rather than let the dreaded English impinge yet again (dim parcio).
In fact I think the sigmoid curve stops the fence from spliting the image in two.
I can see that in a conventional way the children appear oddly placed. They are at the top of steps down to the beach. I feel that, given the general absence of people, these teenagers provided a small human counterpoint.