Friday, November 02, 2007
Evening Reflection
I only went a little bit larger than usual here, but appreciate the option to go wider if needed. Thanks.
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Comments:
My first thought; wow, this doesn't look at all like what I've come to expect from you.
My second thought; wow, that soft color palette is totally in keeping with your style, even if the subject matter isn't something I've seen from you in the past.
You've called it 'reflection' so I assume it is water, but it looks like fire - smoke, heat haze, & flame.
Given that I've seen it like that, I find it menacing. Presumably not your intention at all.
That said...wow still seems the right word.
Wow was my first reaction too.
I am very attracted to monochrome images so that is the first winner!
The mixture of OoF and in focus bits of twig gives the image a great depth. Also the delicacy of the filigree is enough to maintain interest and not too much so as to become confusing or cluttered.
The background is masterful (again) it is neither too bright nor too detailed; it complements the foreground perfectly.
Is it reflected or reflection, as in thinking? If the former it could be glass but water further back through more grasses or twigs is a possibility. I thought 'smoke' on first seeing it and that impression lingers on as a result of the more abstract parts of the image - it feels as though there is upward movement. The palette just avoids being too muted. In a way the foreground twigs are slightly at odds with the abstract feel but the depth they give is important. Whatever the origins, it is a clever piece of picture-making.
This has a very nice moody appeal, an image that you can gaze at for a while. Simple idea of a complex composition with the muted pallet. I guess I would call it evocative.
Given the events in California recently I take this as fire on a very intense scale. Blue flames and scorched plants and no ground in which me to anchor the height. I don't find it menacing but rather peaceful - which given my fire comment sounds rather perverse. I'll go with Doug and classify this as rather evocative and touching slightly on the exotic.
I deeply appreciate the comments on this image.
Although I realized the double-entendre of the title, I was shooting the evening sky reflected in water along the road out of the Kissimmee Prairie Preserve.
What is really interesting to me about the fire/smoke comments is that this prairie is an environment created by and totally dependent on fire. Lightning strikes ignite areas of it with regularity during the summer, and the staff do controlled burns throughout the year to maintain it and to keep the natural fires from threatening neighboring ranches and homes.
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My second thought; wow, that soft color palette is totally in keeping with your style, even if the subject matter isn't something I've seen from you in the past.
Given that I've seen it like that, I find it menacing. Presumably not your intention at all.
That said...wow still seems the right word.
I am very attracted to monochrome images so that is the first winner!
The mixture of OoF and in focus bits of twig gives the image a great depth. Also the delicacy of the filigree is enough to maintain interest and not too much so as to become confusing or cluttered.
The background is masterful (again) it is neither too bright nor too detailed; it complements the foreground perfectly.
Although I realized the double-entendre of the title, I was shooting the evening sky reflected in water along the road out of the Kissimmee Prairie Preserve.
What is really interesting to me about the fire/smoke comments is that this prairie is an environment created by and totally dependent on fire. Lightning strikes ignite areas of it with regularity during the summer, and the staff do controlled burns throughout the year to maintain it and to keep the natural fires from threatening neighboring ranches and homes.