Wednesday, March 26, 2008

groyne, Borth


Permalink / posted by and copyright of John Ellis : 7:54 AM

Comments:
Would this work as well as it does if there wasn't that slight curvature to the fence?
# posted by Blogger matt~ : 12:52 PM
 

Republished to clear up a small messy bit in the sky.

Matt - I leave any answer to others.
# posted by Blogger John Ellis : 12:53 PM
 
I don't know the answer to that question, but it does work well. I especially like the change in texture from the smooth left side to the right side -- are those animal/bird tracks or what?
# posted by Blogger Christina : 3:35 AM
 
I don't think the curvature is significant but the apparent curve created by the shadows is significant for me. I think it is those that lead me to the houses and sky.

I love the visual anchor produced by the texture on the first post.

The punchiness of this image is also very strong.
# posted by Blogger Rex : 7:53 PM
 
Christina - I suspect that the tracks are from a dog(s). There's not too much else apart from gulls.
# posted by Blogger John Ellis : 9:53 PM
 
That's a rather interesting crooked house on the left there! This one too probably breaks many of those 'rules'. There's interest in all the sections. A good study of light, texture and shadow which has all be well handled - more especially how the shadow is captured and contained in one section.
# posted by Blogger akikana : 11:42 AM
 
At this late stage I'd only be repeating what others have said about the curves etc.

I'm interested in why you sent this one to mono. Not that it doesn't work like that, but did you plan it?

This is one instance where the curvature of the extreme wide angle lens works to the advantage of a photo. Love those crooked houses :-)
# posted by Blogger Colin [auspiciousdragon.net] : 4:58 PM
 
Colin - it was even more extreme (and in my opinion better) but I chickened out and brought the outer edges in a bit. I revisited my Borth shots (taken in October) recently and saw the potential for some b/w: this was one. I think that it is a fine balance between colour and b/w, although the latter perhaps benefits most from the central groyne and how it interacts with the line of houses. You might (or not now you don't have it!) be interested in David Mantripp's Iceland trip using the 7 - 14 on the E-3: he likes the depth it gives. I increasingly turn to it when faced with a landscape such as this.
# posted by Blogger John Ellis : 6:30 PM
 


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