Thursday, June 05, 2008
Poolside
Some trouble uploading over the last few days, seems OK now.
Permalink / posted by and copyright of Robert Hoehne : 10:42 AM
Comments:
The division of the green and blue works very well, vaguely resembling a Rothko on its side: wonderful hues. The white flash over the body of the swimmer is quite unsettling though, as it significantly blocks one trying to work out what is going on there: like squinting into the sun. Why is the swimmer wearing a t-shirt?
the top is called a rash vest, it is a material very similiar to swimmers. The media scare campaign for skin cancer in Australia has been so successful that no child swims without one on otherwise the parents are told they are bad parents. It does not seem to matter that Vitamin D deficiency is very high now affecting bones and teeth in all children.
Those white reflections could be photoshopped out since the ares are not very detailed, it seems these days I hardly ever open PS preferring a quick adjust in Lightroom and then move on. To the detriment of some pictures no doubt.
I had been reading the catalog from the exhibit "Birth of the Cool" about the art of Southern California in the mid-1950s with the hard edge abstract painting. This could have come right out of that catalog.
Only observation is with the highlight in the upper right corner, too distracting. Perhaps a slight crop,eh?
This hit some pleasure spots!
It reminded me of images by David Hockney and Pascal Robinet.
A lot said; an impression created with such subtle hints; a masterpiece.
That little patch in focus makes the photo; if the whole photo had been sharp, I doubt this would have worked.
I'm struggling with this because, I think, it is too photographic. That razor thin focus area doesn't work the way I see.
All of which I find an interesting observation because I used to take pictures like this :-)
What I do like is the segmentation and the colours. Also the highlights to the right which unlock the picture in the sense of making it much easier to read.
"it is too photographic"
Colin, can you explain that to me.
Rex, I will have to look up Hockney and Robinet.
For me the colours made the picture as well as the hint of boy explaining the moving water. Another picture I took did not include the boy and seemed to miss content.
It was quite dark here and the thin focus was the best I could do hand held with my gear.
Robert,
I'm not sure that I can add much to my line about the razor thin focus area. If my eyes were defocused that much I probably shouldn't be standing that near the water :-)
I'm obviously going through my f64 phase of life.
The colors are wonderful and I very much like the idea of this. Yet it isn't really working for me, either.
Though I can't be sure what Colin meant by "too photographic", I think that looking at David Hockney's pool pictures for comparison might give an idea. Though I'm familiar with Hockney, Robinet is unknown to me.
"too photographic" in the sense that it would fill a corporate document request perhaps? I think the idea is great and the colours and wall make for some interest but I find the choice of focus a little unsettling in the wall. Given the colour and objects on the right the overall shot seems quite well balanced.
Another Try!
I easily found some David Hockney images on the web that had the flavour of your Poolside with the water reflections and colours.
Pascal seems to have disappeared off the net. Perhaps John has a working link to Pascal's images.
I have asked Colin to forward a link which contains 'Piscine' from Pascal. Pascal has done many similar images to Piscene which contain the essence of 'water'.
Whether this will get through remains to be seen. I no longer have a working link: nor has Michael Hoefner. Pascal has gone to ground!
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Those white reflections could be photoshopped out since the ares are not very detailed, it seems these days I hardly ever open PS preferring a quick adjust in Lightroom and then move on. To the detriment of some pictures no doubt.
Only observation is with the highlight in the upper right corner, too distracting. Perhaps a slight crop,eh?
It reminded me of images by David Hockney and Pascal Robinet.
A lot said; an impression created with such subtle hints; a masterpiece.
All of which I find an interesting observation because I used to take pictures like this :-)
What I do like is the segmentation and the colours. Also the highlights to the right which unlock the picture in the sense of making it much easier to read.
Colin, can you explain that to me.
Rex, I will have to look up Hockney and Robinet.
For me the colours made the picture as well as the hint of boy explaining the moving water. Another picture I took did not include the boy and seemed to miss content.
It was quite dark here and the thin focus was the best I could do hand held with my gear.
I'm not sure that I can add much to my line about the razor thin focus area. If my eyes were defocused that much I probably shouldn't be standing that near the water :-)
I'm obviously going through my f64 phase of life.
Though I can't be sure what Colin meant by "too photographic", I think that looking at David Hockney's pool pictures for comparison might give an idea. Though I'm familiar with Hockney, Robinet is unknown to me.
I easily found some David Hockney images on the web that had the flavour of your Poolside with the water reflections and colours.
Pascal seems to have disappeared off the net. Perhaps John has a working link to Pascal's images.
I have asked Colin to forward a link which contains 'Piscine' from Pascal. Pascal has done many similar images to Piscene which contain the essence of 'water'.