A light eater
From outer space
Curved reality
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Mark H
"Life is worthy to photograph"
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A light eater
From outer space
Curved reality
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Mark H
"Life is worthy to photograph"
Chaplain Mark
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These are very cool, Mark....!
Thank you Chaplain Mark for your comment!
Thank you Mark_A for your comment!Hi Mark,
I am loving these
Very inventive..
Mark_A
Chaplain Mark
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You are indeed welcome..!!
I add to this thread my new photos, so that they are not all over...
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Mark H
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Mark H
"Life is worthy to photograph"
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"Life is worthy to photograph"
Thank you Macro guy for your comment!
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I've had a discussion with Vidau, he posted a symmetrical abstract. I was not particularly enamored with that shot because of the symmetry. I feel the same way about this shot as well. You have to be really careful with symmetry because once the viewer starts seeing "faces", you've lost the audience (from my perspective). The image becomes like an ink blot where you wind up trying to figure out what you can see there. This is how I feel with this particular image. It loses me, my mind starts to wander and instead of seeing the whole image, I start looking for faces and identifiable objects.
Abstracts are a lot harder than most people think and it's not enough to create a visually appealing effect. There has to be "substance" within the shot (substance is actually a funny word to use given that it's an abstract). I feel that this particular shot lacks substance. It doesn't get beyond visual effect and risks being relegated to kitsch.
Thank you Macro guy for very justifiable comment!
Faro de Maspalomas, Las Palmas, Canarian Islands, Spain
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Mark H
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It's nice and it's a great idea, but there's no tension. There is no element or color or light or anything of that sort that would introduce some incongruity or an obstacle to the flow. It flows and so it flows. Just like it's more fun to watch the water flow around the rocks, it would make a more compelling photo to see an element that either obstructs or threatens to obstruct the flow. That element could be a line, a color, light, whatever, but something that would introduce some sort of tension.
Thank you Macro guy for your comment!
I had another version of it with more light but I'm not sure about it either... feeling is a bit different...
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"Life is worthy to photograph"
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