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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: dwood on January 16, 2009, 12:00:50 am

Title: Shoreline abstraction
Post by: dwood on January 16, 2009, 12:00:50 am

(http://dswood.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p241134421-5.jpg)

Title: Shoreline abstraction
Post by: John R on January 20, 2009, 05:59:21 am

Quote from: dwood

It's upside down! Anyway it looks good in black and shows the different tones left behind by ebb and flow.

John R

Title: Shoreline abstraction
Post by: dwood on January 20, 2009, 02:53:42 pm

Good one John. Actually, it's a 90 deg. offset.

Title: Shoreline abstraction
Post by: Colorwave on January 20, 2009, 04:21:29 pm

I like the image, but find the subject matter too recognizable to not feel like it is oriented wrong.  Looks great when I turn my laptop on it's side . . .

Title: Shoreline abstraction
Post by: dwood on January 20, 2009, 07:54:29 pm

Quote from: Colorwave

I like the image, but find the subject matter too recognizable to not feel like it is oriented wrong.  Looks great when I turn my laptop on it's side . . .

Okay, okay, I'll fix it. I don't want you to drop your laptop.  

Title: Shoreline abstraction
Post by: jule on January 23, 2009, 03:54:29 am

Thanks for this opportunity. I quite like this abstract, but I too find the recognisable parts of the water distracting and tends to spoil it a bit for me. Do you have any other images with the beautiful textures,and tonal gradations - without the bubbles and water?

I have added a crop which isn't as interesting as the wider one of yours, but is less disorienting I think.
Julie

Title: Shoreline abstraction
Post by: DanVH on January 24, 2009, 09:51:42 pm

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(http://dswood.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p241134421-5.jpg)

I really like the texture and tonality of the image, but I can't help but rotate the image in my mind. The cropped image removes that problem but is not as interesting.