Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: armand on August 16, 2012, 05:13:08 pm
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Do these work as more than snapshots?
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Do these work as more than snapshots?
For me I think 1 and 3 are snapshots. 2 though is a little more intriguing, in that even though it I know it is just a bubble, at the same time it sort of looks like a small blue planet hanging in space and the shallow DoF seems to add to the effect. It is a bit too centrally placed, which can often make an image feel uncomfortable, but then again as there is nothing else in the image to look at, I don't know if placing it further off centre would have helped or not.
Dave
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Armand,
I think that the choice of background pretty much assures the status of 'snapshots' to these bubble-pix.
The inclusion of the finger and the reaching hand are wonderful elements but lost in significance amidst palings and shadowy murk.
Bubbles are a favourite symbol of many things: fragility, wonder, uniqueness, sparkle and, through cultural conditioning, aspiration.
To have shot these in a different space - perhaps against a blue sky - quite a strong metaphor could have been created. But alas .... a paling fence.
Cheers,
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As long as the idea seems good I should have other chances to get it better. I couldn't really help much with the background unless I was going to be really low.