Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: churly on June 23, 2015, 02:14:23 pm
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I had an opportunity to do a bit of shooting on the high plains recently. Most of the scenes I worked with were not very conducive to the standard near-far compositions. I'm wondering how these kind of flat compositions work for folks. Do these strike you mostly as 'decor' shots?
Chuck
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I think all three are really beautiful images from the files shown - prefer first two -thirds not as much. I don't know what you mean by decorative...I wouldn't use that word to describe them though. Great tones, color, and the overall feeling...all spot on. There are some "fine art" photographers in NY area who shoot very similar landscape images to this...and mount on alum. faced ply-board...look fantastic...at about 36" to 48" on wide edge. /B
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To me the thumbnails looked unexciting, but as soon as I clicked for the larger versions, I was very much impressed. As with Brandt, the first two work beautifully for me. The skies relate very well to the ground scenes and add a lot to the overall feeling.
Beautiful work!
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The first one really stands out to me, with the angled light beams adding a nice touch.
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Like em all. Should make terrific large prints.
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My favourite is #2, the way the streaks/lines in the land complement the clouds is very nice. The third is less interesting to me, because the horizon is almost in the middle, and I want to see more sky.
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Do these strike you mostly as 'decor' shots?
Yes. What's wrong with that? I agree with the others: they'll probably look really good as very large prints.
Jeremy
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Thanks everyone for the look in and comments. The question about decor shots was triggered by a short trip to the grocery store a couple days ago. As I walked out I noticed a box of very cheap, mass produced prints that resembled these shots but were a bit more abstract. It struck me that they were meant to be place holders on a wall but didn't carry enough interest to stimulate you to ever really look at them. I'm not sure that I want to be producing images of that nature. I always hope to produce images that are interesting enough to demand at least a small bit of attention time but often find what attracts my attention doesn't always attract the attention of others (and vice versa).
Chuck