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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Todd Suttles on September 21, 2020, 09:05:02 pm

Title: Simple
Post by: Todd Suttles on September 21, 2020, 09:05:02 pm
simple
Title: Re: Simple
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 22, 2020, 03:44:45 am
A picture after my own heart!

Simple, indeed, but highly effective.  The tonally, colors, and geometry in perfect balance.

Were it mine, I’d be tempted to crop off the upper part, just under the brick wall. Without that recognizable element, the image would be even more abstract.

On the other hand, I can see why some would argue that the bricks patch balances well with the darker patch on the ground. This is especially so when the image is seen as a thumbnail. Once enlarged, the bricks start to bother me.
Title: Re: Simple
Post by: David Eckels on September 22, 2020, 10:23:18 am
Good seeing, Todd. I agree with Slobodan. For me the bricks undermine the ambiguity of the rest of the image.
Title: Re: Simple
Post by: John R on September 22, 2020, 10:28:12 am
Good seeing, Todd. I agree with Slobodan. For me the bricks undermine the ambiguity of the rest of the image.
I agree also. But if you crop as opposed to cloning out the bricks, you will alter the proportions of the largest brown shape. For sure it will be more abstract. Lovely.

JR
Title: Re: Simple
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 22, 2020, 07:14:20 pm
I'm in Slobodan's "On the other hand" category. I would keep the bricks.
Excellent abstract.
Title: Re: Simple
Post by: JNB_Rare on September 23, 2020, 10:09:15 pm
Keep the bricks and crop a wee bit off the bottom (in the vein of "and now for something completely different")
Title: Re: Simple
Post by: Todd Suttles on September 24, 2020, 01:37:25 pm
Thank you for all your suggestions. The bricks are my fav part because I feel like they invite me to walk around the corner -in a 2-dimensional plane. -But then I was there, so who knows what is memory and what is in the image in that regard.  -thanks, -t
Title: Re: Simple
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on September 28, 2020, 05:34:26 am
Love it.