Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Bruce Cox on September 15, 2012, 05:08:41 pm
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This is recent work on old work.
Bruce
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Bruce, Looks as if your camera is overdue for a CLA.
But on a more serious note, it's interesting stuff, but closer to painting than to photography. You probably ought to attach an "artist's statement."
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Bruce, Looks as if your camera is overdue for a CLA.
But on a more serious note, it's interesting stuff, but closer to painting than to photography. You probably ought to attach an "artist's statement."
This shot must be from the Minolta CLE I dropped rather than the Leica, I was using back then. I liked photography, but I didn't print; I shot slides to trace to make rather unsuccessful paintings on paper. I kept seeing the photos in my head when I looked at the paintings, but other people didn't seem to. One of nine parts to the no-longer extant painting is attached. Back then, I also photographed the painting neatly assembled, with much glare on its glossy wrinkles. That photo as well as the nine somewhat foreshortened parts [the black wedges on the side of the attached are not part of it] are in this stew with the original photo layered. I have tried to balance the painting against the photo so that they both have their say. PhotoShop seems to have the loudest voice, however. The meaning of this work of art is: Why is that women walking down the street one of the best reasons to believe I can find?
Bruce
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I'd kinda like to see the underlying photograph, unaltered. It looks like it might have some of The Stuff.
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Here is the scan I used.
Bruce
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Interesting... not really my style, but intriguing nonetheless!
Mike.
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I think the photograph is better the more you leave it alone! Well, there's probably some stuff I would tweak, but it's definitely got some of the right stuff in it. I like the guy's face, expression, etc.
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This shot must be from the Minolta CLE I dropped rather than the Leica, I was using back then. I liked photography, but I didn't print; I shot slides to trace to make rather unsuccessful paintings on paper. I kept seeing the photos in my head when I looked at the paintings, but other people didn't seem to. One of nine parts to the no-longer extant painting is attached. Back then, I also photographed the painting neatly assembled, with much glare on its glossy wrinkles. That photo as well as the nine somewhat foreshortened parts [the black wedges on the side of the attached are not part of it] are in this stew with the original photo layered. I have tried to balance the painting against the photo so that they both have their say. PhotoShop seems to have the loudest voice, however. The meaning of this work of art is: Why is that women walking down the street one of the best reasons to believe I can find?Bruce
P.S. In the attached I have blended another day's photoshoping fifty-fifty with the first of these postings and likely as importantly did not sharpened this one.
Simple: it is the best reason for spiritual belief; we can see the proof of it everyday, even if some proofs are more pleasing than others. Find the right one and your life can't be better, regardless of what else Life may throw your way. Lose it, and the rest is crap.
Rob C
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I think the photograph is better the more you leave it alone! Well, there's probably some stuff I would tweak, but it's definitely got some of the right stuff in it. I like the guy's face, expression, etc.
He wasn't my style.
Bruce
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I think the photograph is better the more you leave it alone! Well, there's probably some stuff I would tweak, but it's definitely got some of the right stuff in it. I like the guy's face, expression, etc.
Hi Bruce. I've looked at this quite a few times and tend to agree with Andrew. I dislike photos with obvious textures added as an overlay- I always get the feeling that the processing is used as a "quick fix" for a badly composed and thought out picture. Others don't so to each his own.
This, in my opinion, doesn't need any fancy stuff to make it good.
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With your gentle prompting and a new crop I summoned enthusiasm for processing the photo, though, of course, this gave me another tool to paint with.
Bruce