Second really works for me. I love the overlay (underlay?) of textures, perfectly suited to the subject.
3: Interesting. But a bit more your obsession than mine.
Bring back the lightening bolts! But not for this image.
Thanks Bob. I did immediately knew that this image was a candidate for a
layer even before making the image. Did I know I wanted this specific layer?
No.
Thanks Scott. I think you missed the boat on #3. Don't be fooled by the
association with the term obsession or that it has wires.
This is not an easy image in many ways. Nothing unconscious about. Just so
to do justice to it: it is not about wires; it is also about wires.
This composition is a variation of what is defined in photography as the classic
overlapping picture planes. Here is another example which I shot a while ago: http://www.pbase.com/dehl/image/102933422
Picture planes are one of the basic elements of composition. Albeit forgotten.
In this image however, the level of difficulty is ampped up in several ways:
1. The POV is a difficult capture as you need to be at the level of the cable
car cable holders. 2. There are repetitive elements/parallelism in cable holders,
wires, houses. 3. The DOF works. 4. The image is distinctive enough for anyone
who has been in Lisbon to recognize it/make the association. 5. The selective
usage of focus works. 6. It leads the eyes to walk the image inspite of cables.
7. The colors are soft and pastel and pleasing.
In my book that makes it a keeper. Check the comments of many Pbasers. I
was pleased to see that they picked up on the many of the elements at play:
thanks for that last post kaden (and the pics, of course), lets me see more of the 'why' in the 'why i like your work.'
food for thought, yum. perfect breakfast food
#1 i like the image. So much so, i'm thinking of making a gobo in a similar style and projecting it across a bunch of bodies.
#2 nice foresight in shooting the image. I don't think like that. Yet.
#3 a beautiful illustration of the points you make, as well as a beautiful illustration. Is there a source of information you would recommend on picture planes?
I actually once saw a theater piece done all in light copy projections on nude dancers.
It was a Finnish troupe and they projected images as well as used projectors to paint
it while bodies performed and music played. It was incredibly beautiful.
I recommend "The Elements of Photography" by Angela Faris Belt.
Lison! It didn't look like San Francisco to me, although San Francisco has enough variety to find almost anything. It didn't seem like Italy or France. Perhaps Spain, but somehow a little different. Now it make sense. Did you lean out a balcony?
