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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 21 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Joan, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. If you remember who the artwork reminds you of then please let me know. |
Dec 17th |
| 21 |
Dec 21 |
Reply |
Steve, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. I like the idea of taking the composite a step further and create a 3D version |
Dec 17th |
| 21 |
Dec 21 |
Reply |
Jerry, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. Glad you liked the image. Interesting that you would lose the right-hand element. At the time I made the composite, I wanted to have three groups of geometric shapes to create a visual triangle of interest within the composite. |
Dec 17th |
| 21 |
Dec 21 |
Reply |
Peter, I am not sure I totally agree with you here as we all see what we think we see or what we want to see. |
Dec 11th |
| 21 |
Dec 21 |
Reply |
Angela, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. I like the idea of the image hanging large-scale on a white wall. I am pleased that you picked up on my favourite parts of the image; the diagonal line and the hidden circle. This is very much a departure from my normal style of photography but it is one that I am increasingly drawn to. |
Dec 11th |
| 21 |
Dec 21 |
Reply |
Hazel, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. When constructing the image I was careful in selecting which elements to use and where to place them relative to the others with due care to horizontals and verticals. I wanted to use three elements in the composite as this is a good number compositionally and creates a good visual triangle of interest. I felt it was important to use the diagonal line to link the three elements to encourage the left-to-right visual flow through the image. Social Realism is a movement that flourished between the two World Wars in response to the social and political turmoil and hardships of the period. Artists turned to realism as a way of making art easily accessible and legible to the wider public. |
Dec 11th |
| 21 |
Dec 21 |
Reply |
Peter, In seeing the background as snowflakes, perhaps there was something subliminal going on in my head; ostrich > turkey > Festive Season > Xmas lunch > sitting warm as toast in front of the log fire > cold outside with the snowflakes falling. |
Dec 10th |
| 21 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Hazel, I have always liked this effect where Layers are used to create the illusion that an image starts life as a monochrome and how it is peeled away to reveal a colour version of itself developing underneath. This has worked well. You might like to think about stroking a one or two pixel black line around the monochrome layer so when you peel it back you have more definition and separation of the boundary on that layer and with the colour layer. |
Dec 9th |
| 21 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Peter, I agree with you that this chap looked fairly excited and/or angry with all his feathers ruffled up. Clearly, it was a no-brainer for you to beat a hasty retreat beyond the safety of the ditch and fence. I like the way that you have created a letter-box panorama by selecting parts of the original and using them in a different way. The conversion to monochrome works and this is contrasted well with the pink tongues. The choice of three necks works well as this creates a good visual triangle of interest. However, it is a slight pity that the two birds on the right-hand-side are identical. Perhaps adding some distortion to the one on the right would have helped. The addition of the snowflake effect works well and creates an overture of Festive celebration, although perhaps not for the ostrich. |
Dec 9th |
| 21 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Charles, This is an interesting picture which, in the absence of any explanation and original images, would take a bit of unravelling. I quite like the dominance of the lower strip from Original 2 showing the lichen and the two leaves, which provides foreground interest for the pseudo-landscape of mountain peaks beyond. There is a sense that the strip at the top brings the viewer back to the starting point and the whole process starts all over again. The image is not unlike a layer cake with all kinds of edible goodies in each layer, which is quite appropriate for the Festive Season. |
Dec 9th |
| 21 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Joan, Your image is very appropriate for this time of year. I like the way that there is a progression of the stags from foreground to background and in their orientation to each other. Their journey towards the Christmas tree follows a curve which mirrors the shape of the clouds. You have done well to remove the tall grasses but there are still some stalks remaining on some of the stags' legs. I would like to have seen the legs covered in fluffy clouds rather than sharply cut off. |
Dec 9th |
5 comments - 6 replies for Group 21
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5 comments - 6 replies Total
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