Jun 052011
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I pass this statue often on my walks to the library. The other day, this branch from a nearby tree was entwined in her hand—likely blown there by the wind. Though both the leaves and the statue are somewhat worse for wear, it struck me as a poignant scene.
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Nikon D300; f5.6 @ 1/90 sec, ISO 3200 (handheld);
18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 200mm (300mm EFL); focus distance 3.16m
That name just jumped out here April. Good spotting.
OK…you are on a roll. I decided to scroll down and view each image briefly…and see what I “feel” when I first see it. Thsi one made me gasp. It is very “grabby”. Well done.
Just a thought, would you think that cropping a bit from the right would help the image a bit?
Or even darkening the right side a tad?
Darkening makes sense, to help balance the left. The crackling along that right edge is so much a part of the grungy feel, that I hesitate to crop. But, I might decide differently when looking at it again in a few weeks. 🙂
That it “grabbed” you on first view is one the best things I can hope for in a photograph — that connection from a scene directly to the viewer, without the “middle man”.
April, this did indeed grab me immediately, just as the scene grabbed you when you attempted to pass by – you had to stop and make the image. I don’t think I’d crop or darken. It’s the left side that grabs my attention, in spite of the much greater whiteness to the right.
Thanks also for your comments, Flo.
Different views of an image interest me as much as seeing how different photographers can shoot the same scene. (Another suggestion I received was to re-shoot from a different angle.)
I don’t feel like any one is necessarily the “right” way, but rather it’s a question of whether the photographer succeeds in capturing what they saw and communicates that clearly to the viewer.