Photographed at Biltmore, North Carolina in July 2011. I love taking images where the shapes are very geometric and there are no people.
January 18, 2012
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Photographed at Biltmore, North Carolina in July 2011. I love taking images where the shapes are very geometric and there are no people.
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I love this. I also like discovered patterns and shapes that escape the standard viewer, I feel good when I reveal a good’un. I also like the monochrome nature of this and the angle of what is quite a harsh light has helped with the texture of the wall and giving some contrast against the steps.
Comment by Rex — January 22, 2012 @ 9:41 pm
No sure what I like about this but I do like it. The picture has textures in sky and stone that work well together, then there are those 3 slabs of light on the stone reach up and to the right, the zig zag of deeper shadows on hte stairs themselves add life to this picture which has none showing.
Which book was it, Feeling and Form by Susanne K Langer, she writes that these repetitive patterns indicate movement and movement indicates life. Something along those lines anyway. I see that movement and vibrancy in this picture.
Comment by rhoehne — January 22, 2012 @ 10:33 pm
I am a fan of this kind of composition and I like the image very much.
Comment by Cem — January 22, 2012 @ 10:49 pm
This is definitely the sort of photo that benefits from being seen large, but having said that I think it is better to keep the vertical side shorter by a few pixels as this has a very narrow marging top and bottom.
I’m interested in Robert’s comment: one notices the word ‘zig zag’ as one glances up the page and the letter Z must contribute to what Langer was writing about (haven’t read it though).
The cloud patter and the textures also help with this.
Comment by zavaell — January 23, 2012 @ 7:54 am
Strong geometry and interesting path up and out of the photo to…
The contrast between the hard edged steps and soft clouds in the sky is also good, and there is a real sense fo the brightness of the midday sun.
I’m not so sure about the mono treatment – I’m not sure if I want a blue sky or slightly different tonality in the wall though. The wall looks a bit processed to my eye – it could be downsizing artifacts?- but I think it would benefit from a little more global contrast to darken the shaded side and also a softening of the top edges.
Comment by sojournerphoto — January 23, 2012 @ 10:14 pm
Perhaps I’m being a lazy commenter here, but Robert’s comment says what I feel about this very well! I agree. ;-)
Comment by Christina — January 24, 2012 @ 5:32 am