I love this image! But can anybody tell me why?

[kurokaze204]

First image...Please...be gentle

I took a tonne of shots on our last holiday up north. This one didn't seem like much at the time but when I reviewed them later it really stuck out. It was with an OptioS4i, not a D70, so I hope you don't mind me posting it.

I've thought a lot about why I'm attracted to it, but have yet to nail it.
I like the blue and yellow, but I think its more than that.

I know it's abstract and I'm nervous about placing it here with all the other great pictures, but I'd appreciate feedback on image composition as well if you wouldn't mind.

Thanks.

[Onyx]

I guess the rock edge conforms to the golden mean - the visually pleasing aspect ratio that the more infamous "rule of thirds" is based on. The edges of the rock seems to cut the frame into a triangle from the top right corner to half way along the left edge.
Perhaps it also holds a significant emotion or memory for you surrounding the time/place you took that picture. Honestly, I'm seeing a pair of feet in sandals...

[kurokaze204]

Hehe, I was afraid of that

[Glen]

It is hard to say why someone else likes an image, but one thing pops into my mind here "foot fetish"

[Dargan]

I had a pair of those sandals and they were extremely comfortable. As to the picture, I think the juxtaposition of the rock and the unexpected angle of the shot give a brief confusion to the viewer until they resolve the image. This leads to satisfaction through recognition and hence enjoyment of the shot. Nailed it, eh

Don't apologise about the use of another camera body. My journey to the D70 started with pictures I took elsewhere, see on this forum, and made me think seriously about how I could have done things better when I had a good photographic 'moment' or idea for a shot. BTW, welcome to the forum.

[Glen]

Like the composition of it Kurokaze, it works with the rock jutting out, not quite something you would hang on the wall but could be if it was staged a bit eg Be dressed in suit and business shoes, juxtaposed against the natural rock, slightly giving the impression of a harried executive about to jump into the wild blue yonder. But in reality your on holidays and who wants to go round staging photos.

[bwhinnen]

I like this shot, and no I don't have a foot fetish It's a holiday shot, something that I'd class as the beginning of the holiday, you are about to take the step away from work (although as stated some business atire would have really worked, I love that idea) and into the wild blue yonder that is your unknown holiday.

I've also cropped it a little and done a little PP, hope you don't mind.



Cheers
Brett

[Raydar]

I like this image as well!!

WHY; that I can't tell you, I have no idea

Cheers
Ray

[JordanP]

I like the sense of edge - looks like a decent drop. Maybe it appeals to the sense of jumping that (those the picture appeals to) have hidden in us - perhaps even risk or contemplation.

Prefered it without the crop. Just my opinion.



oh, and welcome to the forum.

[kurokaze204]

The surprising thing for me was the shade of blue the water became. This was a very low-light shot taken in the shadow of Cedar Creek falls. I'm leaning back on the rock behind me so the picture is taken about 20 degrees from vertical.

My feet are about 1.5m above the water which is about 1.5m deep. The best thing was the rock. It was more like a HUGE petrified tree rather than any rock I've ever seen. Unfortunately the detail dissapeared when I downsized the picture.

Thanks for the feedback guys.

[Glen]

It looks far more than 1.5m and the blue was great

[sheepie]

I like the pic, but not the feet - they are pretty ugly!

Seriously, the framing of the pic (going back to the old rule of thirds) seems to work well, and the contrast to the extreme blue finishes nicely.

Well done, as others have said, a nice holiday shot perhaps - would look good on a book cover

[Greg B]

kurokaze, I would have liked to see the same shot without the feet. The feet provide scale and human interest, but I reckon ambiguity in the scale and more emphasis on the texture of the rock may have given a good result too.

[Dargan]

Greg

You put your foot on it.

[below-0]

on a more dramatized note, it could be someone taking their last picture (at least of their feet), while contemplating suicide.

[Matt. K]

Interesting image! It has some marvelous compositional elements in it and they combine to add visual tension. The main image lines are the legs and they are given more power because of the yellow cloth...yellow being associated with danger and strenuous acitivity. These lines lead the viewers eyes driectly to the feet, which are firmly planted to solid rock...but surrounding the rock is a pool of blue. I saw it as sky...and thus perceived a great height. Danger. A fall. Something to be afraid of. The rock...surrounded by blue...suspended at a great height..adds mystery and a feeling of being very vulnerable. Blue is a contemplative colour. What are you contemplating? But this image works not despite all of these facts...but because everything is almost neat, and in the middle. I love photographs!

[Dargan]

The texture of the rock is the strongest element for me. There is no sense of height as there is no reference point beyong the blue. The crop does nothing for the picture as the yellow in the pants is a good contrasting visual to the blue which your mind resolves as sky or sea after a brief thought. Yellow (at least in Qld Matt) is the colour of intelligence, but then I don't know your colourist (as my wife calls them)
Seriously, anyone contemplating topping themselves with a D70 and those sandals is not being intelligent. The yellow pants indicate a photographer of high IQ and this is reinforced by his use of the D70 so I rule that out of the equation. Maye GregB will have a word of wisdom to extend what has become thoughts on an image of great moment.