A few shots from sculptures by the C

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A few shots from sculptures by the C

Postby Matt. K on Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:43 pm

Pushed the old body to do this....great day out again. All shots with Fuji XPRO and 35mm lens.
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Re: A few shots from sculptures by the C

Postby Murray Foote on Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:41 am

Matt. K wrote:Pushed the old body to do this....

The XPro can't be that old....

I think I like the first two best. If you could be bothered with the first one you could replace the rather blown background with elements of the fourth image. Maybe just blend modes and a touch of masking. Might just work a bit better.
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Re: A few shots from sculptures by the C

Postby PiroStitch on Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:23 am

I love the colours and pattern of the second. The fourth shows how vast the ocean can be and the two souls in the water gives it a good sense of this.
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Re: A few shots from sculptures by the C

Postby Remorhaz on Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:59 am

Matt - I like the first two as well - funky colours and shapes in the second
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A few shots from sculptures by the C

Postby chrisk on Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:44 am

The 4th is the one that immediately grabbed me. It's a very peaceful scene and love those pastelly blues. Would love for you to tell me what you see in #3.
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Re: A few shots from sculptures by the C

Postby aim54x on Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:47 am

The colour transition in #2 is a standout!
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Re: A few shots from sculptures by the C

Postby Reschsmooth on Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:49 am

I agree with Chris, the 4th grabbed me - reminds me of some work by Murray Fredericks and, as Wayne said, the two bodies in that body give it scale (trust me, I do have original thoughts of my own :D ).
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Re: A few shots from sculptures by the C

Postby biggerry on Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:10 pm

I like the 4th one Matt, but I can't get past the horizon tilt, i found that really draws my eye and in this case detracts from the overall image.

2 is pretty cool :)
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Re: A few shots from sculptures by the C

Postby Matt. K on Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:34 pm

Rooz
I love the chicken???
Actually...it was very late and I was very tired, had a wine or 2 and posted a chicken because I liked the subject. But on reflection, the image has little going for it. Now you have inspired me to think about how we might be influenced by subject matter that appeals to us over the excellence of the image itself. For instance, a poor image of a naked female would probably attract more interest than an excellent image of a scotch collie dog.
Anyway...there might be an essay here. Thanks for making me look again.
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Re: A few shots from sculptures by the C

Postby chrisk on Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:53 pm

Matt. K wrote:Rooz
I love the chicken???


and that a perfectly good reason ! lmfao
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Re: A few shots from sculptures by the C

Postby Mj on Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:08 am

And it's the 4th one that grabs me... and I'm all for NOT adjusting the horizon here... the world is not flat and the surfers are clearly travelling downhill !!!
If every shot has to have a level horizon shoot me now :) In this instance... in my opinion (and that is all it can be) the horizon here gives the image an important point of difference.
Some images need tilted horizons... soft focus... blown highlights (though maybe not all at once).... or maybe I've had one too many red tonight...
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