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Images => Critique => Topic started by: Jack Dahlgren on April 30, 2017, 07:44:28

Title: Lights out
Post by: Jack Dahlgren on April 30, 2017, 07:44:28

Tell me what I should think about this image.
I left a ragged edge at the bottom left for context, and I'm not 100% convinced that was a good idea.
I'm interested what comes into other people's mind while viewing it.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2874/34350189565_49b9cacc09_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UkpGBF)DFJ_5118 (https://flic.kr/p/UkpGBF)

Title: Re: Lights out
Post by: David H. Hartman on April 30, 2017, 09:48:16

I wondering why there isn't more at the bottom showing? I guess that means I'd like more context.

Dave Hartman

Title: Re: Lights out
Post by: Andrea B. on May 30, 2017, 17:34:23

I absolutely love minimalist photos. And I love the ragged edge. And I love the colour. My imagination goes crazy trying to figure out what this is and what it is about. Is that a sky? A reddish-brown sky? Are those stage lights? Outdoor lights at a baseball game? Are those mountains along the bottom? Or piles of "stuff"?

Compositionally though, I would entirely lose the right side so that the eye hits those lights, travels down the pole and then along the bottom for a nice visual journey. Go square - it's edgier.  A small amount of dodging in the lower left, too. Leave the pole slightly tilted (as shown) for "dramatic tension".

[I could go for a little more dodging in the lower left.]

What do you think about this suggestion? The artist/photographer always has the last word!!  ;D

Title: Re: Lights out
Post by: Jakov Minić on May 31, 2017, 09:18:35

Remove a little from the bottom, a lot from the top and a bit from the right.
I like the idea and the warm colors.