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This is very much like a Man Ray image but in colour. Its interesting and I wonder whether it would work in mono?
Andy
Andy
really interesting....
I think your choice of artwork made such a difference to the effect you eventually produced. Great work and attention to form. Not at all surprised that this was so well received at your camera club. Love it and would have awarded it.....but I will place it in my favourites instead.
Not a traditional, judge, then! In my club days, and as a circuit judge we rarely saw this kind of thing until the later years. It was, and remains, a matter of choice.
Impossible, almost, to comment on quality, so it's just effect. This has it. The tight crop helps a lot but I do find the colours a little on the flat side. I think the impact would be rather greater with a bit more contrast and even saturation. If you are going to do this, really go for it.
Looking again, it would be only a tiny contrast boost or some of the more delicate tones would go.
Interesting.
Paul
Impossible, almost, to comment on quality, so it's just effect. This has it. The tight crop helps a lot but I do find the colours a little on the flat side. I think the impact would be rather greater with a bit more contrast and even saturation. If you are going to do this, really go for it.
Looking again, it would be only a tiny contrast boost or some of the more delicate tones would go.
Interesting.
Paul
Yes I saw Man Ray's solarised work in this, I've uploaded a b&w conversion which I think shows something of that connection. Right down to the hard black outlines on the right...
If you don't know his work, spend some time on Google!
It's good to experiment, but I would go back and question the logic for this.
Quote:judges do not like images of other people's art, that is unless you make it yours.
That's good thinking. But the assumption seems to be that you make it your own image via intrusive processing.
Photographing sculpture is a passion of mine but for me it's about creating your own image by observation and composition, finding the lines that fit into a frame, lines that convey the artist's creativity and your own interpretation of it. Treat a sculpture in the same way as taking a human portrait (or photographing a flower, come to that). Look for the details ,the angle, the light that gives a unique, personal insight.
Moira
If you don't know his work, spend some time on Google!
It's good to experiment, but I would go back and question the logic for this.
Quote:judges do not like images of other people's art, that is unless you make it yours.
That's good thinking. But the assumption seems to be that you make it your own image via intrusive processing.
Photographing sculpture is a passion of mine but for me it's about creating your own image by observation and composition, finding the lines that fit into a frame, lines that convey the artist's creativity and your own interpretation of it. Treat a sculpture in the same way as taking a human portrait (or photographing a flower, come to that). Look for the details ,the angle, the light that gives a unique, personal insight.
Moira
Incidentally, it's worth remembering that Man Ray's solarisation was achieved entirely in the darkroom - the technique involved switching on a light immediately above the negative for a brief moment mid-way through the developing stage, effectively a double exposure, with the chemicals already acting. Which illustrates the fact that extreme manipulation of images is nothing new!
Hmm ... definitely an interesting image and comments above. Everything is subjective and while I do like the colours in your original version, I'm finding myself drawn to the black and white mod. There's something so very architectural about it - I find my eyes wandering up and down the slopes and planes of the form, trying to imagine what the original sculpture was like and then just enjoying what's in front of my eyes, instead 
Sometimes a solarisation effect works with an image, and sometimes not.
Happily, this is one of the times when it works very well indeed.
Tanya
Sometimes a solarisation effect works with an image, and sometimes not.
Happily, this is one of the times when it works very well indeed.
Tanya
Well done for your success with this in your camera club.
Remember, you took the original picture, nice and close and well composed, then you went about manipulating it to "make it yours", and very successfully too.
Like Moira, I enjoy photographing works of art. I tend to appreciate them a lot more when I get them home and examine them more closely.
It's difficult to critique a manipulated image, but I would give consideration to the top left corner, perhaps just continuing the blue up into that area.
She may have been lovely as a simple statue, but you have put your stamp on it and created a masterpiece of your own.
Pamela.
Remember, you took the original picture, nice and close and well composed, then you went about manipulating it to "make it yours", and very successfully too.
Like Moira, I enjoy photographing works of art. I tend to appreciate them a lot more when I get them home and examine them more closely.
It's difficult to critique a manipulated image, but I would give consideration to the top left corner, perhaps just continuing the blue up into that area.
She may have been lovely as a simple statue, but you have put your stamp on it and created a masterpiece of your own.
Pamela.
The 'original material' thing is a bit like sampling in modern music: where is one merely recording the beautiful, or the disturbing, and where is the creativity? And what isn't valid about a picture that is merely (merely?) an excellent record shot? Today's record is tomorrow's historical record...
I have to say this is attractive, whatever the origins. So I can see why it appealed to the judge (with Paul's reservation that not all of them are like that!)
And I endorse Moira's comments about Man Ray - a must for any tog aspiring to understand the broader sweep of our addiction: or, indeed, looking for ideas that will be fresh now.
I have to say this is attractive, whatever the origins. So I can see why it appealed to the judge (with Paul's reservation that not all of them are like that!)
And I endorse Moira's comments about Man Ray - a must for any tog aspiring to understand the broader sweep of our addiction: or, indeed, looking for ideas that will be fresh now.
Thank you all for your comments
