Andy brown
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I'm hoping the title is obvious (at least on second viewing).
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Taking the plunge
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Paul Abbott
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That is a wonderful photograph, Andy. The shadow image is immediately apparent, have you tried it in B&W?
Andy brown
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Thanks Paul. I'm so relieved you can see it straight up. Not all of my ideas translate very well at all.
I'd love to do it in B+W but I always seem to come up short in that medium, I only have 2 or 3 images which I am happy with in B+W.
If I can get a version I'm halfway happy with I'll post it up for sure.
Otherwise, it'll be back to the ole drawing board.
I'd love to do it in B+W but I always seem to come up short in that medium, I only have 2 or 3 images which I am happy with in B+W.
If I can get a version I'm halfway happy with I'll post it up for sure.
Otherwise, it'll be back to the ole drawing board.
Paul Abbott
New member
A B&W image will create a little more mystery and 'abstractedness', if that is a word... 
Andy brown
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I think abstractness and abstractedness are both valid words.
I prefer abstractness in this instance.
It's late here, I have a big week ahead with little free time but I will endeavour to do a B+W version justice.
Abstractedness sounds more like my attention span.
I prefer abstractness in this instance.
It's late here, I have a big week ahead with little free time but I will endeavour to do a B+W version justice.
Abstractedness sounds more like my attention span.
Andy brown
Well-known member
Speaking of shadowy figures...
Paul Abbott
New member
Interesting...have we entered into the field of manipulation now?
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Interesting...have we entered into the field of manipulation now?
Paul,
I thought the same. Actually these are the specular highlights taken at a high speed, I believe. These normally morph and follow the wavelets of the moving water and which we perceive as a sparkle.
Asher
Paul Abbott
New member
Thanks Asher, i'm still left wondering about the face though...
Andy brown
Well-known member
Interesting...have we entered into the field of manipulation now?
Paul, yes, but just the usual stuff, a little dodging and burning to accentuate the features but they were all there.
I've got a series of about 50 or 60 faces and human forms in trees, rocks etc. Most require a slightly fertile imagination to see and some are grotesque, this one is definitely one of the most life-like.
Unlike the figure about to take the plunge, I was only aware of it after taking the shot.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Paul,
I had not seen that face until now. But I have been restrained and distracted by wires and tubes and sensors, laying in bed fighting to get on to the schedule to get my coronary blood vessels seen in the Catheter Lab. Now I am home, that face is astonishing. It's presence show our vulnerability to self-deception as we pull out of a complex set of masks, familiar shapes that are either supportive or potentially life-threatening.
Amazing to me that I had not seen the face until back in my home comfort and totally free!
Asher