I really like that! Formally very exciting solution with the slants in the shadows, the black and white distribution and the beautiful black accent (window) in the top left of the picture. I really like pictures with this "abstract" play of shapes. You can learn a lot about ponderation.
Just a really small thought, especially for me: I wonder if the vertical image division could be a bit more decisive - the left part shape a little narrower, the right part shape wider to the square - in the direction of the golden ratio. Sorry, but I always start "playing". Your picture is a wonderful occasion.
Fav!
@blueberry1222 Thank you, such a big compliment! @summerfield Thank you, Vikki! @leonbuys83 Thank you, Leon. The subtleness of the shades was incredible. @kali66 Thank you, Kali! @Jerome Thank you so much, I appreciate a lot your judgment! I should go back to the place where I took this... I fear there was some obstacle preventing a different crop, but it’s worth checking.
It was just a consideration. In the end, checking with the visible comparison of results counts. It is quite possible that your existing solution is the best.
I didn't mean that you should go back to the place and take a new photo there. I would do my suggested "playing" with shapes, chiaroscuro and ponderations etc. with Photoshop (maybe you have a different image editing program). I usually spend a lot of time in post-processing. It is then like drawing or painting with the tools of the PC.
But it's a great picture either way. Excellent. It reminds me of some of Giorgio Morandi's pictures. Maybe you know this Italian painter. He played exactly this "game" - with very everyday things, mostly with bottles, cans, cups, jugs, etc., with which he composed still lifes. I really appreciate this painter. Great art with unpretentious objects.
@joysabin Thank you very much, also for the fav! @spanner Thank you a lot! @golftragic Thank you kindly! @Jerome As said, much appreciated. Your photographic vision is amazing and your suggestions very well accepted! Yes, I use Photoshop, too, and spent quite a bit of time on this, too. And I LOVE Giorgio Morandi’s work. Have you ever visited the Modern Art Museum in Bologna (“MAMBO”)? They have a wonderful collection of Morandi’s paintings and drawings there. Thank you for sharing and commenting! @pistache Thank you very much! @moonbi Thank you Jason! I am more and more convinced we should start a “print swap” thread on 365...
Unfortunately I have never been to Bologna. To my shame I only know a few places in Italy - Milano, Lago di Garda, Venezia. At least I should have visited Rome once in my life. I only know Morandi's pictures from books and the Internet. He created artistically intelligent and highly sensitive images. He studied the old masters carefully and reinterpreted the artistic foundations in a contemporary, personal way. I think this attitude can be exemplary - not just for art, but in general. For me, culture without tradition is hard to imagine. I don't believe in tabula rasa. I believe in the dialectic of the tried and tested, the timeless and the new interpretation in a contemporary form
@Jerome Too bad. Bologna is lovely and also the food is great. You should visit Rome, for sure. And when this happen, please don’t forget to drop a message: it would be great to meet. I agree on all you wrote about Morandi, art and culture. I don’t believe in tabula rasa, too, maybe I don’t believe in originality at all, we all are dwarfs on the shoulders of the giants who came before us. Thank you for sharing.
@domenicododaro 'we are all dwarfs on the shoulders of the giants who came before us'. Wow, the human condition in a nutshell. Very profound Domenico. The question then is as to whether the dwarfs are malignant or benign.
@golftragic the thought its not mine, admittedly: the most recent formulation is from the Middle Ages, reportedly by scholar Bernard of Chartres. Malignant and benign?
@domenicododaro I'm pretty ignorant of this area of history Domenico, I'll need to look up that scholar. Not sure of your meaning in the final sentence. What I had in mind was if the dwarfs were malignant then our world will be headed into a bad place. The converse would apply if the dwarves were benign.
@domenicododaro You're right, of course. I'd love to discuss this with you over a glass of wine. I enjoy times like that, always good to toss views and concepts around with friends.
@helenhall thank you so much! This is a big compliment! @golftragic no reasons to plead guilty! It would be lovely to drink a glass together! Australia has some amazing wines, by the way... ;)
@domenicododaro One of these day perhaps, maybe, maybe. I only have another year and a half before travel insurance becomes very difficult and even more expensive, so this damned plague needs to get going!!!
Just a really small thought, especially for me: I wonder if the vertical image division could be a bit more decisive - the left part shape a little narrower, the right part shape wider to the square - in the direction of the golden ratio. Sorry, but I always start "playing". Your picture is a wonderful occasion.
Fav!
@summerfield Thank you, Vikki!
@leonbuys83 Thank you, Leon. The subtleness of the shades was incredible.
@kali66 Thank you, Kali!
@Jerome Thank you so much, I appreciate a lot your judgment! I should go back to the place where I took this... I fear there was some obstacle preventing a different crop, but it’s worth checking.
I didn't mean that you should go back to the place and take a new photo there. I would do my suggested "playing" with shapes, chiaroscuro and ponderations etc. with Photoshop (maybe you have a different image editing program). I usually spend a lot of time in post-processing. It is then like drawing or painting with the tools of the PC.
But it's a great picture either way. Excellent. It reminds me of some of Giorgio Morandi's pictures. Maybe you know this Italian painter. He played exactly this "game" - with very everyday things, mostly with bottles, cans, cups, jugs, etc., with which he composed still lifes. I really appreciate this painter. Great art with unpretentious objects.
@spanner Thank you a lot!
@golftragic Thank you kindly!
@Jerome As said, much appreciated. Your photographic vision is amazing and your suggestions very well accepted! Yes, I use Photoshop, too, and spent quite a bit of time on this, too. And I LOVE Giorgio Morandi’s work. Have you ever visited the Modern Art Museum in Bologna (“MAMBO”)? They have a wonderful collection of Morandi’s paintings and drawings there. Thank you for sharing and commenting!
@pistache Thank you very much!
@moonbi Thank you Jason! I am more and more convinced we should start a “print swap” thread on 365...
@jclaireyp Thank you very much!
@golftragic no reasons to plead guilty! It would be lovely to drink a glass together! Australia has some amazing wines, by the way... ;)
@ginnys Thank you very much, Virginia!