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Critique By:
Ken Leone (K:350)
12/7/2006 5:21:27 AM
I like this shot. I also appreciate your comments about how you are viewing your art. To me, what I call "strong graphics" is important in a photograph. I see photography as a way to reveal these graphical images to the viewer. Photographs without such characteristic, I tend to find either busy and cluttered, or bland. Photography becomes a way to see elements of reality in a new way. That doesn't mean it needs to be completely realistic, although I like the work of the f/64 group a lot too (super sharp nature shots).
This picture has those strong graphic characteristics in the upper 90% of the frame, which, although obviously clouds, is fairly abstract and very attractive. I like including the bottom 10% to give the picture more context. If you wanted to develop a style that lost the context almost completely, a picture like this would also work. While you can't just crop out the hills in this shot to achieve that without destroying some of the graphic effects, you are on the right track if that's what you want to achieve. By leaving "no room for concept" do you mean images that looks something like the attached alteration of your image? I apologize for doing so; it's just a respectful attempt to better understand your art and vision.
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