Curve (+revised)

Revised Version

Revision 1 (latest)

What changed: Revised according to comments.

Added after receiving feedback from the community.


Original Version

Weekly Challenge

The Sound of Silence
7/26/26 - 8/1/26
Critique Style: Standard

The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.

Feedback Focus: Artistic + Technical

About This Image

During a photo walk I found and captured this curve. I leave it to the viewer to guess the size and what material (piece of nature) it is!

Feedback Requested

Any comments are welcome.

Technical Details

Camera: OM-1
Lens: OM 12-100mm F4.0
Focal length: 44mm
Shutter speed: 1/320s
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 800

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This is dripping with mood and mystery and I am absolutely loving this image!. The high key effect works beautifully and compliments those graceful lines of the mountains? partially obscured by the fog. Your placement of those lines is perfect and has added some visual tension while creating those three triangles. I also quite like the complete lack of scale as well as the minimalism in this scene. It doesn’t get any better than this as this is beautifully done. No suggestions from me.

It should be a crime to be this minimalist

Even Michael Kenna would have put a tree or a grass stem somewhere… but that would have broken the silence and mood

Love it!

Huw

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I love this, Ola. I can’t tell whether it’s a massive sand dune, a tiny snow drift, or something else entirely!

But it doesn’t really matter, does it? It’s beautifully seen and rendered.
ML

This shouts silence (ha). Just lovely. I’m thinking snow, but I’m not sure. The contrast of the serenity of the high key look with the pointy angle is very interesting. Well done!

Ola, this is very nicely artistic. You’ve placed the ghostly ridges well. It’s personal, but I feel like the upper “line” is cut off at the top, I wonder if there’s something up there to fade into the grey.

Visual Notes

I would guess snow as well, but the white sands in New Mexico can sure look like this too.

Regardless, the minimalism works well Ola.

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[2] The little black dots (that make me rub my computer screen to get the dust off) might be worth brightening or removing.

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Well done, Ola! This is beautifully abstract. I love the feel and minimalist nature of this image! My only suggestion…there is something above the top peak that looks like a smudge. It doesn’t feel connected to the rest of the lines. Maybe play with it a bit…darken, lighten, get rid of it? Love it all the same!

The original poster added a revised version of their image.

@Huw_Thomas, @John_Williams, @Mark_Seaver, @Marylynne_Diggs, @Ed_Lowe, @Bonnie_Lampley and @holly1 thanks for your kind comments. I made a few minor chnges based on your comments. As some of you have proposed, this is a snowdrift with a length of maybe 2 meters.

Regarding Revision 1:

Ola,

I have no idea what this is, and I don’t really care because this is just so beautiful; so artistic. It could be snow or sand, but you wrote “material” and so I’m thinking a silk shirt or sheet… but then you might not find those on a walk… LOL.

Love the high-key presentation as well. The lines/ridges are so beautifully designed.

Your revised version takes care of any nitpicks.

Beautifully seen, processed and presented. Wow!

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Well, I’m thinking flower petals but like others have said, it really doesn’t matter what it is, only that it moves the soul. It creates guesswork from the viewer in it’s minimalist look and feel. It’s not obvious what it is and that’s what makes it so good. Your processing likely played a key roll in that so I compliment you on your touch with the keyboard and mouse. Thanks for sharing this one, Ola.

Ola, this image is the epitome of minimalism, and I find it intriguing. Could it be a piece of paper, fabric, a sand dune. Whatever, it’s cool.
Alice Wilson

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Ola: I’m late to the party but this is marvelous. Simple and elegant. Very nicely captured and superbly presented.>=))>

@Lon_Overacker, @David_Haynes, @alice and @Bill_Fach thanks for your kind comments!

It is a snowdrift with an approximate length of 2 m.

Beautiful in it’s simplicity.

@Michael_Lowe, thank you very much for the EP. It gives inspiration for future works.

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