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Are you intrigued? Curious? Mystified? What appeals to you?
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Image Description
I love water reflections. This one was really different from what I usually get. It caught my eye, but I wasn’t sure why. In editing it, I cropped in from all sides to focus on details and improve the flow of the image. I flipped it horizontally and vertically, which really changed the feel of the scene.
Technical Details
1/200 sec. @ f7.1, ISO 400
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This is one of those images where you don’t try to look for analogies and just enjoy the shapes and patterns at a sensual level. I have to say that I’m particularly partial to the herring bone - zebra looking shape at the bottom. Actually I like all of it. Modern art. Cubism.
This is absolutely intriguing Chris. I love all the different patterns and sinuous shapes and wonderful colors throughout this. Something to gaze at and ponder. I don’t know what’s anything in this and don’t need to.
Intrigued? Yes. Curious: Yes. Mystified: Yes. My immediate reaction was something to do with water, reflections and what is on or under the surface, but I have no idea how something in or under water could cause those different patterns. Part of it reminds me of snake skin. Extremely intriguing and wonderful to view over and over.
Intrigued? Curious? Mystified? Definitely! No clue what it is but that’s irrelevant. A wonderful capture and treatment, however and whatever you did! I might tone down or darken the blue circular areas in the UL, but not a big deal.
@Diane_Miller@SandyR-B It’s a reflection at a fish hatchery. Keep in mind that I’ve flipped it both vertically and horizontally. The red part at the bottom is a concrete wall and some metal. The blue areas are reflections of the sky. The black grid overlaying the image is the shadow of an expanded metal walkway. I think the two wavy strips are made by the walkway reflecting in the moving water somehow. The rest of it is a mystery even to me.
Yes to all of the first 3 questions! This is a superb abstract image Chris! The patterns, depth, and mystery of subject all appeal to me. I wouldn’t change a thing. The blues act as a good counter balance to the greens. A true enigma of an image!
My initial impression is to follow the textures around the image to find surprises. I liken the various planes of shapes to a Picasso cubist painting in how he mixed various perspectives of the subject matter in the same painting. This one works in that respect.
I have to resist my compulsion to “figure out what it is” - to be able to give it a name or label, and just appreciate it for what it is: a composition of various shapes, textures, and colors.
