@Igor_Doncov Igor, I hope you do not revise your thinking to the extent of abandoning your initial image. The cropped version is lovely, and is aligned with our expectations of your nuance and subtly orchestrated compositions. It is quietly meditative. But by including the top element, you have presented us with a deliberately uncomfortable work of art, not what we expect from you. It is a koan, a perplexity that makes us dig deeper. So all the better, you have expanded your artistic gamut, and invited us to expand our view of your art. All to the good.
Thank you for your observation Dick. Both versions were considered in the field and there was an image taken of both compositions. I quickly decided that the cropped version was too simple and common and worked to include the tafonis attempting to play one off the other. Processing changed things a bit in that colors were pulled out of the image which were not apparent, and that made the cropped image better than expected. I’ll just print both and sit with it for awhile.
BTW, I posted two other tafoni images prior to this one. It was decided that the second was better than the first. After being with the prints I have changed my mind and think the opposite. #1 was better.
Things eventually do become clearer.
I keep going back to this image over and over. It has to be one of my best this year. I think it’s the simplicity that appeals to me. Without the white frame the magic is gone.
It’s funny to read the above. This is not a good image. After several printings I’ve decided that it’s basically just boring. Didn’t stand up to the test of time.