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This is a crop of the original image. What I thought I was after is not what I ended up with. It took me a while to understand this image but once I did I kept going back to it over and over. This may be one of those images that changes my way of seeing and a new direction in photography. I hope I’m right.
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GFX50R, 120mm macro, f/11, focus stacked
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I don’t want to even suggest what I see in this image because I don’t want to introduce any bias in any way. All I ask is that you give it some time.
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These rock images always amaze me for their abstract nature. You apply the shapes and geometry of the elements in a ways that are visually pleasing. I don’t know how you continually do this!
I like it and find it interesting. I like the shapes in the center, the subtle color and the somewhat painterly look. Wherever you’re headed, keep going.
What I notice and can’t seem to let it go is the apparent finger sticking up over the central rock and the palm of the hand just to its right. I am also very intrigued by the incredible level of detail on the right 1/3 of the frame. It is an interesting study and goes well with your recent rocks photos as a cohesive body of work.
Igor, in opening the large view, I’m very impressed with the detailed structures in the rocks, especially along the right side. The mix of solid stone along both edges and the pieces in the middle also look good. I am wondering/impressed with your ability to “see” something like this and get it to work so well as a photo.
My Initial Reaction was to the smaller view, and it wasn’t doing a lot for me. With the large view though, the details become the story for me and it’s a much more intriguing and storied image. If you print, definitely go large enough that those wonderful details show.
Agreed. And you have to stand really close to this print to ‘get it’. If you view it as a normal image, in its totality, you miss its essence. And that’s what this image is about. It’s about looking at images in a different way. It’s pushing aside the subject and concentrating on its minutiae. It’s like looking at Van Gogh’s Starry Night not as as sky, trees, and village but as textured paints on a canvas. He’s a good example because his paints have texture and he doesn’t use solid colors and his color aren’t mixed thoroughly.
This is another attempt to move away from the subject towards the image of the subject. Another words the photograph is the thing, not the subject contained within the photograph. Although I suppose if you can bridge the two you have the best of both worlds.
