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04/07/2004 05:03:27 AM |
I was impressed with the image. I love the monotone - the colour of the black stone and sepia tone - the contrast is visually strong and conveys your emotion well. The straight ahead composition is totally appropriate and tells the story in a clear concise way. I am impressed with your choice to shoot straight on. With emotion, there is always a temptation to layer or look for a unique angle of view when often a straight view of the object can provide the most clairity. There is no way to miss the message, even a detractor like lockjawdavis admits to this. I find that the picture has some interesting visual elements. The little stone on the Barone memorial, it seems is there for a reason, and to me it contributes to my imaginary story of this picture. The placement of headstones back to back is another unusuall visual element that makes me take a longer look. It is a strong image and I see that I gave it a six. Now that I have read your photographer comments in the picture, I'd like to convey my best wishes to you in your effort to heal and understand the tragedy of your nephew. Your picture will be a valuable addition to your family album. |
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04/07/2004 03:00:56 AM |
Of course there is sadness in the death of a child, that almost goes without saying.
Your photo, however, is really very blunt. It is entirely a portrait of a tombstone - what sense of location there is is simply entirely of a graveyard, exactly as one would expect, and makes no contrast, comment or difference to the view of the stone. As a study of the texture of the stone, the light is not useful - there is little sense of smoothness, or roughness, and the framing and depth of field does not allow for a perception of contrast with the grass, trees, and what surroundings are visible. This is what I mean by 'blunt' ... there is nothing else going on here, in photographic terms.
Had it been my own project, I think I would have tried to show something of the atmosphere of the cemetary/graveyard, or perhaps tried to contrast the heaviness, solidity and smoothness of the stone with the surrounding grass, leaves, or whatever. Those choices would depend on the nature of the location. Colour might have been effective in that task - it seems to be a black stone, and to contrast that with a vibrant green in the grass, or perhaps the leaves of the tree (shooting upwards from the ground), might have made colour a good choice for the shot - black and white is not necessarily the only way to 'do' sombre moods.
Just some thoughts.
Ed
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04/07/2004 01:19:58 AM |
Originally posted by lockjawdavis:
Overwrought for me. What is photographically interesting here other than the sentiment? |
Interesting... I thought this comment really should be the most useful for you. |
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04/03/2004 04:25:20 PM |
| Overwrought for me. What is photographically interesting here other than the sentiment? |
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04/03/2004 01:27:17 PM |
WOW!!!
THIS IS DEFINITELY A WORK OF ART!!!
Very very dramatic, with the whole story behind it, the colour, the comment on the gravestone!
EXQUISITE JOB! |
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04/03/2004 10:15:57 AM |
| AWESOME PHOTOGRAPH!!!!!!!!!! To me it seems to centered. I would move it into the bottom left corner just a little bit more. |
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04/02/2004 11:11:35 AM |
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03/31/2004 10:14:42 PM |
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03/31/2004 07:12:11 PM |
| Compelling. Very touching. |
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03/31/2004 04:45:56 PM |
| I must say I didn't get it until I looked at the title, but it meets the challenge even without help from the title - good photo. |
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03/31/2004 03:22:22 PM |
| Excellent! Colors, composition and topic...all are excellent! |
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