I've spent some time looking at this and wondering what to say more than I like it. The horizon is playing with the center of the picture but not on it. The trees on the right, clouds on the left frame the picture and I look at all the shapes and details in between.
This may sound strange but the dark slither of grass on the bottom right underlines your dog, without it he/she floats in a sea of grass.
Ok, so I will say a little bit about this photo. It's from my SoFoBoMo effort, which is at the bottom a set of photos made while taking walks with my dog, Kodak.
This was one of the photos which seemed to help the project gel. I just loved the way Kodak is being very doggish, with his head cocked and examining the ground with the usual golden retriever goofy intensity, and yet he's embedded in this larger landscape. This could definitely profit from some time put in at the monitor adjusting things; except for an overall curve adjustment there's nothing done.
Anyway, I remember years ago I saw a set of landscapes where the photographer had taken a couch, plopped it in various places, and made photographs. Later on one of my friends made a really nice series of photos where she carried around this amazing iridescent Japanese glass fishing net float (a globe about 14" in diameter) and made a set of landscapes with the float somewhere in the scene. I liked that and have been, ever since, thinking that when I found the right object I would do something along those lines.
Apparently the object is my dog. I may find it hard to put an end to the dog walk/photo outing combo at the end of the month.
That dark upper right corner definitely needs to get fixed. And something to give it more depth, too.
The dog is being very doggy (doggish?) it is true, but I'm not sure that the picture is doggy enough for a standalone shot. Which is fine, because we know that this isn't - it is a part of a project.
Which opens all sorts of thoughts about the value of the single still image.
I've come and gone with this image quite a lot since it was posted. I think I've ended up thinking that I'm not held by it, but that it makes me want to see more of the same. I'm not sure if that is a useful observation.
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This may sound strange but the dark slither of grass on the bottom right underlines your dog, without it he/she floats in a sea of grass.
Comment by Robert [Member] · http://www.roberthoehne.com — 04/17/08 @ 06:57
This was one of the photos which seemed to help the project gel. I just loved the way Kodak is being very doggish, with his head cocked and examining the ground with the usual golden retriever goofy intensity, and yet he's embedded in this larger landscape. This could definitely profit from some time put in at the monitor adjusting things; except for an overall curve adjustment there's nothing done.
Anyway, I remember years ago I saw a set of landscapes where the photographer had taken a couch, plopped it in various places, and made photographs. Later on one of my friends made a really nice series of photos where she carried around this amazing iridescent Japanese glass fishing net float (a globe about 14" in diameter) and made a set of landscapes with the float somewhere in the scene. I liked that and have been, ever since, thinking that when I found the right object I would do something along those lines.
Apparently the object is my dog. I may find it hard to put an end to the dog walk/photo outing combo at the end of the month.
That dark upper right corner definitely needs to get fixed. And something to give it more depth, too.
Comment by Paul [Member] — 04/19/08 @ 11:41
Which opens all sorts of thoughts about the value of the single still image.
I've come and gone with this image quite a lot since it was posted. I think I've ended up thinking that I'm not held by it, but that it makes me want to see more of the same. I'm not sure if that is a useful observation.
Comment by Colin [Member] · http://www.auspiciousdragon.net — 04/21/08 @ 04:51