Noël (n°8) - tears

[habakuk]

http://www.voegtli.net/gallery/habitat/noel009_tears_800.jpg

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[habakuk]

Here's a different crop - much more abstracted. I'm not decided which one has more power to provoke the feeling of seeing tears.

http://www.voegtli.net/gallery/temp/noel009_tears_cropped.jpg

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[Miyagi-san]

Nice....I prefer the first one! :) Love the tone here...

[habakuk]

Thanks! What makes you prefer the first one, if I may ask?

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[Miyagi-san]

I think the inclusion of a living thing above the tears helps with the message you are trying to convey.

I think a shot like this, but with some nice moss covering the top of the planter would be very nice as well. I mention this because the space between the tree and "tears" is a TINY bit distracting. Not distracting is a normal sense of the word really.....but as far as the whole "tears" theme goes...ya know? It's really not that big of a deal at all...I just felt like pointing it out :)



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[habakuk]

Thank you for your thoughts. Much appreciated.

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[strmrdr]

my first thought was blood not tears.

[Miyagi-san]

It does sort of look thick like blood....interesting

[habakuk]

Hmmm. Ok, this would be an argument to not go too abstract... the stone was dark, and the wet water streaks now look a bit too dark... But somehow the tears might also symbolize heart blood... Anyway - thanks for your thoughts.

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[jkdlee]

nice image. The "tears" also reminds me of the roots of the plant

[habakuk]

Thanks. Yes, this analogy is visible here.

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[Dorman]

Normally I would prefer the more abstracted framing but in this case I prefer the 1st image, I like the inclusion of the plant, it gives the viewer something more to look at, and the connection of "tears" from a living thing.

[habakuk]

Brad, thanks. Good thinking! The plant might introduce the "living" aspect indeed.

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[Athena]

somehow I missed this one...

I also prefer the first one. Another crop to consider would be cropping off the entire left 1/2 of the image, leaving the right side of the plant (the fuller, more alive part) and pot.

[habakuk]

Hmmm. Interersting idea, thank you! I will have a look and see how your version would fit in the book.

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