boulevards des sculptures

[EoSD30fReAk]

i took this picture at an event at the coast.
please comment on this picture

i wanted the subject to be as dark as it is! to get this silhouet effect.

http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v59/EoSD30fReAk/others/sculpture_01.jpg

and another shot

http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v59/EoSD30fReAk/others/sculpture_02.jpg

[Radtech1]

I really like the first one, and less so the second.

I often have a bit of difficulty with the photography of someone elses art. (If you are the sculptor, this does not apply.) Without a specific interpetive viewpoint, it seems as though the photographer is saying, "Since I am not an artist, I will take a picture of someone else's art."

But, on the other hand, musicians have for centuries been composing "variations on a theme by ..." so who knows.

The clouds, the lighting and the specific effort you made at exposure on the first one, I think, makes it your own. AND, I like what you did with it. Well done.

The second, for me, even with the cyan tint, is too much a case of someone else being the creative force.


Rad

[Jemmind]

I like the second better than the first. Not totally disagreeing with the points that Radtech1 made, but photograpy of scuptures allows others to see what they might not otherwise never get to see. A sculpture is there where it is. You may never get to go see that place. Same with archecture. Whereas there are reproductions done of paintings all the time.
The reason I like the second better is that I can see it better, the first is making me wonder what the sculpture looks like, I can tell it's a man's head and not much else about what it is.
Julie

[rick barclay]

First one--bravo! I looks like a picture of Lenin with a symbolic reference
to the breakup of the Soviet empire.

[Meerkat17]

Fantastic images - I like both and in my view you have captured the essence of both.

The first for its simplicity but strong lines set against the dying sun.

The second is a very strong image - the embronic/foetal pose and the steel band around his neck - am I right in guessing slavery?

David

[PhotosGuy]

I agree. I like them both.

[Big_B]

I like the second better than the first. Not totally disagreeing with the points that Radtech1 made, but photograpy of scuptures allows others to see what they might not otherwise never get to see. A sculpture is there where it is. You may never get to go see that place. Same with archecture. Whereas there are reproductions done of paintings all the time.
The reason I like the second better is that I can see it better, the first is making me wonder what the sculpture looks like, I can tell it's a man's head and not much else about what it is.
Julie

Ditto!

[EoSD30fReAk]

Radtech1:

thanks for the comment.
i can partitialy agree with you on the artist thing :wink:

jemmind & Rick barclay:

here's another exposure of the picture
so you can see the sculpture

http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v59/EoSD30fReAk/others/sculpture_04.jpg


Meerkat17:

yes david you're right about the slavery :wink:
the discription was dying from slavery

thanks all for the comments

[CDickinson]

Having been a bronze/iron sculptor for quite a while, I think photographs are a great medium to explore the two dimensional world. Its quite a challenge to portray the power of 3 dimensional into 2....great way to learn to see.

The first photo has good contrast, decent color. But I think cropping out all excess and focusing in on the sculpture itself will help. Then play around with some effects...Maybe trying to figure out what you are trying to say about the sculpture will help in shooting it....what statement are you trying to make? What story are you trying to tell ?

( Here's a link to some photos of mine -- same sculpture shot and edited in different way.
http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/Sauvage/sculpture/

The second photo is loaded with possibilities!! Exaggerated angles, maybe playing around with the background color or the color of the sculpture itself would be a good way to see what you can do with a story line ...

Great start!

C

[EoSD30fReAk]

CDickinson

thanks for the info and i looked at your pictures, i like what you did.

next time i will try some experiments :wink: