“The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts.”
― Alain de Botton
This goes along with the theme in the last post of each of us having different perspectives not only of art but also life in general. In looking back through some of my archived photos I’m visualizing opportunities not recognized before, such as a photo of vultures in Texas made in 2016. I was given vultures and I’m “shooting” for something more, a difference of the story I choose to tell. Of course, perceptions being individually unique some will not care for this image and some may think what the hell is he doing. Well, let me say, whatever you think, you’re absolutely correct! There’s no wrong answer and it’s not a test. ;-)
It’s a great image, Earl, no matter what the story.
Hey, thanks, Ken!
It gets my tick of appreciation. This kind of image will always grab my attention, more so, I would venture, than many regular photos no matter how well composed and exposed.
Appreciated, thanks, Cedric!
I love how this treatment moves beyond the photograph into a work that truly expresses the mood of the scene. I’ve been trying – so far unsuccessfully – to do the same. But heck, I still haven’t figured out black and white! Very nice.
Tom, these type of images are a process of discovery, at least for me. They seldom end up exactly where I originally envisioned they would but that’s often not a bad thing. Thanks!
I love this process of discovery and the image which is the result of it.
Thanks, Monte!
I was listening to one of Brooks Jensen’s podcast episodes recently where he was talking about evolution of post processing techniques and when/if we should do them. Bottom line, he suggested asking the question if the photo is more about the technique vs. expressing one’s imagination. It is one I had to think about carefully as I know I have made images that were more or less about some post processing method, and others were it felt a more natural expression of my imagination.
For this photo, I think the original and the technique blend rather harmoniously. In fact, I don’t think I would want to see this any other way now. For me – that makes for a great image.
Mark, interesting podcast discussion subject. For me, there have certainly been times when it was all technique and it was glaringly obvious in the image. :-) Of course, I’ll claim this was done sometimes in the interest of practice or mastery of the involved technique. However, I totally agree technique needs to play a supportive role.
Of this image…I can’t tell you the number of times I approached this image, started down a process path only to discarded and put it aside for later. This result I’m mostly satisfied with and I thank you for your kind comments.