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There is always something calling my attention, lines, patterns, light and shadows. As our cameras do exclude somethings due to the frame we have an opportunity to create abstracts, causing the viewer to take that second or third look. This time it was lines.
Retired. Having fun with photography. Journal daily. Meditate daily. Learning haiku/poetry. Have a love for fountain pens.
8 Comments
Cedric Canard
This sort of imagery never fails to grab my attention. Nicely seen Monte.
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Cedric! After posting it I thought about seeing how I like in black and white. I’ll let you know.
Cedric Canard
I’ll be interested in the results. It certainly works in colour (due to the minimal amount of it).
Tom Dills
Very nice parallel lines. I’ll be interested to see how you feel about black and white, although I wondered about desaturating everything except the yellow line. An alternative might be to just darken the green grass or crop it out completely.
Monte Stevens
I’m not sure why I didn’t crop out the grass as it did cross my mind. I felt it would give more identifiction to what I was shooting. I’m going revise this image, letting it set for a while.
Cedric Canard
I think I’d keep the grass. It acts as an anchor point. Stops the picture from becoming too flat. It also gives the viewer a sense of recognition. Allows the eyes to cycle through the image from the top, to the bottom, and back up again to the top. I guess the yellow line could do the same job but the photo would have to stay in colour. Just a thought.
Paul
I’m glad that you didn’t think to try to go out and smudge the freshly painted lines, Monte. Or perhaps that only happens in _my_ mind. 😀
Monte Stevens
It all depends on my mood, how much sleep I had and whether I’ve had coffee. 🙂