art & people- people's art Composition with red shoes..

Very interesting work,I would like to see more of this!

Pnina,profesional shot my compliment,i still have much to learn....best regards

 

Shuki

Richard, thanks, right now it is the one and only...

 

Shuki, thanks, We learn every day something new, don't worry you will too.

 

Pnina

He's surfing the web, and she announces, "I'm going to bed."

 

Reminds me of a Spanish proverb: "A la mesa y a la cama, una sola vez se llama."

 

One is only called once to table and to bed.

 

The invitation might not come again.

 

--Lannie

Hi Lannie, interesting what a given image is doing to viewers imagination, thanks for your nice association. Pnina

and this.

Thank you Manolis, it maybe a cover for a book... Pnina

I am late at the party since I had missed this shot when it first came out. Glad I saw it now!

 

I find it one of your finest shots (together with the walking little soldiers, the little girl at the memorial and the bird-on-a-rope): it tells lots of stories while keeping a simple, elemental, number of colours and shapes.

 

From a chromatic point of view, the red is an eye-catcher, we all know, but the great thing is the way everything else is neutral in this place, even the yellow is sedate, and just the red of the chair balances the one of the shoe/dress: this makes the woman and the chair belong, ideally, to the same place and starts building a story.

 

The choice of the shutter time is most correct: I always liked shots of walking/running persons where you have a still shoe and a swinging body. I can only recall two other ones on photo.net (Banned-master GaryHSp's of a walking woman in NYC and harmonist harmonist's marathon runners). I am happy to see this shot, since complements those other two quite strong in my memory where casual shoes or running shoes were used. In this respect, although I like a lot the story-telling composition of the woman-with-stairs-and-sofa, I cannot resist singling out a more elemental crop, which tells no story, but concentrates on abstract movement. I'm curious about your opinion about it.

 

Finally, there is something slightly incongrous to this all, which I would read in the spanish saying mentioned about. In "real" life, the one which is not in the glamour magasines, one would imagine the evening-dressed high-heeled lady to be going down the stairs, for her night out (or dinner party or whatever)...since in "real" life one would most likely get rid of the shoes pretty soon once "back home". In this respect, the incongrous situation makes it a story-telling picture, which switches on our imagination of the circumstances around it.

 

So far so good. Now, what about a study of walking woman in red? I hope you have more shots about it, maybe along the lines of my proposed crop which, I repeat, is not intended as an improvement to this picture, but as another type of motion shots altogether.

Salvatore, thanks for taking the time to write and suggest.Because of the circumstances taking that image,it is the only one I have, I don't think I will have more, so the other choice can be yours...it is a good crop.

 

I don't know the two photographers? you have reffered to, and I will thank you if you have a link that I can go in, and look.

 

I smiled at the incongruity you find comming home and climbing the stairs with the red shoes.... Well, you know women are unpredictable...Also, going down the stairs is the convention...

 

Another issue, is the internet. We are writing and talking to names.. There are people behind the names, but we don't know them, nor their sensibilities.So what we are approaching are names. I think that when approaching an individual by writing , at least a use of his/her name, gives it a flavor of a personal human contact. You do it only in part... and you are not the only one (" half a consolation" for you...) sometimes I have the feeling that I'm talking to the wall...lol

 

Well, more moving/walking red shoes....? why not, even there are more ellements to femininity.

Pnina

 

 

Pnina, the two other "shoes" picture I recall are this one and this other one by harmonist harmonist, and another one by Gary H Sp. The latter was deleted from the site when Gary was banned, due to circumstances which were never made public, so I cannot do a lot to point you to that.

Thank you Salvatore, I saw harmonist images. and yes, the concept has similarity,I liked them .

 

Pnina

Simply beautiful and engaging! Wowee!

Thanks Brooke, and welcome aboard.... I have some suspicions of who you are... Am I right?Pnina

well done ...

Everything has already been said. I find interesting the dynamic contrast between the static mass of the seat and the lightness and speed of the legs...7/7

Love it ! Light and movement. What a creative idea! Your work is an inspiration for me.

 

Frederic, Fausto and Rina, thanks for your visit and comments.

 

 

Pnina

Pnina, I did not tell you I find this image wonderful. Let's say I am jealous you took this one.

Thanks Lionel, and don't be jealous... you have your beautiful work as well!! Pnina

Thanks Pnina, but I can't help it ;-)

;-)) Lionel!!

Happy New Year my Dear !

Absolutely stunning, Pnina, the composition is fantastic. cheers Jana

I missed this one! Simple and striking with nice colours and god tonal quality. The white wall works wel to connect the whole thing together.

Thanks Jana and Colin,I have made it a book cover for a group exhibition I will participate in. Pnina