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Well this just goes to show that if you put a photo in front of a thousand different photographers you will get a thousand different opinions. And there is room in here for all of us. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

 

Personally I love this photo and regret that I can rate it no higher than 7/7. It represents what I strive to attain in my humble attempts at fine-art/industrial/abstract. I have made many similar shots like this; unfortunately I have less than one-percent of your talent Alex. This one photo of yours has made all of my plebian contributions to PN look like dog-doo in comparison. To me this is a great inspirational image and if the elves think that it rates being POW, I concur with them. Picture of the Month as well.

 

The strong angular geometric design and high-contrast monochrome minimalism make for a masterful work of art. Looking at this reminds me of the art of Chinese iron-painting. The vignetting? I do not mind a bit of vignetting in a good photo. It adds a bit of visual flourish in my pedestrian opinion. Like scars in a piece of fine morocco leather, it can be seen as a hallmark of its authenticity in this day of plastic mega-pixel modern marvels. Knowing that I possess the minority opinion on this matter will not change my aesthetics.

 

That this photograph doesn't appeal to everyone should come as no surprise. There is a very real prejudice against black and white with some people these days. Or perhaps the feeling is that a good photo requires perfect focus, DOF and a depth of detail that can be found in a "Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany" calendar.

 

I am happy that this has made POW. It is the best of the genre I have seen for quite a while and it encourages me to do better with my own work. That the said genre is not as popular as nudes or landscapes or even pictures of small children with spaghetti sauce smeared on their little faces means nothing.

Andre,

 

The "scars in a piece of fine morocco leather" are not proof of authenticity if they were added by the seller with that purpose in mind.

 

Same way, I don't think that the vigneting here should be proof of authenticity "in this day of plastic mega-pixel modern marvel" (he used a plastic canon 10D).

 

Alex mentioned that he added the vigneting on purpose. That is of course totally his choice. Like many, I would like the photo more without it.

 

Cheers,

Nacho, it serves me right for not reading the entire list of responses. Hell, I just looked at the picture for a while and drew my own conclusions. My opinions have not changed however. I still think that it deserved POW.

I'd rather see imaqes like this, that indicate the photographer has an eye and an imagination, as well as distinctive graphic urges, than images that perfectly portray pussy cats and flowers, Sierra rocks, fashionable prostitues etc. I prefer vision to craft and pandering.

This image appeals to me because it gives the impression that the two cranes are in some sort of communication, as if they are about to perform a well orchestrated Dance

I'd love to give an analysis of the technical triumphs of this photo, but in this case I can't. It is simply an image that captured me as soon as I saw it, and I can't really put a finger on why that is. I only know that I really like it.

I just had to see how it looked without the vignetting.

 

--Lannie

It looks pretty good against a black background. I just tried it. It's worth the trouble, in my opinion.

 

--Lannie

Something like this. . . .

I wonder what it would look like if the frame lines were not so perfectly aligned

with the descending lines of the crane: i.e., twist the square of the frame lines

around the composition.

 

Tom

The best thing about strong graphics is that you can play with them. Photos that aren't strong graphically are for some reason considered sacrosanct, cropping forbidden!

Of course you can do many things with a piture of that quality with a very clear graphical composition. However I would prefer to leave it as Alex has made it. For the vignetting i an important part of the composition.

 

I would also like to support John Kelly's remark. Also I would like to see more of this type of photos on photonet.

 

Anders

Splendida composizione, la tonalit࠱uasi totalmente bianca e nera esalta la geometria di questo scatto splendido.

complimenti sinceri.

mi ero perso questo post!!! complimenti Alex, complimenti davvero!

This is indeed an excellent photo! A simple/minimalist conjunction of elements and great formal/geometric balancing. Thanks for posting!

Very good composition, 'colour' and choice of format. Has a very crisp, simple, and yet quite advanced, 'engineering' feel to it. Beautiful.

I like how clean this image is. It's a pity though, it's always hard to get rid of some shadowy corners.

I like it a lot. Great composition. JP

Hola, clear and strong composition, lines full of energy and tension...saludos!!