Divergence

Just a matter of perspective, I guess, to me all these lines converge to the centre or top corners. :-) As is the case for other images in this folder, I really like the image, but I'm unsure about the negative space aspect. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I understood negative space to be relative to something else in the image. In other words, the viewer's eye has nowhere to go other than to the subject, because the rest of the photo is negative space. Here, I love the pattern effect, but my eyes wonder all over looking for something that would "stick out of the negative". Sorry if I'm out in left field, PT. I love the image, just don't see it as negative space.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

Maybe we need a group discussion on what negative space is! In my mind it is where the object is described by its surroundings - in this case the rope is without detail - ie blank white space (actually, looking again, I should have boosted the contrast further to deduce the shadows describing the rope knots) but its shape is described by the contrast with the green darker background.

 

I guess its a matter of perspective on the subject.

When I saw this image, my reaction was also - it is not a themefit . We come again to the basic definition of our "themes", we are so often confused about the meanings. cheers Jana

PT, I think I understand your view of negative space, now. I've read up on a few painters who do negative space painting. If they were to paint your image, they would paint the grass on a white canvas, and what would be left unpainted would be the ropes. This is viewed as negative space art, and in that sense, your image is obviously a theme fit. Sorry I spoke before looking it up. Well done, Cheers, Mark

Nice shot of what I believe to be a hammock, PT; aethestitically well-done. Since I am not all that well-versed on the meaning of negative space, I'll pass up on making comments about that. Suffice to say I really like this shot.

It doesnt fit my expectation for negative space but I always like it when a photo causes us to rethink our own personal definitions, so well done for that.

 

As a lover of rope textures I'm craving to see the details in the rope and at a pinch I think even if the rope was pin sharp it could still be said to fit the theme (since we have so many gaps in the structure, like spaces that are not concrete just defined by the geometry of the surrounding).

 

I'd prefer the centre line to be centered more precisely.

 

Thanks for showing an alternative way of approaching the subject.