Power for tomorow

Water turbine for an electric power station. What are you thoughts

about composition, perspective and use of the opposition of shapes,

light and shade ?

Best regards to all PN members who take the time to rate and critic.

Wonderful shot Matthew! With the "apparent" simplicity of the composition, the opposition of shapes, the verticality of the frame and the b&w work, you have achieved a great image. In my opinion, perhaps, a stronger contrast could be better, in any case is up to you. Kind regards, Luis

Very nice b/w

First, thanks for asking for something specific from reviewers. It really helps to know what someone wants from a critique and what they don't want.

As to the image, my immediate thoughts are that the light of the wall is overpowering, drawing my eye to that part of the image rather than the shapes, which are what I think were the main purpose of this image. The turbine certainly has appeal, but the strong negative space above it really prevents my eye from lingering. I like what I think you are trying to do here, but the values are so strong that they detract from the impact, at least for me.

I find the turbine portion of the image very compelling and I think that you could get a number of interesting images out of it by moving a lot closer and working right up on it. If you are working on presenting form there is quite a lot to work with in the detail of the turbine alone that would, I think, yield more powerful compositions.

Please don't take my comments too harshly though. I picked only two images to comment on today, and this was one of them. I like your vision here and I think that if you continue to work with it you will continue to get strong images. Just keep in mind how the eye is drawn to both positive and negative space, and that tonal values change the way people view an image.

Remember too that the point of art is to present the image you have in your head, not theirs, to viewers. Don't change how you do things based on what others say unless you feel that they have presented something to you that changes the way you see...

- Randy

For all you comments. No problem Randall, your comments are the expression of what you feel and see and are what I am looking for to improve. I also thought about more contrast, but as I try as much as possible to do only overall adjustments this made the turbine way to dark fir me. The other more "artistic" reason is that the strong opposition between positive and negative space gives for me an extra. As you have to concentrate to see the details of the turbine if you are close up. Or see the opposition of spaces, tones and shapes if you are further away. So that was my final choice.

 

Best regards