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I like the combination of straight lines and subtle curves, an image of repetetive pattern and also contrasts, dry sand / reflective water, freedom of the sky, and the barrier of the pilings. I was thinking maybe a darker sky applied with a PP grad filter would give the image a bit more impact, but perhaps it would inadvertantly also add an element of foreboding that wasn't desirable.  Great thought provoking material, very well seen and composed!

 

Best Regards

 

Alf

Very nice. The pilings have the feeling of a fortress wall dividing the known world from something of unimaginable vastness that lies beyond.

many thanks for your comments. I'm glad you appreciate my venturing in a bit odd tracks.

Here's my rough still-under-development-idea with this series (let's where this leads to): Composition-wise I'm aiming for simple, graphic, even boring arrangements. While content-wise the photos should provoke the viewer to wonder and imagine what might be hidden by or lie beyond such mundane objects like piling walls or barns. That's why I avoided a too dramatic sky in this case.

Best regards, Wolfgang

There are many virtues in opting for subtlety and understatement over dramatic impact. I think your decision on the sky was the correct one here.

An excellent composition and play on gray tones. Tasteful and elegant, I like it a lot.

@Jack: many thanks for supporting my approach here!

@Gunnar: many thanks for your comment - I highly appreciate it!

Thoughtful and subtle.  A quiet soul with 4 distinct quadrants.  Mysterious too, the more I look at it.  Not just what lies beyond the pilings, but an odd anxiousness, waiting for someone to enter.  Just me perhaps, but there is an aliveness to this (the lapping of the water?) like a scene from a movie, waiting for a figure to enter the frame.

Hi Wolfgang:

This is a fantastic composition. It takes a very trained eye and an experienced observer to bring all these elements together, in what initially may seem like a minimalistic composition. The curves split in half, the rough horizontal element and the soft sky are just amazingly blended. Truly one of a kind Photograph (note the capital P). This is simply superb! Congratulations!

DG