Monolith 03-08

seems to me to be a very fresh take on a familiar subject

Thanks W

The idea was to show this particular haybale more as a permanent

fixture in the landscape, rather than temporary products of harvest.

The idea that it was from the land, and as such belonged to it was

present at the time of the shooting. I was trying to get away from

them as objects of harvest, as fruit that is taken somewhere else

for use or consumption.

That's interesting... I've always considered haybales as part of a landscape, never really looked at them as products... I heavily dislike the haybales that are wrapped in black plastic... precisely because they don't seem to be part of the landscape anymore.

 

What filter did you use here?

Hi JS

 

If I used any filter, it was a red one. 25A, I think. I only use that one, and a light yellow, but I wish it were a deeper yellow. I have a blue one, but I don't use it much, and a green one, but I don't use it much, either. I can't stand all the paraphanalia of photography, the filters, the lenses, lens hoods, attachments, gadgets, etc. Anyway, most of the effect was from stopping the lens down a whole bunch, like f/32, or so.

Ah yes, of course, small diafragma which makes the light "shine" like a star. Very nice, must have been a very short exposure to get such nice dark tones. Feel free to call me Julien by the way :)

I will call you Julien, then. I was going to include that, but at the last minute couldn't remember if it was Julian, or Julien, so I opted for JS. Much of my writing, including word choice and syntax, centers on the words I know how to spell.

Ah I must admit that I recognize this practical method for choice of words... :D

Hmmmm... Nice, but I want to ask: WHY so dark ? (I know you wanted it that way, I'm just looking for your reasoning...)

I liked the threatening feel of the darkness, and I liked how the sun was a clearly defined disk, rather than just a bright spot in the sky. This image had lots of halos and lens flares, which were cloned. After looking at it for a while on my wall, I think I like it cropped vertically better than square.

thanks for this interesting reply. Threatening... Hmmm... I didn't feel threatening to me. But yes, cropping vertically would take us to a more impactful result, I think, and more threatening too. Here, I feel the verticality of the "threat" (sun>trees>monolith) is facing competition from the horizontal axis - horizon line. It dilutes the essence you were after imo: cropping is good to me. Regards.

We agree on this one