Morning Fence /Nikon 6006

Critique please---Thanks

Good image. I like the perspective and the feeling conveyed by the blackness of the fence against the gray of the fog. Good composition. The framing alo enhances the image.

 

Good shot.

 

Marco

I agree with everything said by the first reviewer--this is a lovely image.

 

I think the framing--red stripe, wide black border--are gimmicky and detract from the simple beauty of the image. In general, my bias is against framing of any kind. A strong image can only be weakened by it, and a weak image is still weak with it. Let the work speak for itself, if it can.

 

Feedback on my work also appreciated. Nice job.

I take issue with Sebastian's comment. All rectangular images are by there nature framed. It is a convention we all use, largely because it is difficult to print and mount irregular images. In order for a photo to look good without a frame on a wall or a monitor, the background has to suit the image, rarely the case. A woman once asked me to paint a pink painting because she had a pink wall.... I demurred.

....when I spoke of "framing" I did not mean "frame" in the conventional sense: "a rectangle of wood or metal that encloses and supports the photograph for display"; I referred to the red pinstripe and wide black border around this image, which IMO detract significantly from the image.

Thanks for the continued interest in my photograph Michael; It's comments and dialogues like this that augment the quality of creativity and imagination on this site. Thanks for your continued support also Ransford. So why when a woman once asked you to paint a pink painting because she had a pink wall did you object (just being facetious) This is really funny; who wants a pink painting on a pink wall? Certainly not someone with taste.

 

 

Actually, since Michael first made his comment, I have tried to see his point of view and Ransford, I am in absolute agreement with pictorial framing conventions especially for presentation. Framing traditions have been and still are a fine arts domain, so I am not totally surprised when photographers do not always see the need or connection. I see the merits in both of your dispositions so I decided to modify the frame by removing the red accent line. See above. Thanks again guys for your support.

 

...that my comments were received in the spirit intended, and that I didn't seem as brusque as my words, when reread, seemed even to me.

 

Again, nice job with the image. After all, that's what it's all about.

What a nice collaboration. Michael was right as far as the red line was concerned, although I stand by my comments on framing. I understand the red line...a gray monochrome can be enhanced by a color in the frame...the illusion of a color image. Red, white and black, are the most primitive colors, which may not be appropriate for this image... I think I might pick an olive drab, or something like that. How to separate the image from the wall... that is a question I often resolve poorly although one that is critical to the viewer. I am trying to learn.

I think we can agree that this is an image worth the thought already expended.

Thanks Michael and Ransford; I am honored by your comments and do most humbly appreciate your efforts and interests. You know I posted this photograph only about a month after joining Photo.net and had not really worked out a technique or method for framing. In fact, this is frame was created in Adobe Illustrator CS; I do everthing exclusively in Photoshop CS2 currently.

 

 

 

I agree with both of you regarding framing proper. Less is always more; this what I have come to understand where digital (electronic) colors are concerned as well. Plus, I have since learned a few tricks in Photoshop that meet my taste for presenting my portfolio on line. Besides, it is a hell of a lot easier than framing my paintings.