Brick Abstract

Another shot ... trying to learn to narrow down my subject. Thoughts?

Any comments or ratings are appreciated! :-)

of course there are all kinds of photographs: this one is a textural study, and well done, it has all the patina and color i enjoy in a background, say, for a CD cover or website, because it's tres urban cool AND it benefits from lacking a central item to focus the attention. to be a stand alone piece, IMO it does need some central visual locking point to rivet the interest: imagine a graffiti-like hyroglyphic scrawl in yellow chalk across the image. that's a great wall and it takes a great eye to find subtle gems like this. cheers.

 

and thanks for directing readers and conscientious folks to this:

 

http://www.amaniafrica.org/shop/item.php?itemID=63

Christopher - thank you for noticing my link to Amani in Africa. I have been anxiously watching the news out of Nairobi the past few days ... I spent some time there this past summer and some friends that I made there have had their lives turned upside down.

 

Also, a question about the lack of focal point. Do you not think that the two holes (about a third down from the top center) give the eye a place to rest?

Lou Ann, very well conceived and captured abstract! I love these little morsels of art all around us! You did a fine job capturing this one! Best Regards, Doug ps...I love the holes!

Lovely colors and great texture

hi again lou ann

 

concerning your website, yep, i think above all in a global sense that the empowerment of women is key to alleviating poverty and war-- not to oversimplify too much, but as long as women are treated as chattel, denigrated and demeaned even in ostensibly "developed" nations, the natural order is way out of sync.

 

anyway, yeah, the more i look at the image, i more i concur with you: there are slightly brighter colored bricks above which circle the holes, and indeed that's where the eye settles comfortably. i thought it would be fun to look at a slightly stronger saturation-- not that that's where you need to go, but perhaps worth a look, so i'm attaching a variation. cheers, chris --still in colorado ;-)

A beautiful image indeed - well done. I do like the two black eyes staring at us. I also like the image that has a bit more 'punch' to it. I have friends in Nairobi - some are 'safe' and others I have not been heard from. Disconcerting what humans can do to other humans.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6006059