Event Horizon

Part of an ongoing series on symmetry. Thanks for any thoughts.

 

Cheers,

Aaron

Aaron, this is a colorful image. I like the subject. I think that it's "too perfect" in symmetry though. For photography, I personally don't think it looks natural. And therefore it isn't easy for my eye to view, compared to an image maybe a bit off-centered and with a more natural-looking sky. I'm sure there is a place for this kind of art, but to me it isn't the kind of photo I would prefer to view. Just my opinion, of course.

wow the concept ,the composition ,the color...etc are all wonderful

Excellent idea and technique

Great shot Aaron! Great composition and depth of field. The brooding clouds really make this one work! 7/6 from me :-)

I share David's opinion, but I love the title you've selected -- a perfect fit.

fantastic colours and great clouds. I would like to see a dog or somebody walking far on that road just to add a bit mor of mistics and thoughts.

 

great job overall 7/6

 

good luck!

Wow

 

What a wonderful scene

 

Amazing colors and sKy mood is wonderful.

 

Can you tell me about editions on this picture plz.

 

Was sKy really that mood ?

 

All the best

I mean the final result is amazing! I will reconsider my rating! Right away! If this isn't an original landscape I don't know have I seen one at all!

 

PDE

strong composition, vibrant colors.

Good work-proficiat.

Dirk

Wow, I didn't think this would get much attention, since much of my work on here hasn't been, as of late, so thank you! Anyway, YES, the sky was exactly like that. No PS saturation or anything, jut the mirror image.

I won't argue with David's opinion, but I think we look for symmetry in everything around us, from landscapes to portraits, more than we know. Actually, one of the criticisms of the single image was it was too asymmetrical. This series isn't directly about the landscape, since it really ins't a direct representation of one anymore, but rather invites the viewer to respond and recognize things like symmetry and lighting, and in others, constructing patterns. Sometimes the effect is striking, in others it can be quite subtle. I generally try to avoid the "double sun" effect, and prefer to shoot in flat light which creates a more harmonious symmetry.

Fantastic work.

 

Best Regards

Aaron,

I remember the original one.

This kind of overcomes the compositional issue I mentioned, but, in absence of real data from the other half, I would have cropped differently. (I'd put the sun off center, crop 1/4 from left) However, this will make the work inconsistent with other images in this series. Ultimately, it is all about what you want.

Cheers,

-m.ozgur

 

 

 

Mehmet, actually, I remembered your comment shortly after I did this :-)

Perhaps I should have read this thread before commenting on Enveloping.

 

Here, as David suggests, the symmetry can be too severe, perhaps too perfect to fully appreciate the concept. A little something out of place would do it, for me at least, to keep me involved with this picture. As it is, I see it and think, ahh, cool. Neat photoshop trick because I can see that it's an obvious manipulation and so my interest level shifts to a different area of experience.

 

I'm not saying the picture here is a failure. What I'm trying to say is that it's not a puzzle. There's no hook and no bait therefore I just look at it without becoming involved. I see the image as something that may have been fun for you to create, but I can't make it into anything I, as an objective viewer, can relate to.

 

This might sound like I'm insulting the work, but I don't mean that. I'm responding to the study part of "study in symmetry." I feel like I'm not a participant in this image but rather, merely just a viewer.

Not at all. Your tone and meaning is well articulated from what I've read written by you. Your opinion is fair, as are other's that range in depth from "oh, wow" being struck by the pretty colors and the structure of the sky, to those who bring metaphors and associations of a long and lonely road reaching to the horizon, or in this case, almost to the horizon. Afterall, one can never actually reach the horizon, by definiton...

Now, for sake of discussion: had this been a full "open road into the sky shot," (envision some sort of asymmetrical cloud pattern, but roads and roadside ditches are pretty symmetrical in their construction anyway), would you have been any more involved as viewer?

Thanks Aaron,

 

The answer to that question is not what you're looking for, so I'm not going to answer it.

 

We're already accepting this as a flipped neg, and so we're not looking for realism, per se, rather, we're looking for something that challenges me to question rather it's real, or not. (that sounds contradictory, I know).

 

My example, hastily prepared, illustrates what I mean: the symmetry is disrupted by the inclusion of something additional, in this case (for quick example) a bit of the foliage.

 

In some ways, I think this challenges the viewer to accept the symmetry as a more vital part of the overall message, maybe, or as a deeper part of the image, rather than as a mirror.

 

I'm thinking along the lines that a mirror image isn't real, so a mere flip, as lovely as the result might be, becomes something without depth.

I guess it all depends on what we want to see. I want to see the elegance of the symmetry, and for me, the added inclusion kind of disrupts that. As per Mehmet's commet, it's not that it wouldn't look good with some kind of asymmetrical element included, it's just not what I'm going for. Incidentally, your answers are your own. I'm not looking for anything in particular in them.

"it's just not what I'm going for"

 

indeed, or I'm sure you would have done this yourself. I'm just pushing the point for the sake of discussion.

"In some ways, I think this challenges the viewer to accept the symmetry as a more vital part of the overall message, maybe, or as a deeper part of the image, rather than as a mirror." Good point. Possibly, but I am, as yet, unsure.