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Hi Museeb. Great compostion due to perfect line arrangement. Could easily serve as a sample image in a textbook. Colors fit very well. It's a pity that there's so much grain in the sky.
Best regards,
Alex
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Hi Line, I think I can pretty well understand your frustration. It is quite annoying to receive an anonymous 'below average' rating without any explanatory statement. This actually was the reason for me to not 'submit for rating' my pictures for a long time. Meanwhile, I re-enable ratings, but I no longer care as much as I did before. In my opinion, comments are much more meaningful than a simple number. Indeed, for me, the rating system is one of PN's weak points.
Best regards, Alex
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Hi Alf. Nice and calm place. The composition works for me - however, I am left behind a bit helpless, because I cannot make out a main subject here. There are several objects that draw my attention, but none of them really stands out.
Colors and light are mastered brilliantly. Am I right that capturing the interplay of greens/gray/blue tones was your main intention?
Have a nice weekend! Alex
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Hi Wayne, very strong composition! Just the right amount of water in the foreground and just the right amount of sky in the background. Very vibrant colors.
Best regards, Alex
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Hi Alf,
I was expecting this question ;-) and - as you already guessed - there is no general answer to it. One has to distinguish between the creative process (defining the formulas and its parameters) and the actual computation time. The latter heavily depends on the complexity of the formulas as well as the desired resolution of the finished picture.
The creative process usually takes 2 up to 10 hours.
Computation time for this one was about 10 hours. In fact, I once needed one of my pictures in 36 mega pixels resolution - that took more than two weeks rendering time ...
Best regards and thanks again for your interest!
Alex
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Gail, thank you so much. I do very much appreciate your kind words.
I would guess that everybody has his or her own approach to creating art. Being a big fan of abstracts on the one hand, but having two left hands on the other, it seemed quite reasonable for me to dive into algorithmic art. :-)
Best regards, Alex
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Alf, thanks for returning again. You definitely ask the right questions!
Concerning general shape, pattern and curves, I do have a vague idea of what a single formula is going to produce. Complete predicition, however, seems out of reach - especially when several formulas come into play.
In case I am not satisfied with the outcome, I just go back and slightly change my formulas. I then keep repeating this step until I finally arrive at a shape / pattern that I wish to process further.
To a certain extent, this iterative process can be thought of as taking a picture with very long exposure time: You know pretty well what you want to end up with, but if the result is not satisfying, you try again, using different parameters, like e.g. depth of field, shutter speed, and so on.
In contrast, I do have full control over the colors. In particular, I can decide which parts of the image I would like to highlight and which parts I prefer to hide.
Summing up, this genre is maybe best described by the term 'computer-assisted abstract algorithmic art'.
Best regards,
Alex
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Alf, thanks a lot for your enduring interest. I must apologize - the above answer turned out quite technical in nature. So let me make another attempt:
The creative process is probably best explained by comparing it to other artworks. As an example, consider the work of Gail Harmer. She produces beautiful abstracts / digital alterations by advanced post-processing of actual photographs, e.g. flowers.
In contrast, my pictures are purely computational: They are not based on any existing photograph but always start with a blank image.
The color and luminance of each pixel is then determined by evaluating some highly complicated mathematical formulas. For example, if these formulas return 0 for a certain pixel, then this pixel will be inked in black.
The formulas I used for the above image were based on the physical law for double pendulums. I modified these formulas so as to use them to create abstract art.
I hope this explanation is less confusing than the one I gave before. :-)
Best regards
Alex
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Alf, I always find it fascinating to experience what others see in these abstract pictures. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts!
Don't know whether this is what you were heading for: the 'material' I started with was a formula for a double pendulum. I slightly modified it so as to feed the algorithm to my little software tool. Hope this answers your question. :-)
All the best to you,
Alex
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Hi Alf,
I am impressed by the level of detail and your light management. The misty sky makes for a wonderful counterpart to the sharp reflections in the water.
As far as I may judge, this is a technically stunning shot.
Best regards,
Alex
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Very good composition, and I do like the color intensity. However, I find the reflections quite distracting. If you could get rid of those, the overall impression would be 6.
Best regards, Alex
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Hi Dave, thanks for your feedback.
I would be most interested to see your approaches to algorithmic art! Unfortunately I cannot recommend you any kind of software tool; my pictures are created using a self-written computer program. Thus, it is not publicly available.
Maybe someone else can offer some interesting software packages?
Best regards, Alex
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This one is not my latest attempt on algorithmic art. Rather, it was one of its first
outcomes.
Back then I did not present it immediately, because I wanted to known where this
would be going. However, it grew on me, and so I finally decided to upload it as-is to
PN and to kindly ask for your valued critiques. :-)
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New technique - again. Hope the choice of colors does not disturb
you. :-) Looking forward to any C&C.
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Well, yes, this probably was hard work. Nevertheless, you recognized it would work as a photograph and abstracted it brilliantly. Composition and color are top class. This picture is a perfect example of the symbiosis of architecture and photography. I agree with Maurizio - for me that's even a 7.
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Maria, the hallway is great and would probably make for an interesting symmetric approach. The elevator is also interesting and maybe also would make for an interesting picture. However, including both into one capture does not seem to work for me. As I said, I love the hallway, but I find the elevator attached to it quite distracting. For me it is not really clear which one should be the main object, and which one is included for enhancing the image.
Best regards,
Alex
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Like the mood - well captured! Not sure about the composition/crop: For me, the image feels a little unbalanced, and I suspect that this is because you placed the horizon in the image's vertical center.
I attached how I would've probably tried to crop. Hope you like it.
Cheers,
Alex
A New Take on Metlako Falls
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You definately should break the rules more often. ;-)
I absolutely love the composition and colors. The C-shaped rock in the foreground gives additional focus to the waterfall. The contrast between sharp areas and blurred water ist also very appealing. Great capture!!
Best regards, Alex