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High tension power lines, and a very small part of a pylon at left, in Victoria's Western Districts. These are the lines that supply the massive consumer of electricity, the Alcoa aluminium smelter at Portland (site of Victoria's first European settlement).
Image size
1100x730px 267.81 KB
Make
PENTAX
Model
PENTAX K20D
Shutter Speed
1/2 second
Aperture
F/22.0
Focal Length
250 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
May 9, 2009, 10:15:16 AM
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Abstract—Reality Black and White Vision Contest Judgments
Jared P. L. Normand (jokerswild180)
As Abstract--Reality's contest announcements said several times, there is no concrete definition for abstraction. However, I would like to offer an idea on what I think abstract photography ought to be to help explain some of my choices.
Abstract art is literally defined as any art that does not show a clear depiction of it's subject(s). Some critics and philosophers even believe that all photography is abstract because we render a three-dimensional world onto two-dimensional planes by focusing light through a hole in a lens and can therefore never perfectly depict simple subjects as they really exist. The theory goes further when considering conceptual subject matter but I wont get into that here.
As I made my first judgment on all the works submitted, I noticed that many artists submitted images that, though following the above definition, did not take the idea of abstract art far enough. For me, abstract photography should not stop with the question "What is it?" To produce true abstractions is to transcend, not only material reality, but thought itself. When the elements of the image combine into a perfect harmony that does not allow one to think "What is it?" "How did they do that?" and what many people believe is the most important question "Why?", then you have abstracted the only reality any one person can truly know to be real, their own thoughts.
These are the images that ventured farthest beyond their cropped and abstracted subject matter, established the image as a whole in itself, and left me thoughtless:
From United at the Extremes category:
201 "The Power to Believe II" by FuriousEnnui
First Impression: 5
Abstraction: 4
Example of extremes: 5
Composition: 5
Technique: 5
Originality: 4
Comments: I have seen compositions with power lines before but never like this. The sweeping curves contrasted with the hard, bolder repeated verticals on the left present a brilliantly framed photograph. You certainly considered the frame very well, maybe even perfectly. I wish I could get around recollecting the other power line photographs I have seen to better appreciate this one as something you constructed for the photograph, as opposed to capturing it from life. It truly looks constructed. I do suggest reconsidering the title. It is too over-the-top for this relaxing image.
Jared P. L. Normand (jokerswild180)
As Abstract--Reality's contest announcements said several times, there is no concrete definition for abstraction. However, I would like to offer an idea on what I think abstract photography ought to be to help explain some of my choices.
Abstract art is literally defined as any art that does not show a clear depiction of it's subject(s). Some critics and philosophers even believe that all photography is abstract because we render a three-dimensional world onto two-dimensional planes by focusing light through a hole in a lens and can therefore never perfectly depict simple subjects as they really exist. The theory goes further when considering conceptual subject matter but I wont get into that here.
As I made my first judgment on all the works submitted, I noticed that many artists submitted images that, though following the above definition, did not take the idea of abstract art far enough. For me, abstract photography should not stop with the question "What is it?" To produce true abstractions is to transcend, not only material reality, but thought itself. When the elements of the image combine into a perfect harmony that does not allow one to think "What is it?" "How did they do that?" and what many people believe is the most important question "Why?", then you have abstracted the only reality any one person can truly know to be real, their own thoughts.
These are the images that ventured farthest beyond their cropped and abstracted subject matter, established the image as a whole in itself, and left me thoughtless:
From United at the Extremes category:
201 "The Power to Believe II" by FuriousEnnui
First Impression: 5
Abstraction: 4
Example of extremes: 5
Composition: 5
Technique: 5
Originality: 4
Comments: I have seen compositions with power lines before but never like this. The sweeping curves contrasted with the hard, bolder repeated verticals on the left present a brilliantly framed photograph. You certainly considered the frame very well, maybe even perfectly. I wish I could get around recollecting the other power line photographs I have seen to better appreciate this one as something you constructed for the photograph, as opposed to capturing it from life. It truly looks constructed. I do suggest reconsidering the title. It is too over-the-top for this relaxing image.