Critique Welcomed Evolvement

[Brian Moore]

Things are changing.

This is a B&W infrared image that I played around with in Lightroom. (I didn't "replace" the sky, it's just a color that emerged when I applied a preset I had made.) I fancied the picture as commentary on architectural as well as environmental change. I shot this image with my Sigma Quattro SD and Sigma 30/1.4 with Hoya R72 filter.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

OK, Brian is back in a big way. I will need some time to analyse and comment.

 

[Brian Moore]

OK, Brian is back in a big way. I will need some time to analyse and comment.

lol. Take your time, Gianluca.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Going a little too far for my taste, but I’d defend to the death (well, maybe not that far!) your right to do it, Brian. I guess it could be a useful skill to develop for, say, magazine work. So, not my thing, but I look forward to seeing how you develop these ideas.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Undoubtedly, it is a very pushed elaboration, bordering on graphic design, which is both its virtue and its shortcoming, but in my opinion it is visually very powerful and evocative. I like it.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I get the issue of architectural change, but I missed the reference to environmental change, represented by the oddly-coloured sky. Must think more!

 

[Brian Moore]

Going a little too far for my taste

I get that Rob. It's a bit "out there."

I’d defend to the death (well, maybe not that far!)

You disappoint me.

I look forward to seeing how you develop these ideas

Not sure I'm going anywhere with this idea, Rob. Time will tell. Thanks for commenting.

bordering on graphic design, which is both its virtue and its shortcoming

That graphic design quality appealed to me Gianluca, though I appreciate how it might not be everyone's cup of tea. It struck me as looking a little like photomontage, which i also liked. Thanks for your comments, Gianluca.

but I missed the reference to environmental change

No surprise there, Rob. I thought the notion of such change might not stand on its own so I sought a title that might suggest what I had in mind. Thanks again, Rob.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

A worthwhile post, Brian. You’re exploring, and I’m sure you’ll refine and bend to your style anything that interests you.

 

[Geoff Chaplin]

It certainly beats boring, well done ! Though many similarly processed images could indeed become boring unless there's a tight philosophy holding the images together.

 

[Brian Moore]

It certainly beats boring, well done ! Though many similarly processed images could indeed become boring unless there's a tight philosophy holding the images together.

Thanks Geoff. Much appreciated.

 

[Beth Carter]

things are definitely changing. back in my day the sky was blue. it's a very graphic looking style.

 

[Brian Moore]

things are definitely changing. back in my day the sky was blue. it's a very graphic looking style.

I lived in Los Angeles in the mid-60's. The sky was not always blue back then. (Though it wasn't the color you see in this photo either.)

 

[Geoff Chaplin]

I've seen a sky that colour - in Tokyo. Not local pollution but sand blown across from the Gobi desert (something that happens regularly though not to the extent of the colour in the photo - that was a rare event).

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I just wondered what happened to my eyes, and then I noticed the artist.

 

[Brian Moore]

I just wondered what happened to my eyes, and then I noticed the artist.