Critique Required Fabric

[Paul Lange]

I have been trying out various ideas for a continuation of the still life project I started a while ago. I have become interested in the still life and drapery photographs of John Stewart and I wanted to just concentrate on fabric and to see if anything interesting can come out of it. So far I have come up with this and just wanted to know what people think about it. If people don't like it they are more than welcome to say so, just say why.


_DSC1087-Edit by Paul R Lange, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

I like it Paul. The separation from the background works well. The main thing I like though is that, for a still life, it is so dynamic. It has a form and implied movement that very much reminds me of dance.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I honestly think it is very beautiful, and, yes, dance-like. It has energy. The whites don't look overblown anywhere, and there are lots of nice curvy shadows.

More, please...

 

[Paul Lange]

Thanks for the positive comments. I took these over a week ago and kept coming back to them and thinking "Do I like Them"? "I think I do", "But they're just bits of cloth" etc, etc. I do have some more, one is not as energetic as this, the other a bit more so and another I am still undecided on.

This is a little more still but I like the "hung" element to it.

_DSC1088-Edit by Paul R Lange, on Flickr


This is a bit more energetic and has a more musical feel to it because the of ribbon-like nature but maybe a little corny?

_DSC1111-Edit by Paul R Lange, on Flickr

 

[Vic Shaw]

I like these, some nice shadows. The last one I agree does have a lot more life to it, it looks like a interesting project to pursue.

 

[Paul Lange]

Thanks Vic. Good to see you back (again). I think I will continue to pursue this, it is really a continuation of some figure and still life photographs I took a while ago. I really need a horizontal cross bar for my tripod so I can position the camera better. Well, that's just my excuse to justify buying one anyway.

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Paul, these are very nice. I like the first and the third one. The tonality and the separation of the back-ground with the angle of light is very nice. To me, they are "the inner struggle of the fabric" and "the journey of the resolved fabric".

 

[Beth Carter]

great series, i like the second. nice shapes and shadows.

 

[Paul Lange]

Thank you Beth and Nihat. Interesting to read what the photographs mean to you Nihat.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

The texture created by the shadows...the floating caused by the background...it somehow makes the whole picture peaceful...imho.

 

[Pete Askew]

I like both of these too Paul. Quite different feelings to them and the second does conjure up music doesn't it.

 

[Paul Lange]

Cheers. Also the more I look at it the less I think it might be a bit corny. Maybe I should paste some quavers into the image.

 

[Pete Askew]

Nah, a cheesy snack just wouldn't go at all!