i love the bottom picture.... i really feel the motion... it makes me dizzy.... i also like how the texture of the water and the texture of the dizzy trees match.
Yeah, I love this pairing too. But for me it isn't any similarity in the textures, which I actually didn't notice until Monna pointed it out, but the contrast in moments. This pairing is like a textbook example comparing two ways to capture movement in a photo - the first, to freeze motion, here in a moment that could only have lasted a second, when that film of water is unbroken over the child's shoulder, reflecting the sky in a perfect gloss - and the second way to photograph motion, to slow the shutter and let the movement blur. In this case, I love how the motion is radial, around a tree that isn't moving as much. It's how I look up at trees, often kind of turning under their canopy, but here, you actually have the motion represented. I also like how the blues connect the photos, as a medium in which the subjects are swimming, and the eye-popping yellow and purple in the top shot. I like the look of this kid - the lines of the goggles, the slightly pinched brow and defined jawlines - looks a bit like a superhero to me.
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Great pairing! The bottom picture could be the child's view in the top picture.
ReplyDeleteI love the top picture! The water pouring over the child looks so interesting.
ReplyDeletei love the bottom picture.... i really feel the motion... it makes me dizzy.... i also like how the texture of the water and the texture of the dizzy trees match.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most interesting pairings yet. Love the similar textures.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I love this pairing too. But for me it isn't any similarity in the textures, which I actually didn't notice until Monna pointed it out, but the contrast in moments. This pairing is like a textbook example comparing two ways to capture movement in a photo - the first, to freeze motion, here in a moment that could only have lasted a second, when that film of water is unbroken over the child's shoulder, reflecting the sky in a perfect gloss - and the second way to photograph motion, to slow the shutter and let the movement blur. In this case, I love how the motion is radial, around a tree that isn't moving as much. It's how I look up at trees, often kind of turning under their canopy, but here, you actually have the motion represented. I also like how the blues connect the photos, as a medium in which the subjects are swimming, and the eye-popping yellow and purple in the top shot. I like the look of this kid - the lines of the goggles, the slightly pinched brow and defined jawlines - looks a bit like a superhero to me.
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