You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. ~ Mark Twain

Friday, September 12, 2008

Chiaroscuro

This photo looks like craziness when you first look at it. then, after you realize that it's a tree, it looks very interesting. I notice the very dark on the right side and then the really light trunk. Both pop out a lot. I like the picture a lot. It seems as if it's crazy, but it's not really.
The photo is taken of a fake tree, from the bottom looking up. There are lights all around and underneath, lighting it up in unique ways.
The composition is pretty good, with dark to light moving up and to the right. The lines are crisp in parts, and out of focus in others, adding a sense of variety.
I'm not quite sure if it tells a story. It is a neat picture, but it is just a tree. I would call it "Tree".
Albrecht Durer's drawings are very detailed, and almost busy. This is very busy, but not as detailed. His drawings are of separate subjects. I didn't find any abstract ones, like this photo. His chiaroscuro is very shorthand, almost in planes, in a couple of his drawings, it is almost geometric, not as organic. This picture, in it's very essence is organic.

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