Artful wall

[mugge]

I spotted this beautiful but dilapidated wall in an old warehouse. I just loved the colour combination. C&C most welcome.

PB100426-Edit by Ole Hansen, on Flickr

[Manfred M]

Sorry Ole - when I look at this image I have to ask myself, why did you bother taking it? Even when I zoom right in on the old electrical fixtures, there's not much there in my view.

[escape]

I think this photo moves into the realm of art. It is tittled "Artful Wall." When I first looked at it, I felt as if I had just experienced the unexpected. It was confounding and bewildering. Yet I continued to look to understand what had captured the photographer's eye. I must admit that the photo has grown on me quite a bit. It is so off the wall that I like it. Daniel

[mugge]

When I looked at this wall I saw things in my imagination. Old installation being removed, wall being painted and repainted and splashed with paint here and there. A living wall is what I saw. I did not look closer because there is nothing there. It is the wall itself that is of interest to me and my imagination.

[Shadowman]

Nicely seen and captured, has a food look to it.

[pschlute]

Nicely seen and captured, has a food look to it.

Retired electricians birthday cake ?

[DanK]

Seems to me that the issue isn't what the photographer imagines when making the image, but rather what the image conveys--what it gets the viewer to see or imagine.

I'm sort of in the middle in this thread. I can see why you took the picture; although minimalist, it does have some interesting patterns and contrasting colors. But the image still doesn't work for me. If colors are the point, then I would emphasize them. They are a bit washed out in the original version. The framing also doesn't seem effective to me--there is lots of empty space, and I don't understand why you framed it this way.

Just for fun, I tried a simple edit: I increased contrast, increased saturation, and cropped. That got me this:



This emphasizes the colors, turns the area on the right into a border, gets rid of the blob of red there, and reduces negative space.

[Jim A]

My first thought, Ole, was that it is too light, which may be the way it is. Having viewed Dan's suggestion, I am now ambivalent. My suggestion would be to try Dan's idea; try darkening; then try both. Who knows? ...... an interesting experiment!

[Manfred M]

Seems to me that the issue isn't what the photographer imagines when making the image, but rather what the image conveys--what it gets the viewer to see or imagine.

Exactly. While the photographer has the advantage of "having been there", the viewer generally does not. The atmosphere, ambience, sounds, smells and feeling cannot be experienced by the viewer. These are all points that the photographer has to keep in mind when trying to tell the story.

The moment the story gets too complex, the photographer has lost the viewer.