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Mission Inn
Steam Engine
Full Throttle
A strong
photograph is not stagnant, but uses what is called “gesture” to
initiate a stronger response from the viewer. This is obvious
with people photographs; it is more interesting to have a person
doing something than just standing there.
Full Throttle
exhibits how a subject other than a person can also exhibit gesture.
The horses, the harness carts and the drivers all exhibit this.
The gesture is speed…the viewer can almost feel the three horses and
their “riders” moving through the image. There is no
significant blur in the subjects, however the horses leave
behind a wake of ground from the track.
What is also
very interesting in this photo is sort of an optical illusion…there
are three riders but on first look you only see two carts and two
horses. Where did they go? Spending more time with the
photo you can see them, but not without some work. This makes
the photo a challenge to the viewer…not everything is obvious.
Laura uses
black and white very effectively in the photo. The colorful
racing silks and clothing might overpower the image and focus the
viewer on these colors and not on the majesty of the horses and
their jockeys. By processing this image as black and white,
these distractions are minimized and we can marvel at the
musculature of the horses, the almost “jumping out” of the frame of
the three racing teams as well as the separation from the
background.
Autumn
Dick has once again provided a beautiful exhibit of his photographic
work.
In a fitting subject for this time of year, his photo Autumn
showcases his approach to channel his personal vision of the subject
matter, in this case this beautiful landscape.
The curve of the unpaved pathway through the woods brings horizontal
movement into photo and invites the viewer to travel down the path
and around the curve. It literally draws you into this image.
It's easy to spend time looking carefully at the trees that lie at
the sides of the pathway, and then behind them. There is
depth, here too, a three-dimensionality. The climbing red
vines seem to hover around trunks, creating a glow. This and
the surrounding yellows create a "fire of autumn" which would
be happier were not so many real fires happening in California.
We can wander around this wonderful forest scene, and we're always
brought back to the center, keeping us captured in its beauty. | ||||||||||||
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