Bruce,
For the record: I am not expecting all body parts to fit into the photo.
I guess it is a strange combination of two limbs almost parallel to
each other that created this wierd perception.. Or maybe something else...
So, in short, - it is not that there are "intersections", but rather how
they happen (in combination).
No problem with that image from Mapplethorpe.
Igor
Bruce Walker Sun, 03 Jan 2016 12:21:11 -0800 wrote:
On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote:
Bruce,
It is nice that it is in B&W: one cannot see the blood dripping from where
the limbs were sawed off. :-)
Tut, tut, Igor. How distressingly conventional of you. I have to
assume that this image from Mapplethorpe would cause you even more
distress? :)
http://www.mapplethorpe.org/exhibitions/2008-08-30_mai-36-galerie/
The closer one comes to a figure, the more intersections between body
parts and the frame will occur -- it's natural.
I intended this image to be not a portrait but a study of lines and
shadow. The dancer herself chose it as one of her favorites from a
group of more ordinary poses and crops.
Thank you for looking and commenting, Igor.
On a serious note, - I enjoy the facial expression in combination with the
upper body and how it was captured (light, etc.).
The well-lit "front" leg is the main distraction for me here.
And the way how the rest of this leg and the hand (arm) are very-similarly
cut off by framing -adds to that distraction.
I tried to "reframe" it by making it a square, - with the horizontal line at
the bottom just below the top of her "back" knee, and the vertical cut on
the left being close to the elbow improved the focus on the face.
Well, that's my look at it.
BTW, the second image of Rachel in this set (23505320634) is better, more
flattering than the 3rd one (24075581775).
Igor
PS. I couldn't help noticing the (almost) circular definition:
The model is .... and model. :D
Bruce Walker Sat, 02 Jan 2016 13:36:06 -0800 wrote:
First peso for 2016 and it's a b&w. Weird! :)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/24050939061/lightbox/
Model is Rachel Cornejo, a dancer (ballet and jazz), fitness
instructor, actor and model.
645z, DFA645 90mm f:2.8 Macro, f:4, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO.
One tall strip softbox left.
Comments and critique welcome.
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