A good photograph, like a good painting, speaks with a loud voice and demands time and attention if it is to be fully perceived. An art lover is perfectly willing to hang a painting on a wall for years on end, but ask him to study a single photograph for ten unbroken minutes and he’ll think it’s a waste of time. Staying power is difficult to build into a photograph. Mostly, it takes content.
—Ralph Gibson said that
I love pictures like this with huge skies
Beautiful landscape under a great sky!
A superb composition . Yes that’s right , you can come back to a photo later and see differently and feel something else but we don’t take as time on a photo as on a a painting !
i like this shot with a big sky Sherri… the birds are a bonus….peter:)
Some beautiful content here. The curls of smoke are so fascinating.
Shades of primitive american painters
Une très belle composition où l’on retrouve de nombreux éléments fascinants.
I like the composition and simplicity of this image.
the immense sky makes the house and tree seem as props on a model railroad setup
Joli paysage.
Cette fume QUI sort cette petite MAISON avec L’ARBRE SUPERBE
Belle journée
Nicou
I suppose Gibson is right, Sherri, but I also suppose we’d all be surprised at what HOLDS one person’s ATTENTION as opposed to another’s?!
Whilst there is an element of truth in the quotation, a good painting has evolved over a far longer period of time than a photograph and has layers of depth applied to it that the camera cannot match, so they are not truly analogous creative experiences, either for the creator or the viewer. In my view no matter how good a photograph is it can never match the input of the painter
i love how the expansive sky blankets the scene and the bare branches of the tree is a nice touch, Sherri
I try to spend a few moments on each photo I visit daily to find its message to me. I also spend time with my own photos as part of my artful expression. Your rural scene evokes a feeling of peace to me.
well.. YOUR pictures are breath taking, and i was looking intently at the one above for a while.. that wee house looks almost fake! neat shot!
i actually LIKE taking boring stuff of life photos.. but i forget WHY i like it haha, some sort of trauma i’m assuming 🙂
Beautiful composition.
Excellent use of negative space. Those two birds in the air and the smoke from the chimney makes the whole picture for me.
Beautiful watercolour
This photo commands attention! A wonderful composition and processing.