I think that silence can be appreciated and may well be said to have a kind of "soundful" quality by being a simple absence of sound... However, this challenge is about making pictures that make the viewer instantly think of the sound attached to the image, as far as I can tell. If you show an image of a serene scene here people will think of calm and suchlike but not so much of the sound (or lack thereof) that accompanies. I think it would be very difficult to pull off a "silent" shot in this challenge. Seems to me you need to look at your picture and think of things people would associate with it - a twanging guitar string, or an old fashioned alarm clock with the bells on that is clearly ringing in the shot - these are things where the sound can't really be separated from thoughts about the image, whereas a quiet street at night doesn't have that same quality.
Just my view and musings - hopefully of use, though.
Message edited by author 2003-05-27 05:20:54.
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