outtake for faceless portrait. I think it's a cool image, but I wonder if it's trying too hard to be artistic. I think it's the dressed in black thing that makes me worry. The title makes it work for me, though.
Don, this is quite good. Lately I have been fascinated with central compositions. The tree in the center of the image is very active, and works very well keeping the eyes of the viewer travelling up and down. and the hands of the "cellist" are right there along the line, so this works well, too. The figure of the "cellist" becomes unimportant, and is only needed for context. Technically, it is a disadvantage that the black clothing is underexposed to the point of losing all detail.
For me, the compositional delight is quite sufficient, and the image would not lose anything even without the title. Maybe that's because I don't want to attribute any more meaning to the image.
Commenting on the commenter-extraordinaire's photograph is surely somewhat like eating steak sandwiches at a picnic in a safari park. Here goes. I think what makes this photo stand out for me is the obviously very colourful bokeh which is turned into b/w and therefore into a rather unusual abrstract background. The figure and event taking place in the foreground is barely as important as the background. Music is not what comes to mind - more like a tentative pole climber surveying her potential passage upwards or a caber tosser in training. The hands are what really make the foreground a little unusual. If only there was a way to completely limit the rest of the figure and place these hands disembodied in the rustic setting. That would be art.
don't feel like it is working too hard at all...probably would have gotten nailed on the 'I can see a bit of her face' voter types..
there is a strange darkness to the lower hand..looks a bit haunting...
yet this strange embrace allows a moment to reconnect to nature..the bokeh
isolates her, she is in the music, not caring about the world around her..
this really offers a dramatic context not found in your entry...the other shot is a nice mood piece, this one theatre...
I prefer theatre...
Yeah, it may have scored lower, but it's a way cool shot to me. The "dressed in black" thing is essential, too, by the way. But what really makes the shot is the one eye that's visible. I'm not as sure as you about the title - to me it's more of an exploration, a seeking. I quite like this one.
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