Thank you to all who commented - and to voters. This was indeed intended to be a symbolic representation of the events commemorated that week. I was not able to set up an indoor studio under controlled conditions, so I had to use my deck. I would have preferred less wind. Timing was tough. I agree it would have been better with more smoke. The white specks are reflections of the flash from distant wet leaves - they were unintentional and unavoidable, and yet they might also be viewed as symbolic.
This is interesting. My first impression was the twin towers. Funny how our conciousness changes because of an event. It was a good choice to do b & w imo. The image could use a little snappier focus, perhaps using a sharpening tool in a photo editing program. The smoke is a nice touch. The obvious would have been to leave them burning and show the flame. But you chose a nice, unique approach by using the smoke. I recently tried a picture using smoke, and mine wasn't very effective. You did a good job. It meets the challenge for neg space too. The few spots are distracting and make me wonder what they are. Good luck in the challenge! Grayce aka Gracious
Not sure if it would have been possible or effective, but if you could have taken the picture just as the smoke was rising, so that the background wasn't smokey, it may have given more impact to the negative space, I think. karmat
I'm not sure whether this is intentional or not... but I'll bet I'm not the only one who is reminded of the World Trade Center by this one (not meaning to be disrespectful here in any way... but I can't help but see their image here)? In any case, I like this a lot.
This is a nice photo, and I like how you have it with smoke rather than the flames. I feel that this is a good interpretation of negative space. I wonder what the white spots all over are? Your negative space seems to be occupied, however, I don't think that takes away from the photo at all. Is this a WTC reference? That just occurred to me, with the one candle a bit taller than the other, the smoke and the debris (the white spots). Overall nice photo. Good luck in the challenge. ~Hbunch7187~
A little too much space in this one...a critique I've been choking on too. I'm seeing why more now than when I submitted. A little extra noise by the candles too, or so I'm seeing.
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