Well, it's not my cuppa, but it certainly would draw me over for closer
inspection. And, of course, viewing a small online image is entirely different
than viewing a print on a gallery wall. Could be that it would be my cuppa if I
saw the print.
--Bob
On Apr 29, 2012, at 12:59 AM, Moose wrote:
> On 4/20/2012 11:33 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
>> Interesting experiment - looks like it was shot using an old, cheap, phone
>> camera from a moving vehicle.
>>
>> Just consider this as an experiment Moose and move on !
>
> Ah, at least one person, among the 10s who looked, was moved to comment. :-)
>
> Perhaps I need a different context.
>
> Imagine yourself in a modest gallery, perhaps of an artist's co-op, where
> there is a wide array of different media,
> styles and talents on display.
>
> Across the room from where you've started going through the gallery, you
> notice this image among others, maybe 1.5-2
> feet wide. The distance and the nature of the surrounding images is such that
> there is no external clue as to medium.
>
> Would you be inclined to move closer, or note that you want to see it better
> when you get there? Or maybe feel like
> looking or moving away?
>
> I'm interested in pure image, separate from source or medium.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Alt_Dot_Moose&image=_MG_6192fpb.jpg>
>
> I could easily have made a "good" shot of these trees @ 300 mm. But I tried a
> shorter focal length, full pixel crop and
> possibly unusual processing. There's a chance it might be about the
> essential overall visual nature of Monterrey
> Cypresses, without the distraction of details. ;-)
>
> Artistically Aspirational Moose
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