and maybe it if was large and on canvas...
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/30/2012 7:20 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> 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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