Thanks Joel. That is exactly what I was trying to show here. Indiana is
not a place of dramatic landscapes, it is a place of understated subtlety.
Many are not capable of seeing the beauty here. I'm not saying that to
slam Dawid. He's in South Africa, which is a different landscape than we
have here in the midwestern USA, so he (understandably) doesn't know what
we are seeing here. I say that many cannot see the beauty here because of
things that photographers I know around here say. "Its ugly here, the land
is flat, there's nothing interesting in the landscape here!" Its here,
they just don't see it, and I show them!
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On 5/8/12 12:28 PM, "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I disagree in several ways, Dawid. This is Chris' signature style. I
>had maybe a similar first reaction to it and then concluded that it is
>exactly what Chris meant to do. I may not have chosen the subject, but
>who determines what is intrinsically interesting or not? It evokes a
>genuine feeling for the Indiana landscape that, through a kind of
>minimalism, becomes involving. The texture in the clouds reminds me of
>so many days in the midwest USA that I keep my camera in my bag and wait
>for different light, different subject, and a different day. I have to
>rethink that as a result of seeing this photo. Chris captures something
>that I rarely see in landscape photography. I don't think this photo
>would work "better" in any other light or circumstances. It would just
>be a different statement. It is in color, but it is already a kind of
>monochrome.
>
>The horizon and the lines leading to it are perfectly drawn and
>composed. They take one to an infinity of flatness.
>
>Joel W.
>
>On Tue, May 8, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Dawid Loubser wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Been a while since you posted any images to the list! With this
>> particular image, I'd go back during more interesting lighting, and
>> perhaps find a stronger foreground element? For me personally, "empty"
>> images should be "really empty", or otherwise, have some strong focal
>> point.
>>
>> The colours / light feel a little too flat to me - if you do want to
>> go with this particular image, a souped-up B&W version (to bring out
>> the detail in the subtle clouds) might have more impact?
>>
>> kind regards,
>> Dawid
>>
>>
>> On 08 May 2012, at 9:38 AM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>>
>> > http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=1007&category=4
>> >
>> > I made this photograph yesterday evening, after I photographed the
>> > Turtle
>> > Rock.
>
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