Hi Becky - I think I prefer the thin slice of moss-in-focus, but you are welcome to put your scissors to my photos any time you want. Re. the triptych there is a little background (or should that be foreground) story on triptychs on his recent "Motion" series. Cheers -S.
Hmmm . . . I think a triptych is whatever you want a triptych to be, but aesthetically speaking, I do think you need something to pull all three photos together. Perhaps if they were all converted to black and white. Or you could keep them as is and give them all a common frame - perhaps one made out of driftwood?
Although I really like the selective focus and shallow DOF, I find the part of the photo you're focusing on is a bit overwhelmed by everything else. The colours are great - I particularly like how the saturated (in water and colour), lumpy green moss stands out against the pale, smooth sand.
Hope you don't mind, but I got out my scissors again. Just for experimentation's sake. I wanted to see what the photo looked like with more focus on the, um, focus.
Unless we stick to dictionary definitions, which say that a 'triptych' is "A work consisting of three painted or carved panels that are hinged together", then we must accept that 'triptych' is generally used today to mean something that is composed or presented in three parts or sections.
As this series stands each picture embodies the feeling of a day at the beach in mood and tone. The beach has an infinite variety of landscapes and ecosystems and I think you have captured 3 very good shots which show the extent of this variation, so in a way I believe that each does give something to the other, but are yet strong in their own right.
very interesting and beautiful picture,I like to see your pictures,they are very creative. when sometimes I can find nothing to shoot,I find you shooting lots of different things with a creative shooting.best regards
ps:I want to thank you for your comments and want to inform you that I added the original picture as an attachement to my picture titled "the end of a day"
Thanks again Hugo - maybe we should reserve "triptych" for three images not only relating to each other, but more strongly integrated than these are. In that sense this is more like a series, but even in this more relaxed definition, I agree with you that these are only superficially connected, in particular #3 does not really belong with the other two.
Hi Stefan, Again a good shot, the DOF and the diagonal compostion are quite unusual but effective. I like the shallow sharp area, that reduces the sea to superficial importance. Excellent colours, and a very intriguing shot, full of tension.
In retrospect to a triptych, there is a similarity between the shots, but I kind of miss the consistency between the shots. Eventhough there is a similarity in the three shots, I think the subjects differ too greatly. These shots each have their own strenght, and do not necessarily need the backing of eachother. As I'm sure you realise, that is quite a subjective observation, and I think composing a triptych were each photo is submitted as a stand alone, but where the symbiosis between the three shots makes each one even stronger is one of the most difficult things to accomplish. Hope this makes sence...
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