In Oz we have a lot of "flat" too:
http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1132390
...Wayne
>
> 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&categor
> >> > y=4
> >> >
> >> > I made this photograph yesterday evening, after I photographed the
> >> > Turtle Rock.
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