Wtf

toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
edited February 2, 2012 in Street and Documentary
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  • richardmanrichardman Registered Users Posts: 376 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2012
    If your titular comment is on the painting, then either just a photo of the painting, or someone with a WTF expression is warranted. This does not give the feeling that the viewers are thinking WTF.
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  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2012
    ahhh... the expert
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  • richardmanrichardman Registered Users Posts: 376 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2012
    torags wrote: »
    ahhh... the expert

    SOrry, you;re right. This thread is WTF :-)

    Honestly, what do you want? Your image does not show that the viewers are having a WTF reaction to the painting. If WTF is your reaction, which I can understand since I have similar reactions to such modern arts, then an image of the painting would do. What do the viewers add to the image?

    Now if you have tons of oooing and ahhhing over the painting, that might work too.
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 30, 2012
    Richard's right. Since we don't see their faces or see them scratching their heads, we can only speculate on their reaction. OK, so forget the title for a moment--it could easily be changed in any event. There's nothing much that ties the two people to the painting or makes the juxtaposition interesting or unusual.
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  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2012
    The question each of you might ask is what is the photog trying to accomplish.

    This is not about a subjects interaction, it is about yours. The subject is the painting, the two lookers are context.

    You are the viewers and I ask you both what is the painting about?

    Please respond. Thanks
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 30, 2012
    torags wrote: »
    The question each of you might ask is what is the photog trying to accomplish.

    This is not about a subjects interaction, it is about yours. The subject is the painting, the two lookers are context.

    You are the viewers and I ask you both what is the painting about?

    Please respond. Thanks

    Surely you aren't asking for narrative from an abstract? I don't think I can properly respond to the painting itself without being there--the scale, the texture, the real colors, even the whole composition (in this case) are lost in a photo.

    I gather your point is that this painting isn't art either. I am a little curious about which painters you like. mwink.gif
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  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2012
    If you have to ask that question, then something's wrong, IMO. It should be obvious what a photographer is trying to accomplish, even if the subject itself is ambiguous.

    The picture I'm seeing is a nicely composed stock shot of two people looking at a not-particularly-daring piece of abstract art-- the kind thats been around for the last hundred years or so. So I'm not sure what the "wtf" refers to?*

    *Although I will admit to being slightly dense regarding artistic meaning. I very recently misinterpreted my 6-year olds drawing of "Louis Pasteur contemplating the evils of microbes in his laboratory" as "Abraham Lincoln thinks about freeing the slaves next to some test tubes." To be fair, both men apparently wore top hats.
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2012
    torags wrote: »
    The question each of you might ask is what is the photog trying to accomplish.

    This is not about a subjects interaction, it is about yours. The subject is the painting, the two lookers are context.

    You are the viewers and I ask you both what is the painting about?

    Please respond. Thanks

    That's not really a valid question for this forum. If we're going to
    evaluate anything, it would be your photograph. I like this photograph
    because of the composition and the colors.

    I don't like the title. There's nothing about the photograph that
    says "WTF?" to me. There's nothing about the two people that
    says they are confused about the meaning of the painting...no
    body language, no expression. In our view of them, they are
    neutral.

    This is the best of your series at this museum or gallery. For this
    group, you have to have people in the frame to even get close
    to the theme of the forum.

    The other photo in the series with the three ladies is not as
    good because the ladies don't have any interaction with the
    art.
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  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2012
    Very interesting image I really like the geometry of this,especially the parallelogram in the center of the painting that forms the archway just left of the two spectators,good lead in , the color is o/k ,but the lines ,and shapes are great , the stuffed dog really stands out . Nice Image thumb.gifthumb

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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited January 31, 2012
    The painting would be better in black and white... mwink.gif
  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2012
    Pictures... some work some don't...
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2012
    torags wrote: »
    ahhh... the expert

    This kind of sarcastic personal attack is not acceptable here.
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