LEIF WESTLING
ANOTHER DAY (set of photos: 'some kind of art')
For this macro photograph of ice crystals surrounding a metal ring, Leif Westling used a NIKON D50 camera and a macro lens to get a close-up, textured image. The main focus of the image is on the ring and the leaf next to it, Westling has used a contrast between the flat background and the more prominent curve to draw attention towards the centre of the photograph. To add to this, by blacking out the top half of the image, Westling has further emphasised jagged texture of the other surfaces. As well as this, Westling has added a pop of colour through the autumnal-coloured leaf that morphs with the rest of the photograph due to the fact that it is also coated in ice crystals. This image links to my theme of water because it shows an alternative form of the liquid (solid), I am inspired by this image to use a macro filter to take close-up images of the intricate patterns that frost and ice can create. |
FARENHEIT (set of photos: 'just some photos') This image was taken with the Nikon Coolpix 4600 and presents a hand print melted into an ice-covered window. Westling has managed to capture the structure of the hand and the way that the person's body heat was able to manipulate the ice into melting into water. The centre of the photograph is transparent, then around the print there in a translucent middle-ground and an opaque frame, this presents a gradual change from water to ice. Furthermore, a vignette effect has been added to the photo to purposefully draw the viewers eyes into the centre of the photograph. Consequently, Westling has presented the different states of water in one image. I am inspired by this technique although I will be dependant on icy whether to reproduce my own version of this image, to give my own twist I could show a comparison of two different hand prints. |
IN VINO VERITAS
Again, this photograph was taken using a NIKON COOLPIX 4600 and depicts the refraction of light as it is shone through a wine glass. The hue of the whole picture is warm, supported by an fiery orange background, the glass and reflection are solid red. I like the way that although the photograph is taken from directly above the glass, we, as viewers are given a birds eye, and an exaggerated side view through the shadow. To add to this, the refraction of light through the liquid has given a triangular pattern to the shadow. If I was to attempt to interpret this idea into my own work, I could use a coloured follow-spot through a glass of water. |
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