Watching My Own Existence
by posthumous

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Originally posted by agenkin: The way I understood your alegory is that he's looking at his reflection, distorted by the ripples that he created. Am I missing something?

Well, once you mentioned his reflection, it seemed obvious. But actually when I came up with the title I was only thinking about his ripples. In a sense, he created the ripples (as we create art, create photos), whereas the reflection is more passive. Though in another sense, the reflection is caused by light waves rippling out from us, so really isn't that different after all. So, no, you're not missing anything. We have two elements now: the ripples and the reflection, and we can combine them any way we wish to create various meditations. :)

And we are watching the boy as the boy watches himself. And as the photographer, I am watching myself, since this photo "rippled" from my actions. And as a viewer, you become the photographer watching himself. I need a drink.

get the idiot
by bood

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Fantastic storytelling picture. excellent use of perspective

life in captivity
by agenkin

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wunderbar! they look like two animals in a cage! I'm curious to know what you mean by a "genre" collection. I recently heard Buffy the Vampire Slayer referred to as "genre television," and I'm not sure what they meant, either. I do know that what made Buffy unique was that it changed genre from episode to episode, and also within episodes: drama, comedy, horror, musical. So, are you participating in a genre or playing with genre?

paint jobs
by agenkin

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I love this. Your crop has made an artist of this painter! If I was allowed to mark "favorite collection" I would pick your abstract/textures. I picked this picture because it didn't have a strong diagonal, but actually I love all the pictures in this collection. And you inspired me to re-categorize my own pictures. :)

Textures
by posthumous

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Originally posted by agenkin: I'm getting too poetic here, to the point that I don't like it. :)

Haha! Don't stop yourself! I'll collect poems for all my pictures. :)

Something Fishy
by posthumous

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Originally posted by agenkin: Anyways, I like the square crop colour version better, I think. This is still a nice picture, though. The crop form factor is maybe a bit too weird, I am not sure what it does for me. Why did you crop it like that?

I like the square crop better, too, but I thought this met the texture challenge better. That is why it's such a severe crop. I cropped out the surface details/highlights so that nothing would "pop". A surefire formula for a low score!

I think most dpc voters were interpreting texture differently than I was. They wanted a picture of something that they could imagine touching. I was trying to create a "visual texture." In other words, a consistent pattern across the entire field of the picture. No subject, just "surface."

You May Pass
by posthumous

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Originally posted by agenkin: blown red channel?

If the red channel is blown I didn't do it! I swear, officer! ;) I've noticed that yellow has a tendency to destroy detail.

Watching My Own Existence
by posthumous

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Originally posted by agenkin: A very nice alegory, I'll need to remember it. Would not get it from the picture, though;

No I wouldn't expect you to get it from the picture. The title is kind of its own poem meant to interact with the picture. Hopefully, the picture has its own merits. To be honest, I sincerely doubt the boy IS looking at his own reflection.

Oh, and another obscure point: you could say he is looking at his ripples, not his reflection!

Onion on Wood
by posthumous

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Originally posted by raish: This should not have succeeded here

my thought exactly! perhaps it being an abstract challenge made voters more tolerant of the lack of a subject, the flatness, etc. Then again, I've been known to bomb in abstract challenges as well. I have no clue why this made top 20. That's why I can still suck!

playground
by grisstxs

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haunting image.