High-speed motion in Blue and Yellowby
SharQComment: FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB
Hello,
I like this picture very much, the colours, shapes, the crop, everything is very beautiful. But, like a couple of your commenters below, I am not making the connection to "Speed", unless I think of speed as movement, and you are depicting the camera's movement here.
It is a beautiful picture though. The yellows, oranges and blues are very clean, as is the movement. Technically I can find no fault with it.
As a composition it is very interesting, especially on second (or third ...) look. At first I think the reaction is, "Oh, just another long exposure." But on looking again, the building to the right becomes visible, the dark sky to the left. After that I start to see shapes, and the picture becomes a sexy abstract, at times an almost scary abstract. To the right there's a woman, bending backwards a little, as if she's trying to get away from something, possibly the big thing in the middle. The middle also looks like a being, but I can't tell the gender, and it's a frightening being. But I'm letting my imagination get away here.
Anyway. I like this picture. I think it didn't do better in the challenge because it doesn't come out and hit you, "THIS IS SPEED!!!". Your picture, though beautiful, is out of the norm. I like a lot of your pictures - you have quite a style!
Ursula (uabresch)
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