Thou Art the Potter.... I Am the Clayby
pmichaudComment by Paul: Greetings from the Critique Club:
I should say up front, I did vote on this image and my vote is one of your lower ones. My views are therefore not representative of the wider audience and I note that you received many positive comments and three 10s.
For me, though this is certainly an interesting find with great textures and interesting colours, I don't find it 'created' enough for this challenge; I don't see much of the photographer here. I think that's less of a problem for pure abstracts that communicate the intent of the photographer through constructed form and colour; but this shot falls short of pure abstract and instead we see enough to discern its true form. This creates an impression of reliance, even dependence on the form of the tree for your impact rather than crafting your own impact from the choices you have made.
Is the scene well-captured? Certainly. Is it an interesting piece of wood? Of course. Is it an interesting
photograph? Not to me I'm afraid - but as I said, I'm definitely non-typical of this image's voting audience. An outlier.
Overall, is it a successful image - yes it is, just look at that average vote from those who commented: 7.6667. All we can ask with our images is that we connect with others - and you certainly did that. Well done.
Paul
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