Her red silk scarfby
jjbeguinComment by e301: Hi neighbour - you get to be my critique club victim {manic laugh}
There is no way that I'm saying anything 'technical' about this shot - as much as anyone else here I'm sure you shoot exactly what you want to shoot, and pretty sure it comes out exactly as you envisage it.
Complementary colours was a tricky challenge - especially right on the heels of those other colour challenges - I think a lot of people struggled for real inspiration: I thought the sane of this at first. Sure there's great accomplishment in the shot (the colour detail, the contrast, the shapes - more contrast there too - the light) but it was just a scarf in a tree, no?
Except with that title it brings an element of story into things: as somene else has commented below. 'Her'? But who is she, where is she? Why is her scarf in the tree? It's a little like wandering around the venue of a party the morning after, examining the wreckage whilst presumably nursing your hangover and a large bowl of coffee, wondering what the stories are behind the things that are forgotten, and how come there is so much you can't remember yourself.
Of course, I might just be getting sentimental. It might just be a scarf in a tree. But you could have titled it simply 'red silk scarf'.
For me it's just slightly too big a stretch of the imagination: I'd have to say that as much of my reaction is myown work, and not enough directed by your photograph. If you were telling a story, I think you'd need at least some extra element, perhaps a knocked over glass, or an empty botttle ... whatever, something. I've had fun thinking about it though.
Cheers
Ed
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