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28-DEC-2003

12.28.03.jpg

Metropolitan Museum of Arts. in the indoors garden. I can't remember who the status is, could be Diana the greek goddesss. I was trying to get the softness of the "female" without having the show the whole statue. I picked that corner of the statue to grab the flow of the dress to show movement in a still.

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/13s f/5.0 at 56.0mm iso400 full exif

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Phil Douglis11-Aug-2004 02:49
Once again, a fine concept at work here -- you take a small piece of something and allow it to stand for the whole. And that is what abstraction is all about. Everything works in the picture for you -- there is a sense of flow and freedom, and yes, a feminine touch. You have made movement occur where there is none by linking the flow of the dress to the softly focused background ridges that move out from it. The only thing that is missing is the sense of dimension that would have been added if you were working with good light. As in the Gaudi shot, this is flat lighting, so the image itself becomes flat, and basically non-dimensional. The movement is there, but there is little depth to it.
Jill06-Jan-2004 03:17
Ummm...you live in New York in the city I believe.

But I have no idea!
Lara S30-Dec-2003 02:11
Thanks. Can you guess where it was taken?
Jill30-Dec-2003 00:07
Beautiful image Lara! Well captured.