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10-JUL-2004 IdeaOnBlack

+ Splitting Image by Alain db

On the boundery between pure graphics and photography.
(original photo in the separate pbase section)
I changed the title and a (very!) little thing on the entry







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Minolta DiMAGE A1
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Ingo Rautenberg19-Jul-2004 21:23
Alain,

I must admit, I had no idea what it (originally) was until I saw the original image. At first I thought it a glass table. Great job!
Veronica Fresh16-Jul-2004 02:06
I love this so much. Every time I see one of these high key images I try to do something similar, but am never successful. Perhaps it's the original image I start with. You did a really fantastic job.
Veronica
Guest 15-Jul-2004 20:50
Hi Smatty,

Nothing wrong with your monitor. This is just the way I wanted it to be : sort of high key. The fact that only the top edge of the knife is visible is part of the graphical setup and augments the tension IMHO -- but now I'm beginning to comment my own image...;-)

Thanks everyone for the kind words, I'm very happy you like it.

Alain
Smatty 15-Jul-2004 12:17
Very artistic approach. Knives really go well with "edge" challenges. There is only one thing that I don't like so much about this picture. A part of the knives edge just dissapeared into white. Now one can only guess the shape of the whole knive. But it could also be, that my monitor is to bright, and therefore I don't see it...
Donald Lynch14-Jul-2004 13:34
Neat abstract! Couldn't figure out what the original subject was. Thank goodness you posted it. I would not have never ever guessed.
Konica Minolta Users12-Jul-2004 05:40
I was really drawn into this image and spent a long time trying to see what it was - I like that kind of involvement. Jack G
Konica Minolta Users12-Jul-2004 00:44
g'day alain - wonderfully conceived, and incredibly executed. thanks. adrianox
Claudio Gatti11-Jul-2004 11:56
Pure Alain! Great graphical impact.... and I'm even more impressed when I saw the original (a double edge here!) . Very nice

Claudio
Konica Minolta Users11-Jul-2004 10:53
Interesting interpretation -- the mix of strong colour and contrast with pale shading works well.
Ron.
Mattana11-Jul-2004 10:36
Hi Alain,
Very nice image with such strong contrasts. I still could not work out the origin of picture. This is intriguing.

I often wonder about 'the boundery between pure graphics and photography' too. Maybe it is simply an evolution a field with its own name that will not put such work in either of those two conventional areas.
Cheers
Mattana
Konica Minolta Users11-Jul-2004 01:46
Very nice Alain, though I cannot quite make out what it is. As you know, I like abstracts, and this one is no exception.
Fred