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This is a significant piece for several reasons. It appears technically insignificant but is in reality one of the more complex pieces I have ever done, there are no simple shapes in this piece. Unlike my other pieces this is not a mash up of cubes and spheres but a sculpted flower which is actually 3D (it appears 2D because of the rendering style). Artistically however, it's another matter. On the top half of the picture there is an elegant flower, singular and perfect. But it's perceived reflection is brutally twisted and disconnected, is there more to this than meets the eye? Then again I've been known to call this piece drizzle because it appears that the very soul of the flower is flowing from the stem and simply drizzling away into a very dark infinity, is the upright beauty in the top half but a husk? After all the head is very declined and points to the ground, the leaves appear shriveled and wilted, maybe it's a sad image, maybe it's a variation of "beauty is only skin deep." I let the viewer decide, in any case it's no mere flower.
With this photo I set the camera to manual and experimented with different settings in the low light condition (I was working in) to get a close up, sharp picture. I chose a shutter speed of 300 sec. F 3.2 ISO 80 with Center Weighted Average to focus on the shell and bring out the light colors. I've seen photos like this before in magazines where there is a light image against a dark background. I started out experimenting with a medium dark blue sheet behind the shell to try and simulate a feeling of the ocean, but wanted a more striking shot, with a warm feeling to it. Wood came to mind, so I experimented with different wood surfaces to use as a background. I ended up using my dark cherrywood dresser surface which kept the scene simple by not introducing more colors beyond the warm browns and white of the shell. I think I did a pretty good job. I like the way the wood is lighter in the front portion of the shell and gets darker towards the back creating an even sharper appearance. Also, I get a feeling of going from close up into darkness...infinity. Not quite sure about the cropping, I tried many different ways of cropping this photo to use the ROT, but it didn't really seem like a subject I could apply that rule to.
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