In appreciation, I shot their organ. My "arc of intent" was to show it differently than the common approach and attempted to highlight forgotten elements.
I think you mean "Your intent was to show it differently"! The Arc occurs when you externalize that intent to the material of your picture. It's you first who has to judge it, not anyone else!
Also we remember art is primarily a form of
self-expression and then, perhaps communication. You need to have confidence o=in your own reading of your feelings. If you get the thrill you seek and the feeling you expected evoked by your work, the "Arc of your Intent" has been completed. Until then it is, like millions of other brilliant ideas, only something tentative. Once you like it then we can really begin.
So obviously you have reservations. Let me pass over the first and last images since they do not demand anything of me.
The two middle unnamed pictures have more interest. The first one of these has what I might fancifully call a copper shepherd's staff shape reflected in a larger steel tube on the right. (O.K. It's a simple L shape. I was just looking at pictures of Constantine's early church images! LOL).
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Then, in the b.g., brighter reflective structures appear with little discernible form, again reflective tubing with bright highlights. My first impression was that this picture could hold my interest. Well there's some interesting things going on. However I'm perplexed by the practical or esthetic choice of throwing the b.g. out of focus. Taking small portion of something large "should" from just my point of view, unless you have some other higher artistic purpose, deliver something whole, not necessarily an entire unit of the thing but the shape, texture, shadowing, presence and milieu which all together seems "one unity" a unit so to speak that some how satisfies.
Well, I feel that this has not been achieved here. The topic is good. The part of the organ might have promise, but you might need to watch it more. Hunters do not generally just go and take their prey. The stalk and study all the targets they might choose and consider then how the approach might be.
I'd visit the church to get to know that organ. You might watch the light in the early morning send forerunners with shadows of some window frame and bright colors of a stained glass. Let the thing play before you. You do not necessarily need you camera with you. Just frame with your fingers and let it play out.
Of course you can document every little tube and brass gasket of 2400 pipes but what then would it represent? Your intent might be "to do something different". When you get close mentally to the organ the organ will demand of you what your must photograph. That's an intent to work on.
Anyone can be different!
You yes I do like to study this picture, but to me it's just a first glimpse of what you might find you must do.
This next picture is interesting too, however, after others comment I'll come back to that. I need some shut-eye! For now, please accept the word "Impressive".
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Keep up the effort!
Asher
BTW, I do respect the fact that unless you are an organ lover, these giant instruments can be hard to achieve one's own sense of satisfaction to produce something outstanding. You'll lick it, but likely it's not just a snap shot! It all depends on the muses, the light and your own focus.
