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October 13, 2010
Stretched and Shredded by *AForAdultery This is an interesting shot. If you look at it long enough, it can play some visual tricks on you. I find it to be a fairly unique capture.
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Stretched and Shredded

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everyone has a breaking point...
sometimes it just takes a while to find it.


enjoy :blowkiss:

:iconmbkkr: did a manipulation of this photo. check it out: [link]
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this has been featured in WalkingBlind Magazine, Issue #2: [link]
and also on Hope's BestofDeviant site: [link]



Image size
1326x1326px 1.81 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
Shutter Speed
1/101 second
Aperture
F/3.5
Focal Length
13 mm
ISO Speed
125
Sensor Size
3mm
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:star::star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star: Impact

This piece reminds me of the old King Crimson song: Indiscipline. "The more I look at it the more I like it."

Everything about the wood grain's flow in and out of the field is hypnotic. The lighting helps to accentuate and extend a field that I can intellectually judge to be three feet at it's deepest. This is increased by the arching layers of wood grain and the deep shadows of the negative space.
I like that you didn't center it on the smallest strands coming out of the top left corner. Though the composition is stronger for that double strand of roots. They give a fresher texture and a good contrast to the weathered feel of the rest of the wood. It also increases the flow of the eye into a frequently disused field of pictures. The intersection with the grain to the primary Upward arch redirects your eys once again to the rest of the composition.
A subtraction of that third of the shot would have detracted from this. Focusing too much on it ( cropping the right half say) would have made the piece more vertical but much less compelling.
This is a piece to be very proud of.
It manages to be both calming and dynamic.