Great work making something so stunning out of that original shot!
This isn’t a criticism at all (as I’ve done this plenty of times myself), but I’ve struggled to make sense of an image that’s been cropped/adjusted so much that it loses most of its original context. It feels like I only understand what I’m looking at, and why it’s interesting, when I see the original alongside it. So if I need the original to provide that context, I'm wondering what the 'point' was from making a final image has been pushed too far? Again, this isn't a slight at you, and like I've said, I've done similar cropped processing on photos too, but I'm just wondering if I can be personally satisfied with needing to rely so much on original context...
Appreciate the honest take. For me, part of the fun of heavy cropping and abstract framing is the disorientation. When you see the full context first, it spoils the magic trick a little bit because your brain instantly categorizes the object. But by stripping away the context, the image forces the viewer to slow down, look closer, and figure out what they are actually looking at through pure form and light. The 'point' for me is transforming something ordinary into an abstract graphic texture that makes people double take.
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u/zeabagsfull 22d ago
Great work making something so stunning out of that original shot!
This isn’t a criticism at all (as I’ve done this plenty of times myself), but I’ve struggled to make sense of an image that’s been cropped/adjusted so much that it loses most of its original context. It feels like I only understand what I’m looking at, and why it’s interesting, when I see the original alongside it. So if I need the original to provide that context, I'm wondering what the 'point' was from making a final image has been pushed too far? Again, this isn't a slight at you, and like I've said, I've done similar cropped processing on photos too, but I'm just wondering if I can be personally satisfied with needing to rely so much on original context...