Another photo from the photos with fabric I took at the sand dunes (The others shared thus far here, here and here). I wanted to see if I could get some interesting photos of the fabric in the air and a good few of them didn’t work, but some such as the below did.

This feels vaguely human in shape in that it feels like an idea of a person. Maybe that makes it weird or off in some way. Maybe that makes it experimental. It was certainly an experiment, but I don’t think I was playing around with and challenging conventions.

Part of the weirdness comes in through how still the silk looks as it doesn’t appear to be moving. It should appear as though in motion but it doesn’t. Also, the angle helps with that weirdness too, I think.

This is my submission into the two hundred-and-sixty-fourth Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. The theme for this one is “Primary Colours“.

I feel this photo is a bit of a cheat, but at the same time I feel it fits due to how the blue affects the photo. A lot of people love a blue sky but due to its commonality it’s easy to ignore, which in a photo like this I think is a good thing. Obviously the subject in question is interesting enough to hold focus, but having a blue background sort of “eliminates” itself. It’s not something that sticks out here, even with clouds and so the blue helps keep the subject the focus. It also helps keep the image from feeling harsh.

This wouldn’t work as well if I’d played around with the colours and made the sky something different. In this particular situation, if the sky was red or green the image would feel much more harsh than necessary. Had I made the whole thing monochromatic based around either of those then it would be more “intense” but it would fit, but this is something I wanted to put firmly in the real and so… yeah; the blue of the sky works best in keeping the focus on the subject here, I think.

The host of the Lens-Artists challenges cycles weekly between the following people:

Week 1 – Tina

Week 2 – Patti

Week 3 – Ann-Christine aka Leya

Week 4 – Amy

Week 5 – John Steiner

Week 6 – Sofia Alves

Week 7 – Anne Sandler

Week 8 – Donna

Week 9 – Guest host

Sofia is curating this one. The next is curated by Anne and the theme, which has been announced in advance, is based around “Black & White and Monochrome”.

I recommend participating in the challenges as they provide a fun way to interpret theme. If not participating, then at least you should still check out what others of the Lens-Artists community are submitting.

I hope you enjoy.