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Published: 2007-10-29 19:20:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 753; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 23
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for ilil, and our experiments with delicate texturing
I have now made changes to reflect Aqueous-sun's crit
, but was less successful in following ilil's suggestion 
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The border kind of puts me off, but other than that, I really like it!
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The shoes are probably a lil bit further down the line
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I like the way all of the powerlines converge to one point, and I can also appreciate how delicate the texture is.
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A belated thank you for those kind words
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Thank you Seb. I am very fond of these poles up in the sky with lots of wires. Seems like old 19th century communication, and so nice for when the birds feel tired.
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Good job !!
I like the texture ... looks like a drawing ...
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Excellent composition and texture work. A little more brightness on the connectors at the top of the pole might be good though....
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A very valid point. I think I need to do a bit more work on this pic.... Many thanks for that
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I have only 2 "problems" here:
1) there is a thin line above the pole, which seems to define between the "earth" and the "sky". I don't know if this line is in your original or in the texture. if it is in the texture, I think it would be better placed lower than the pole, so the pole look more high.
2) I feel that the dark edges around like "closing" the image, instead of "giving an extra air" to it... I'm not sure it makes sense... I don't know how to say it...
I'll post my image now, then I'll note you back.
ciao
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Hi ilil!
I understand what you say about the darkness, but I don't think my focal point (the pole) is strong enough to stand by itself (heh heh). It needs the rhetoric of the dark encircling it. But who am I kidding? I also love dark surrounds at the moment, so it may well just be my personal prejudice....either way I am personally okay with it.
A zillion thanks for the feedback. Always hugely precious!
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ok... (about the darkness) - you know what? it's good enough reason for me ("I also love dark surrounds at the moment")... we all tend to be in love with different things which can be replaced by other things later on...
but I must ask you - I love this word/metaphor - "rhetoric" but I don't really understand its meaning in the sentence "It needs the rhetoric of the dark encircling it"... could you explain it to me please?
thanks love!
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In *my* view (and it's a pretty slang view!) rhetoric is a term used in literature, to describe things writers to create moods in their writing... or..... as The Dictionary of Literary Terms says about the term 'rehetorical figure'..... "An artful arrangement of words to achieve a particular emphasis and effect"
In English there are hundreds of terms to describe different types of writing that create particular effects in literature.
I personally also use the term with pix, because I think people use different things to create moods in their pix. You more than anyone will know this, with your presentations of pix worked in different ways. Those different ways I would see as rhetoric - you doing things (consciously or by happy accident) to give each pic a different mood and feeling.
Things I would consider rhetoric
Adding darkness or lightness to a pic to emphasis a focal point.
Using certain colours to evoke a certain period in time.
Using different sorts of textures to 'bulk up' subjects.
Using different sorts of mounts or frames.
Using different sorts of focus to emphasise things. (Shallow dof versus lots of clarity.)
All sorts of different compositional structure.
Diptych and triptych interplay.
Etc....
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firstly - thanks for your time and will to enlighten me. it's most appreciated!
my curiosity raised when I read the word "rehetorical" cause I know it in its common use as "use of bombastic language, use of unnecessarily florid language"...and in general, it used as a negatively adjective... I accept everything which you said above, but it aint necessarily negative!
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Sorry ilil - only just bumped into your reply. It isn't in my messages folder....
I know the term rhetoric can be used negatively, but the way I use it here is not at all negative. Just talking about what people do to get their point across, be it in writing or photographs
Yes, that last sentence has rhetorical stresses, but for me it would have to be analysed for that to be seen. Like the words 'artful arrangement' have the strength of alliteration (making the same initial sound), and 'emphasis' and 'effect' are really a form of repetition of the same thing, for extra punch
I'm going to shut up now, and have my breakfast. 
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oh.. I love your examples and illustrations! BRAVO! 
thanks!
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