Pushing the "Negative Space" in Some of My Imagery
Negative space , in art, is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image.
Just how much "negative space" does it take to occupy the space of any given image … BEFORE THE NEGATIVE SPACE ITSELF, BECOMES "THE SUBJECT"?
I've been creating images of birds in flight recently and removing as much detail around the birds as I can … UNTIL THE FORMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL BIRDS (hopefully) STRIKE A BALANCE WITH THE OVERWHELMINGLY GREATER EXPANSIVE, NEGATIVE SPACE SURROUNDING THEM.
I like the effect.
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Here's an interesting possibility; I get the sense that the larger these are printed, the more powerful the will be.
If that is, in fact, the case, it may be that as the size of the print increases, the more it simulates standing on an open piece of ground and looking skyward.
Just theorizing.
Anyway, as long as the bird and the negative space "balance" out and neither seems to distract from the other, I think the image "succeeds".
I think all 3 succeed!
I think all 3 succeed!
But there's 4!
Still, 3 out of 4 in photography is a great percentage!
So, thank you.
The method certainly focuses attention on the subject, and in the case of birds, the absence of anything other than space prevents any distraction from that focus.
OOPS! Sorry! Mis-counted! All 4 are successes!
Every kind word counts, Katpen; thank you.