Here’s the Photo of the Day.
Like it or not? I’d love to know, and it would be good for everyone if you told me why.
[BTW, this image is from our “OGI” file. What’s that? Well…when Scott and I are editing photos after a shoot, combing through thousands to find the select few that see the light of day, we employ a practice that I can’t recommend highly enough. That practice is to put those surprise images–the unexpected happy accidents that have merit, but maybe aren’t relevant to the job we’re editing–into a file of their own with other like-minded (bizarre, unique, etc) images. We call that file “Otherwise Gifted Images”. That’s sort of what I meant by the title of this post. It’s got a double meaning… in one sense, like this image or not, the practice of saving random, unexpected stuff to a common file, or tagging it a certain way, is a good practice. In another sense, I do want to know if you like this photo or not. I’m bias, but I love it. In fact, I took a spin through that whole file last night and fell in love all over again with about 40 photos.. I’ll be sharing more of them over time.]
My first reaction was “that’s interesting”, but then my eyes started feeling funny.
i’m with oliver and some of the other folks above. it took me a few glances to figure out what was going on, and with each look where i picked up something different, i liked the picture more and more. when i finally spotted the trees, it all made sense! i think it would have been a less interesting picture oriented in landscape.
I like this picture. The subject is strong. The ninety degree rotation made me think. The distortion is natural – water.
A photo that demands more than a first glance will get approval from me more times than not because a photo should always stir an emotion or a thought. This one really drew me and to be honest, stumped me for a minute. Like others I thought this was an OGI photo because of the manipulation through glass since I have never seen it happen but then like others I stopped looking at the man and more at the details surrounding him. Thanks for the Friday morning challenge, better have my coffee first next time.
It’s interestingly quirky – but I wouldn’t like it enough to upload to a website. Just a random blog type thing like this.