WOW! Amazing! And this is the FIRST comment! ;-)

I really like this David because it makes you look harder. The diagonal lines are as if to say "nothing to see here, look away" but looking further, it's like the reward. Poetic photo! I haven't seen a poetic photograph of yours in a while (probably because you are so busy being dad to a newborn!). glad to see it's still there!!

Kind of hurts my eyes, David, but that may be because my monitor is lame and the lines are flickering. Neat shot.

It really does require you to look harder... Very bold lines, certainly not a conventional composition! Very creative, nice one!

Hmm somehow the thumb is sharper than the actual phot. I mean, only after I saw the thumb, I realised what was in the actual photo. But then again, my eyes are not what they used to be.. ;-)

While most photoblogs I visit show pictures I can "understand", some of yours leave me wondering what on earth I'm looking at. Even with your description indiciating a sculpture, my interpretation of this photograph is through an ample dose of imagination (most of which would be wrong so I shall not hazard any guesses). You're the Composition King! :-)

Just to clarify ...

This is a metal structure, made up of bars of varying thickness. Where there are thin bars/struts you can see more of the background; i.e. what's behind the structure, and where the struts/bars are thicker you can see less. In other words, the image embedded in the structure is a function of the thickness of the vertical struts.

What an original composition. You really need to look at it harder so you can figure it out what it is. Funny how the imagination can make you build something totally different. At first, I thought it was a picture taken under a grid where one of your girls was jumping. Nothing to do with what it really is. I love the sepia tone. :)

I had no idea what this was until I saw the thumbnail in the comments. It's kind of a magic eyeish thing I guess.

The colors of the sky are nice, I like the sepia tone of this shot. Makes it feel more old-school

i love the angle. the tones are perfectly moody. the sculpture is fabulous.
love the composition!

What an original composition. You really need to look at it harder so you can figure it out what it is. Funny how the imagination can make you build something totally different. At first, I thought it was a picture taken under a grid where one of your girls was jumping. Nothing to do with what it really is. I love the sepia tone. :)

Quite an interesting image. The tobacco colored sky is very nice. The perspective you chose adds a lot of tension.

Let's not forget to praise the unnamed artist who created the piece! He or she is worthy of a great deal of praise.

At first glance i was like.. wtf. what the hell is this?
I have to admit. That's pretty neat. I would imagine this is one of thise things that you have to be right beside in order to appreciate it fully..

Whoa! this one is totally unique and uncharacteristic of the typical chromasia shot. It is hard to look at for too long because of the flickering however did you work on this?

Interesting abstract, when I first looked at it I didn't see the legs... maybe I'm tired.

I agree with adriana. At first I thought it was one of your kids jumping. But looking harder I realise I can't see her head from the side. Haha....Nice picture. I find it very very abstract!

great composition and toning. Did you deliberately mask out the sepia tone from selected portions of the picture? Nicely done.

Another c l a s s i c. 'Nuff said. I love it!

Your explanation of the sculpture was absolutely necessary. I'm also impressed with said sculpture. The concept is straight forward enough, like a specialized screen in printing, but I do wonder how the sculptor actually shaped each bar?

Woah, this shot took me forever to figure out. But i love it!!

Very original shot David...Love the composition

I absolutely love how strange and almost obscure this is. You sort of have to look at it longer to figure it out.

Thats a cool sculpture, i love stuff like that. Very well presented.

PP (Perfect Photo)

wow! its scarey ho you find these objects! still not sure what I m looking at, but I love that gray/sepia sky

great shot !!!

how do you make this sky so "intense"? all my skies are flat and lifeless :(

Inspiration did work amazingly well. I had tried to take a picture of this one but had not thought of your composition and obviously if you take a straight shot it is boring.

By the way, your server is a bit slow... I thought you were gonna move?

I very much like the tone and colourising, however whenever another's art is the central feature they must surely take the greater credit, unless of course the sculpture is only brought to life by this picture! Wonderful site btw, good to see someone who creates images from everyday places/people/things. Too many languid photographers rely on the subject itself to make a picture worth looking at, be it a famous person/mountain/building - which surely is missing the point. A picture shouldn't simply remind you of something you have already seen, and in this sense this photograph is a worthy addition to your collection.

pfong: no, the toning was applied across the image, it's just that the lighter areas are quite close to being white.

jean phillippe: the trick with skies, such as it is, is to make sure that you don't overexpose them, then increase the contrast with the Curves tool.

Ioannis: all being well chromasia will be moved some time over the next couple of weeks.

DJN1...how do you remember the settings for every photograph? Do you write down the settings everytime you take a picture?

It's all available from the camera isn't it? Certainly in RAW.

I'm more interested in how you remember what you've done with photoshop - is it available in the psd file? I've never dug deep enough.....

Great shot, I love the angle!

Kevin,

Any digital photo that is taken stores the EXIF data in the file. In Photoshop if you go to: file>get info you will see it.

Adorei!!! É uma foto curiosa... q nos faz querer olhar mais...pensar e apreciar!!! Parabêns!!!

Nicely done Dave - Good diagnol composition makes tis shot very effective.

I don't like this one very much. I liked your brighter ones more. However, this is still a very deep and breathtaking photo.

Thanks everyone.

What if you have a 35mm camera, how do you remember the settings?

great photo, the colouring is simply beautiful

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