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Isla Mujeres series, #1.Related content
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just great textures and colors in this image arthur. very solid composition. the shapes and kinetic splatters on the wall really work well.
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a really lovely shot, great colours and great composition
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Wonderful work. I love the presence here of the strong textures. It really makes the shot. The minimalism works well, hand in hand with the rich textures.
Exquisite!
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nice pic
btw, where is this island? ?donde esta la isla?
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It's about 90 miles west of Cuba.
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the tones are amazing, and i love your composition. very absract.
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Fantastic abstract, great textures, the rust, grittiness, and decay. Love that all of the objects relate to electricity...great metaphor for life and death itself.
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Great abstract image, nice composition, texture and colour. I appreciate it just for those qualities....call me old-fashioned, but I'm not looking for "social comment!"
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Either you didn't read my post very carefully or you just didn't understand it.
Your decision to copy my honestly offered critique of the piece /Word For Word/ and leave it as a comment on one of my pieces (which it didn't relate to AT ALL) seems at best, an extremely childish act. I truly hope that Welder and the other people who enjoy his work are a little more mature than you.
If it is STILL not clear to you, my comments were about how the title of the piece pulls the image INTO a social-commentary space for the viewer - which I think takes away from the image itself. My suggestion is a change in the title, which would allow the focus to remain on the piece itself. I TOO greatly enjoy Welder's ability for composition and his appreciation for color (which you can find out by finding all of the other pieces of his I have commented on month after month).
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Amazing textures and colors; very tangible.
I wonder where the ethernet connection is ...
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lol
Yeah I had a hard time finding it....
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... then you found out there was a WAP
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lol
Yeah I had a hard time finding it....
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hey them things is upside down!
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also
AWESOME
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I love the colors, the textures and the composition a lot. There are a lot of wonderful things about this image. The lighting you captured works really well. I think it's a great capture.
That being said, I want to share my absolute kneejerk reaction. When I first read the title, it felt /too/ clean, too labelled in an attempt to be deep but not saying much. I don't see a huge meaningful message behind the image. I could dig and find one, focusing on the run down nature of the wall and talking about the powerlessness of poverty, and so on - I think it really takes away from the artistry of your picture.
To be clear, the critique is not judgemental of you or your ideas... I just think that the title maybe cheapens the piece, turning it from a beautifully captured and positioned image into a pushy/pretentious half-ass attempt at social commentary...
but I could be TOTALLY missing the point.
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To be honest, the original title never really sat quite right with me (actually I decided it just sounded awkward)....but I never really thought about it from that context though. But no, this wasn't meant to be "social commentary" in that respect.
I had a shorter title in consideration anyways, which I guess after mulling it over I decided flows better with the rest of the series...though slightly less accurate (after all the scene is a power box that's been gutted). Plus it still runs the risk of being interpreted as pretentious, but I guess all titles do 
Thanks for commenting, as always.
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"it still runs the risk of being interpreted as pretentious, but I guess all titles do"
dear gods, isn't /that/ the truth! I rarely feel good about the title I give my pieces, even though I know that it alone can carry a huge portion of the power and impact a piece has on the viewer. I know that this is especially true for gallery pieces. I have noticed that my opinion and perception of a piece can change dramatically when I find the title. I think th title gives us a glimpse of the mind behind the work - and so it really speaks about the artist at the time of creation. It's no small part of a piece of art, and one I am not very skilled at yet. I am hoping that as my work begins to move from capturing beauty to trying to say something about that beauty, this process will become easier. *crossing my fingers*
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oh wow, i really love that.. great shot welder as ALWAYS really makes you.. wow I really love this shot.
Great work sir.
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I like the concept. The textures are great.
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