COMPOSITION; A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS

Watermark 1. This image was made by layering five views of a photo.Unfinished. © by Ruth Zachary

In the last post the above image with a white background was shown. The black background was created by selecting white under the Selection Menu, and filling with black. This left a small outline from the previously white areas, either a mistake or a bonus, depending on how one sees it. The white outlines show in many of the layering experiments I tried later.

Another experiment was to take the different camera views and arrange them differently than just in a horizontal configuration, as can be seen below:

Watermark 4. Vertical and horizontal layering in one composition. Unfinished. ©by Ruth Zachary

I do not find the multiple directions in this experiment as satisfying as Watermark 1. The sharp peaks on the edges looked like fallen and broken formations in a cave, a rather unpleasant image. Rounding many of the sharp peaks still did little to ease the tension and confusion and lack of space suggested by the different directions.

Cropping the whole and preserving the left 2/3 portion of the above image, and turning the remaining part counter clockwise seems like a viable option for rectifying the composition.

Using cutout sections for use in collage might also be very useful.

Watermark 7. (Layering other textures with the Cavern-like imagery using modes.)

I also used layering with the original image. Two other textural layers were also altered by changing the modes, and some of these resulted in interesting imagery for carrying to completion. 

Watermark 7 is quite interesting for its landscape qualities. See the white outlines? Once again, I would try retaining the bottom 2/3 of this arrangement, with modifications before considering it complete. If you are interested, one more image was shown on my montage blog of 07-06-14, Experiments and Accidents, which you can access by clicking on this link. http://rzmontage.blogspot.com.

I would welcome comments by other people on these experiments. Leave your comments at the bottom of this post.

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