Available Light - Light and Shadow - Two Assignments

Here is the response I got about the shadow images I posted in my Smug Mug
gallery.

Hi Cynthia,  I reviewed your images.  They are definitely showing your awareness of shadows, yet please keep in mind the themes requested:  mysterious, abstract or artistic.  I am not seeing anything that really meets this criteria yet.  Basically I need you to think outside the box, let loose.  Everything I see now is very literal.

Well duh... They are indeed literal - nothing mysterious or abstract here - but I thought a couple were pretty artistic :(   I"m going to look again at everything I have done so far and see if I can find something that meets all three criteria- or crop into an image to make it fit.  Not sure I have time left for more shooting.  

Available Light _Light and Shadow - Two Assignments

The second part of the assignment asks us to focus on shadows:

Shadow:  Create 3 non-related extraordinary images where shadow is utilized as a primary or complimentary component of the composition.  Images should have a mysterious, abstract or artistic theme.  

This one is my favorite.  I thought it was mysterious 
but it did not meet Cliff's criteria.  Perhaps I should
have converted it to black and white.

I put a lot of these shadow images on my Smug Mug account:  If you have time, look at the images and 

let me know which three you think meet the criteria by writing a comment at the end of this post.   

Thanks   (Click here to go to my Smug Mug account)

Selective Light:  Create an extraordinary image wherein light has been utilized in 

a selective manner. accentuating  the center of interest in a very impact full and 

dramatic way.

These were the images I turned in.   I have not received a grade yet.....


Updated 9.8.2009
Grade received - B+.    Cliff thought the light in the "Golden Light" image was gorgeous - but was unmoved 
by the subject - he encouraged the class to  "marry" the subject with the light.   I guess that means to try 
and see a connection between the subject and the light before you push the shutter.

Available LIght_The Power of Light

Updated: September 15, 2009
Grade: A-
Your comments are insightful... Not sure whether the average viewer would learn so much from the visual information provided by the light as we see it..
O.K.  I guess this means - I need to see the image as others might see it and not rely on my own experiences so much.

Select three examples which demonstrate my awareness of light having a strong impact in an image.  Choose images Which relate directly to areas of my interest.... Due 8/23

This image by Kelly West was found on Flickr.  I think it is delightful.

Those tiny feet on the big boots of a soldier.  We don't know if it is a mom or a dad and we don't know if it is a little boy or a little girl, but still a poignant story is told in the image.

                
                                                          
I chose this image of a south western facade because I realize many
of my travel photographs include architectural details.   

I found this cloudy sunset on Flickr also.  It was captured by Phillip Klinger.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcdead/3713208200/