What a Tangled Web We Weave by TwoPynts

Photography • Challenge • posted on Feb 25, 2005

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Thanks for your energizing comments on Road To The Wired World. Today we have something similar, yet different. I was struck by the number of lines connected to this one power pole. The more lines there are, the greater the illusion (at least for myself) of another dimension. I first noticed this effect years ago while laying on my back on a bench outside an art gallery. The cloudless blue sky provided a sharp contrast to the right angles of the building's architecture. All of a sudden, the world seemed to turn upside down and I was the one in the air while the sky I was viewing seemed to be a vast blue floor. Since then, I keep an eye out for places where this reversal of perspective is most easily seen. I found this pole with it's wires trailing away at right angles to be one such case. For lack of a better term, I personally dubbed this the MC. Escher effect. ;) I wanted to keep this a primarily black & white image, but though keeping the tree leaves green gave it a little extra something. :) As always, feedback and commets are welcome and appreciated! Olympus C5050 & PhotoshopCS -------- "...I myself passed many years in this state of self-delusion. But then there came a moment when it seemed as though scales fell from my eyes. I discovered that technical mastery was no longer my sole aim, for I became gripped by another desire, the existence of which I had never suspected, Ideas came into my mind quite unrelated to graphic art, notions which so fascinated me that I longed to communicate them to other people. This could not be achieved through words, for these thoughts were not literary ones, but mental images of a kind that can only be made comprehensible to others by presenting them as visual images..." from Notes On Art by MC. Escher Some Escher images that reflect this idea: Puddle High And Low Other World Relativity

Comments (31)

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DELMUR

6:48AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

Yes, it's better (for me) with green leaves!I read your explanations and what ? Sorry, for my comment,"BUT YOU MUST TO STOP TO SMOKE THE CARPET IMMEDIATELY!!!!" I REPEAT......

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diomedes66

6:57AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

Marvelous visual effect; and you just keep right on a'smokin! Bravo, Superbly done! V

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Chaos911

7:01AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

cool shot!!!

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cbender

7:09AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

awesome shot - i love the play with geometry here... :) very well done...!

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CDBrugg

7:33AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

I love the composition.

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MaydaMason

7:40AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

cool perspective! and love your selective colour work! V

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Zacko

8:34AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

Perfect POV, perfect compo with that green touch!!! Have a great weekend!!!

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fap77

9:08AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

Composition, angle and light are perfect. The touch of green ads to the final result. Okay, I just love this electrical webs in the sky.

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marybelgium

9:32AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

Perfect ...love the green leaves ! EXLT done .

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Silgrin

10:02AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

Wonderful capture! Although the green, optimistic leaves break the sad atmosphere... Luckily. :)

cynlee

10:37AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

the angles made are fascinating, making a big X, leading the eye in & out then the added selected color & contrast of the tree limb is a bonus! :]

rodomolo

10:43AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

Excellent v POV is Top, et la couleur aussi

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hotracer2

11:16AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

Great POV, could have done without the branches, but looks like no choice!!!Well done:):):)

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Enmos

11:36AM | Fri, 25 February 2005

Awesome pov and colorwork !! Superb capture !! :o)

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escafeld

12:15PM | Fri, 25 February 2005

I'm giving up with 'trains', from now on I'm going pole spotting and I know exactly what I'm looking for. It will be 'something' I once did with poles years ago. Thanks Kort for renewing my enthusiasm for this subject! Cheers and have a good weekend!

DeviousMoose

12:21PM | Fri, 25 February 2005

Great vision to get a shot like this! The POV looking up makes this such a great "abstract" image. Now- IF there was a way to remove the tree- would make it more surreal! But EXCALLENT SHOT!

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TwoPynts

12:32PM | Fri, 25 February 2005

No, there would have had to be some major postwork to remove those tree branches, and no guarantee that it would look right afterwards. But I'll keep it in mind for the next treeless pole I see! ;)

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