Photo of the Week—April 3rd

[Federico Alegria]

Last week, Diane flipped the switch towards the “art of less” and challenged us to embrace negative space; an equally feared and beloved compositional technique. However, the underlying principle behind ‘less is more’, requires one to understand how much can be stripped away while retaining the same message; or even a stronger one. Juggling with crop and negative

Here, bucweet nailed everything down; creative use of negative space ✓, isolation ✓, scale ✓, balance ✓, simplicity ✓ and even contrast! And beyond that, the wild-life spirit is clear; it resonates with the viewing audience. Now, the trick here is the unwilling accident that produced such an interesting composition:

> A few years ago… I mistakenly got a little ahead of the subject while tracking/panning…

The negative space is on point, and the look on the owl’s face gives it a nice touch of humour to the scene. Some might flag this as a compositional mistake, but for those of us craving for something different and unique amidst the ai slop we are seeing everywhere, this definitely fits as a fresh shot.

Thanks @paul-3 for sharing this with us!

[Tersha]

Congrats on POTW, Paul. great shot, perfect for the Challenge!

[bucweeet]

Thank you, Diane!  @tersha

[Pat Garrett]

@paul-3  I KNEW IT! Definitely deserves POTW,

[bucweeet]

Aw, thank you, Pat!  @patography

[Anne Hornsby]

Congrats, Paul!  As I said, I love this shot.

[bucweeet]

Thank you very much, Anne!  @annehornsby

[Robert Apple]

Grats Paul, Like I said before its a great image.

[bucweeet]

Thank you, Robert!

[Stefanie Markham]

This is exceptional!  Nice work!

 

[bucweeet]

Aw, thank you Stefanie  @stef

[Retired Grunt]

Congrats on the POTW!!

Clearly a unique photo!!

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Very unique photo and composition Paul. Congratulations on POTW 🙂

[Wendy P]

Great capture!

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