"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." Bertrand Russell
The background perfectly offsets the foreground--not in a visual sense, as in, it coordinates, but in an aesthetic sense, as the theme I sense in the foreground just begs to have a normal (but not trite or overused) background . . . the sense of being in the middle of a road that goes off into the buildings seems just perfect.
Or that's my interpretation, anyway. I could be wrong.
We want something else which can hardly be put into words—to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it. That is why we have peopled air and earth and water with gods and goddesses and nymphs and elves—that, though we cannot, yet these projections can enjoy in themselves that beauty, grace, and power of which Nature is the image. That is why the poets tell us such lovely falsehoods. They talk as if the west wind could really sweep into a human soul; but it can’t. They tell us that ‘beauty born of murmuring sound’ will pass into a human face; but it won’t. Or not yet.
—C. S. Lewis
For "DARK".you are quite correct..i cannot imagine this photo with a vivid background and the unexpected delight of this jewelry lying about in front of a blurred landscape is perfect.............tells a story-great photos do this!
Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.
Edward Weston
This one is pretty cool. It makes you want to reach out and touch it. They're right. Adding it to a real picture really did add to the feel of it, and it added a brightness that might not otherwise be there.
Hello....This is a wonderful closeup showing great detail and colour in this beautiful ring and chain....Well done....All the best..................................Mick.