remember to try and choose subjects that we haven't covered before and that allow all types of artistic medium to take part - thanks.

What is visual antithesis?

haven't we done the macro thing before albeit called nano? would also be a little tricky for non photo artists to get involved with too.

Examples of (verbal antithesis):

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antithesis , a figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure. Parallelism of expression serves to emphasize opposition of ideas. The familiar phrase "Man proposes, God disposes" is an example of antithesis, as is John Dryden's description in "The Hind and the Panther" : "Too black for heaven, and yet too white for hell."
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examples of Visual Antithesis


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10bigcity.html

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In my search for the meaning of this term I had never heard of before today, I have found that it is a technique commonly used... in advertising. I think that this would be an interesting exercise that would help us to recognize and/or counterbalance the power of persuasion along with perhaps developing some skill in photography. For those of us who did not know what it was... it must definitely rank in the 'something new' category. And probably the thing I like about this Topic the most... it would (hopefully!) make us think! In yet another link I found a ppt showing a 'montage' could be a valid representation of Visual Antithesis.
Try googling   antithesis Rene Magritte
or                  nilsenvocabulary visual antithesis   to get but two hits!

I had also looked-up Vertical Photography but immediately (and this could be an error on my part!) became disinterested when I found it to be map photography or aerial photography.

:o)

Not really trying to influence the vote... this is truly intended more as a shortcut to information... as an answer to Horntail's question... even though I succumbed and expressed my opinion! :O)

How about a 'color' ... I'm specifically thinking of ORANGE where that color can be either dominant or is the main focus of the composition. In other words, orange has to be eyecatching with creativity put into the image. I'm sure for most that sunrise / sunset will come to mind, but there are many natural occurances that display the color orange as well as man-made objects.

A color such as orange would be open to all genres as well ... Abstract / Fractal, CGI, & of course, Photography.

Orange is an interesting idea, Sherree, as would be any single-colored theme. If I might shamelessly plug my "composition", I was thinking it might double as a teaching tool, much the same way the "Negative Space" did.

Wouldn't verbal antithesis be very similar to the oxymoron contest we had awhile back? And just to keep the older contest list up to date, we also had a negative space contest after the curves contest. As for macro being similar to nano...that's true but that one goes back a long time and we have alot of new members since then who might like to participate in something like that. I do like the dominent color theme...an idea we had for our challenges...and orange would be a good color for this time of year.

Pat,
Here is what I found thru' google:
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oxymoron A figure of speech that combines two usually contradictory terms in a compressed paradox, as in the word bittersweet or the phrase living death. Oxymoronic phrases, like Milton's ‘darkness visible’, were especially cultivated in 16th‐ and 17th‐century poetry. Shakespeare has his Romeo utter several in one speech:

Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate,
O anything of nothing first create;
O heavy lightness, serious vanity,
Misshapen chaos of well seeming forms,
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still waking sleep, that is not what it is!
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Antithesis:
1. Direct contrast; opposition.
2. The direct or exact opposite: Hope is the antithesis of despair.
3. a. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure, as in “Hee for God only, shee for God in him” (John Milton).
b. The second and contrasting part of such a juxtaposition.
4. The second stage of the Hegelian dialectic process, representing the opposite of the thesis.
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While they are defined differently, I can see how they would be treated similarily!

I have changed my vote... 'caedes allows this flexibility. And the process seems to work flawlessly... my previous vote was subtracted from Visual Antithesis and added to 'my current Topic'! o:)

I think Macro...would work for anything. Abstracts can be done in a macro way, so can any contemporary art. It just takes a bit of thinking power to come up with something, that's what makes these ideas such great challenges. The more difficult the better the challenge, the more interesting for all.

I'm voting for the night. Limited light shots are notoriously hard to make.

Vertical gets my vote. Single color would be ok as well. I think many of us become couch potatoes (horizontal) and it is time to get up (vertical) and do something. Not all have a macro lens.

TicK

I particularly enjoy looking at photography with vertical images in mind. Today's world is filled with so many directional scenerary that it would be interesting to see what people come up with.

Vertical, too, seems like a good idea. Maybe "composition" was too vague... just that.. people seem more focused on subject matter than on how, it often seems, the overall shot or image is layed out and.. composed. Thought maybe if a contest were introduced, more people would make a conscious effort to consider the whole image. Anywho.. just my $.02

'more people would make a conscious effort to consider the whole image'

you've been here before right?

;-)

Verena - whilst in principle you are correct, considering we only received 4 non photographic entries for this contest which would have been a very good format - particularly for sketching for instance - I doubt that voting for another clearly photographic theme will encourage greater participation.

Only a few more hours left. Go Orange!

Yeah! Go Orange! ;-)

It is weird,i noticed there were 12 votes for Macro and now there are 11 votes.

If I'm correct ... one has the option to change their vote if they wish to or submit a new topic / theme during the voting process ... but can only vote once.

A good variety of themes to select from ... methinks.

Thank you for the explanation Sherree,perhaps someone else will confirm that,have a nice weekend.

Jerome... see the last paragraph of my previous note. 13th before this one. :o)

Thank you Con,i did not notice that,have a nice weekend.

"choose subjects ... that allow all types of artistic medium to take part ..."


'Orange (colour)' ... pour moi. :o)

And although it is almost near the close of this particular poll ... something else to keep in mind for future contest topics ... the site's membership is international in flavour.

"Keep it simple, in other words", said the guy who ran the "Negative Space" contest.

(*shudders at the recollection of having to explain that one ... again ... and again ... and ...*)

/\ I still ... have nightmares. :o|

:oP

Go Orange! :)

Hummmm! Interesting! It looks like Orange Macro.