I chose to use the last image by Ben Goossens. The image had a picture of an owl sitting on a chair. I am not sure why I am drawn to this picture, but I think it may be because of the way the picture fits. Though it may have very different objects in it, nothing looks out of place like a lot of his pictures. I also like birds so that may have been another reason I was drawn to it.
I chose to reframe the picture the way I did was because I had always thought that the picture was too light on the side that the window was on. So I just got rid of it. The widow didn’t really contribute any thing to the picture itself, all the window did was direct the eye to the owl in the chair. By getting rid of the window, I focused more on the owl.
The chair that the owl is sitting on directs the eye down by two different ways. The first are the two columns that support the back of the chair. Your eye is drawn to the top of the columns and directed downward by how heavy the seat of the chair is. The second is the decorative carving that are on the horizontal rods. the very first rung has the largest carving on the top, directing the eye to it. As you follow the carvings, they seem to shrink in size and finally you hit the top of the owl.
Finally the room directs the eye from the bottom right corner into the chair, as do the other lines that the room creates. the book that the owl is sitting on completes the way that the chair frames the owl. This frame comes from the horizontal rungs on the back of the chair, the two arm rests, and the seat of the chair and the book.
Great post! I actually used the same picture as you did. I agree that by removing the window, the attention is directed straight to the owl instead of making a pit stop at the window. But I think by removing the rest of the room on the left, the viewer lacks a sense of how big the room is and what they are truly looking at.
ReplyDeleteWell written, nice!