Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, NYC, 2013.

Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, NYC, 2013.

All the pixels, none of the fresh air or social interaction at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/10374715704

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mattblaze@federate.social · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Captured with a small full frame mirrorless camera and 21mm lens.

A six second exposure created a motion study; we can see how people move around the plaza. Or perhaps they're ghosts.

Compositionally, this is mostly a study of circles and rings, with an imaginary diagonal radiating from the fountain to the man with the camera in the lower right.

GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

@mattblaze@federate.social

The composition brings to my mind "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge", by El Lissitzky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Lissitzky#Beat_the_Whites_with_the_Red_Wedge

mattblaze@federate.social · 1 pts · 1y

@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org Oh, that never occurred to me, but yes!

markc568@beige.party · 1 pts · 1y

@mattblaze@federate.social The before times. I remember them well.