A year
or two ago, a fellow member of a photography based Facebook group posted an
image entitled, ‘Striped Stockings’ by a photographer named Ricky O’Neil. It
was a composite image of a woman’s legs wearing red striped socks shot under water,
with a miniature city sitting on the riverbed. It looked like a giant standing
over an under water world and although I didn’t take much meaning from it, I
found it pleasing to look at.
Striped Stockings - Ricky O'Neil
The
image provoked much discussion about where the line should be drawn where an
image can no longer be classed as photography. AS far as I’m concerned, if
you’ve had your camera out, it’s definitely at least a branch of photography;
other more purist members felt otherwise so the image raised some interesting
points.
Aside
from the discussion, we also challenged each other to create our own composite
images. This was my attempt:
The main
image was taken on holiday in Scotland. Driving round a bend, I couldn’t resist
parking up and capturing the view before me. The bugs were mainly taken in or
around my garden; bugs are great for focus practise so I had quite a few images
knocking about. The stick insects were our pets at the time so were easy to
shoot from any angle.
I think
if I did this image again now, I’d show more control over merging the images,
however I do like the composition and overall feel of the image.
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