Seaweed

Seaweed

This photo has something different about it, something that draws me in and makes me look more. What made me take this photo was the way the seaweed moved with the sea, it was quite mesmerising watching the seaweed move in relation to the tide The loose seaweed being pulled to and fro with the sea created amazing shapes and something that was beautiful in a very bleak and murky way. Seaweed isn't glamorous, especially when it is clumped together. Both of the seaweed and murky water makes for a horribly bleak and grim setting, however I believe the motion and way the seaweed is formed by the water is a beautiful and fluid thing. This beauty is hidden within the overall murky and bleak setting, something I definitely want to explore more in further photos.  

Visually this photo has quite a painterly feel to it, again going against what you'd usually paint / the ideal sea. However due to the motion and fluidity of the seaweed it definitely resembles some aspects of painting of fine art.

In this photo there is also a lack of definition, one person said they thought they were clouds, another saw it as mountains. This has definitely changed how I see this photo and how photos can draw people in and make them think about and discuss the image.  

I'm interested in how my audience views my work, and what their initial thoughts are, how do they view it? What aspects are they drawn to? Does it make them go back to it? 

If I were to re-create this image, I'd look at how I could play more on how the audience views it. I feel the image does have a sense of mystery to it, and I'd like to spend more time working on mystery in my images. Making it more difficult for the audience to define what it is they are looking at and potentially making it more abstract to view, this could work well as a moving image.