Walking The Labyrinth

[mtbbrian]

The church my wife and I go to has a labyrinth on its grounds, which I have wanted to photograph for sometime now.
Labyrinths are popular enough that there is a site dedicated to locating them worldwide, wwll.veriditas.labyrinthsociety.org/home
There is a lot of symbolgy in labyrinths that I was unaware of until lately, which can be as indivudal and as personal as art, so I will leave it up to you take what you will from my photograph.

I'd love to hear what yout thoughts are on the photograph.

Brian

[gahspidy]

This is an interesting approach to composing this shot. I think it all works for me here but I wish the focus was on the girls legs. Actually, it appears to be on her shadow which when I look and take it in i find i get more comfortable with the composition. I guess I can say this may grow on me as i look at it more.

[swmdrayfan]

Hard to figure this one out, Brian, and I think I'll have to come back to it to get a better feel for it. Co-incidently, the wife and I rented 'Pan's Labyrinth' last night. Interesting flick.

[mtbbrian]

Co-incidently, the wife and I rented 'Pan's Labyrinth' last night. Interesting flick.

My wife and I rented that movie over the past weekend too!
Someone else, on another forum referred to that movie also with this photograph, saying that my photograph reminded him of the movie saying they were both "disturbingly beautiful".
Brian

[Overbeyond]

It's unusual and new. The lack of focus on the legs comes over to me as though there is some movement as she perhaps increases her speed as she approaches the inner rings. The dark corners add to the mystery. We will still be looking at this when we have forgotton lots of others.

[Didache]

Brian .. I have come back to this one a few times - Gary was absolutely right: you need to let this one sink in a little. I think this is one of the features of a really worth-while image - it doesn't release itself to you all at once, but has hidden depths.

I think it's a great picture and one in which the Holga (I assume so, anyway) approach is not just a novelty, but part of what makes this picture. The Holga lack of sharpness is important, as is the lack of clues about location and even about the owner of the legs: it makes the whole image ambiguous and tentative - but that is exactly what labyrinths are all about!

God, I am sounding like an art critic here!

Cheers
Mike

[mtbbrian]

Thanks everyone for your comments, I especially appreciate your in-depth comments Mike.
This was done with my Holga.
Brian