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Geometry of Life

nobody@ipernity.com (William Sutherland) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:44:48 +0000

Mamaroneck, NY

Taken with a Motorola® Android Smart Phone 50 MP Quad Pixel camera. Digitally edited using CoPilot® (Microsoft).

Geometry of Life captures the intersection between the soft, biological curves of the tulip and the rigid, industrial lines of the wall and drainage pipe. It elevates the image from a simple floral study to the profound reality that how nature occupies a structured world.

In this minimalist composition, the organic form of a red tulip serves as a vibrant vertical axis against the horizontal plane of white stucco wall. The composition is defined by spatial tension; the soft, saturated volume of the flower is balanced by the empty, dark circumference of the drainage pipe. By stripping the environment of color, the image exposes the underlying architecture of the scene, transforming a chance encounter with a "found object" into a deliberate exploration of shape, line, and placement. It is an observation of how the fluid geometry of nature asserts itself within the rigid, monochromatic structures of a man-made landscape.

With two competing focal points (the red tulip and the dark drainage pipe) that break conventional rules, this photograph is a study in direct perception that captures the quiet intensity of a single biological and non-biological form, each isolated by negative space.

Digits: 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (William Sutherland) — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 17:59:46 +0000

William Sutherland has posted:

Larchmont, NY

Note: Digital Art created from a photograph of a push button padlock.

I wish everyone on the Ipernity Team, every member and every participant on Ipernity and their friends and families a happy, healthy, prosperous and peaceful 2023.

Into the blue sky

nobody@ipernity.com (Stevia) — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 11:50:13 +0000

Stevia has posted:

Für die Gruppe "The Sunday Challenge" zum Thema: "Negative Space"

➽➽ Der Zeppelin NT

Winter Contemplation

nobody@ipernity.com (William Sutherland) — Sat, 19 Jan 2019 01:29:22 +0000

William Sutherland has posted:

Mamaroneck, NY

Note: Winter Contemplation consists of various colors conducive to the season. The grays represent the leaden sky that is prevalent before snowstorms as well as the absence of colors because of the absence of lush vegetation. The dark black from the top left corner to the bottom right corner represents gravel that is covered in snow (the white color of the broken glass in the upper portion and dirt in the lower portion creating dominance). A gray snowflake is barely visible at the top center of the arrangement to attest to the fact that snow cover is composed of millions of these tiny, intricate and delicate flakes. The large black circle represents negative space to symbolize the absence of spring, summer, and autumn, which are integral parts of the Earth’s seasonal cycle as well as the ineffective winter sun. The spacer rings represent the continuity of the seasons. The pale pink and red colors represent tepid warmth while the light blue color portrays winter cold and the season’s refreshing air. The smiling face depicts joy since it can be found in every season as we appreciate their unique characteristics the infinite preciousness of life.

Class Of '77

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:07:05 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

A little pendant on a chain given to me by a friend a long time ago.

For the Saturday Self-Challenge group, whose theme this week was "Negative Space." I shot it in black and white so that the silver of the chain and pendant would stand out.

SSC 10 November 2018

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 14:28:17 +0000

Roger Bennion has posted:

Explored! Thank you very much :-)

SATURDAY SELF-CHALLENGE
10 NOVEMBER 2018
NEGATIVE SPACE
PHOTOGRAPH IN COLOUR OR B/W. PLEASE KEEP POST PROCESSING MINIMAL

This building in Hemel Hempstead is some 20 storeys high and I planned to zoom in to the top of the building with the hope there would be some blue sky and maybe some wispy clouds :-)

As it turned out it was dull and 'orrible! The sky was just a lifeless grey. I decided to click on the grey part with the 'set white point' dropper in Photoshop Elements to see what would happen. I think white works better than grey here. And, I was pleased that a bird flew into my shot just as I pressed the shutter :-))

Also, for 'Sight and Sound' -
An album entitled "Gene Clark - Flying HIgh" featured some of Gene's very best work. I have, therefore, chosen "Past Addresses" from this album. One of my many faves by Gene. Recorded after Gene had left The Byrds.

Added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music

♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Past Addresses ~ Gene Clark

Blue Rice Pony

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 05:09:52 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

Yes, I dyed the rice blue.

Thanks go out to my neighbor Sue for helping pick out the blue food coloring.

Daylight Come And Me Wanna Go Home

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 16:02:47 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

Many days as I come home from working in de banana fields, I sing this little song:

"Day-O, Day-ay-ay-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home."

Negative Space

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Sat, 31 May 2014 10:20:34 +0000

Gillian Everett has posted:

TSC 1 June - negative space featuring the colour blue, which cannot be sky.

Clue here... Original item

Wine Companion

Negative space, in art, is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, and not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and such space is occasionally used to artistic effect as the "real" subject of an image. The use of negative space is a key element of artistic composition.
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