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Up in Smoke

I haven't posted an abstract in a while - even though it is a favorite genre of mine. Here are two photographs from a series titled "Up in Smoke" I'd love your thoughts!

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You're good at these, Ruth. Like 'em both! I prefer the monochrome. I like its composition a lot. For some reason that rather vivid blue puts me off the second, but I suspect it's in the context of the slightly moodier first one. On its own, the second has an uplifting liveliness and buoyancy. Anyway... I couldn't resist a moodier variant, perhaps reflecting winter here, and approaching rain as I write.

I like both quite a lot. They look like impressionist paintings. And I agree with Chris that they seem better in isolation. I had the same initial reaction to the second, but then I scrolled the first up off the top of my screen so only the second was visible. That let the blue one shine.Strange what context can do.

Thanks for the feedback Kevin! Im going to revisit the black and white one in color. :)