A Story in Edges

Tony,

I am not sure. It looks like you are in some type of a slot canyon with some very interesting reflected light bouncing off something to light the closest rock face. I love the hint of back light at the ver top of the center dak wall. It is very abstract with a sens of flatness and depth at the same time. Very elusive.

At the risk of always seeming to be sort of gushing over your imagery Tony, this is absolutely beyond belief. Phenomenal abstract by a master of the art. The textures, the lines, the light are beyond superb.
After a bit of study, I believe that I am looking at three sandstone faces; that on the right is nearest, the darker one is mid-ground, and the farthest stone face being on the left hand side of the image. I imagine reflected light is illuminating the faces on the left and right; the left hand sandstone face being lit by light reflected off the back of the dark mid-ground face, the slight edgelight suggesting this. Could be all wrong though. Amazing how the lines and light confound the mind as to who's on first. This uncertainty adds to the amazing beauty. Incredible work as always.

Ah, man. I love an image that commands you to study it and take a closer look in order to get a grasp on what is happening. Absolutely brilliant in that department. I like the very subtle striations and the natural feel of the processing as well. This is one of the best images I've seen in a while, and one I'd gladly put on my wall.

Tony, I like this slot canyon abstraction a lot. The small version really plays tricks on my eyes. The larger version less so. However, the tones look rather strange, especailly the transitions to what were probably darker shadows. It looks like the results I get with too much shadow/highlight recovery?

I think I understand what's going on here but really, I don't care whether I "get it" or not. I love the image and find it to be a beautiful abstract w/ stunning light, color and tones.

Great shot, Tony. I actually like the little "puzzle" included in here. Makes you look closer and enjoy all the beauty in here even more.

WoW !! this is killer

what a great find

im always enjoying your fine art works

very beautiful Tony

wish you all the best man

Hamed

Have not looked at other's people guesses. Of course a slot canyon. The nearest wall is on the right, partly covering the one in the center and then the one on the left is the one furthest away. This one seems to be lit from behind the center element.

Works great for me Tony. Fascinating how this gets my mind working.

I am totally confused by looking at it But what an excellent image.... !!! I think this is your best Tony.... holy smokes....

Hi Tony,

I'm with Bret on this. I don't care if I "get" what's going on here. Don't need to at all actually. It has great visual impact and a wonderful rhythm running vertically as well as horizontally. Interesting about the minimal processing for such a powerful image.

Very interesting. Lovely range of tones and light.

I love it, Tony. Can't tell what's in front or behind what. This really plays tricks on your mind and makes it fascinating to study.

Guy

Yup, it's an abstract and I like it.
The alternating shades and vertical lines, along with very subtle horizontal lines, make the photo.
the fisch

Wow Tony, This is 3D work :)
I love this work
the light here is wonderful, I always enjoy your work Tony

What a wonderful study of light, shapes, and texture! Almost three dimensional in it's depth. Super eye Tony.

A fine art abstract, Tony. Beyond that I don't know what it is nor do I care.

What Guy said. This is excellent, but my eyes are having a great time being baffled. What seems to be in front and back is continually shifting on me. I think I have it, then what seemed like the background becomes the foreground again. Very cool!!

This is really tricky and I like it! Great glow regardless and I think it glows more when you have to stare at it to figure out what is going on. Good stuff.

I'm with the others here. I don't care to make sense of the image. I just like it.

- Dan.

This is great to look at, and very interesting. On my monitor I see a little white on the rock edge of the shadow area left of center and not sure what that is. Guess I can't really figure it out, but I sure like the image. The detail in the sandstone is amazing to me. Great work.

Wonderful Tony, the shadows, lines and colours are great. Super capture and presentation
Bob

Outstanding stuff Tony. Absolutely love the layers play tricks on my mind, how they add so much dimension

Great work, Tony. I have a guess as to what is going on in this puzzle, but I can't be sure. Excellent work!

I really like how the three rock faces appear to jump around in the scene. Great image and illusion, Tony. Judging from the bright edge on the center rock, I would guess that it's being hit by direct light from behind.

This makes my brain hurt! What an incredible, complex, beautiful image. There is also a very sensuous line in the middle that looks like a profile of a woman's body.

First of all i like this image even though I don't really know what this is. I think that you are in a slot canyon and this are the canyon walls and its reflected light and shadows. It is very abstract but it does work for me. I love the lines and textures here and the color.

I do like it but at the same time find it a tad "indecipherable." Almost an optical illusion. I think it confuses the brain. In that respect, very unique and very cool!

I hope you tell everyone what we are seeing, I have been looking at this for a long time and it is starting to make me crazy. the center column of sand stone is real, not a shadow, and I believe your light source is coming in from behind it, giving it the illusion of being a shadow, anyway, beautiful work as always Tony.

Beautiful image Tony, the light is fantastic! I thought I understood it just fine, but looking harder I now see it in a different a way. That's too cool Tony. Well done!

Indecipherable to me beyond orange sandstone, light and dark, but as an abstract it works beautifully.

This is absolutly fascinating, Tony. The combination of light and shadow is very engaging and keeps the viewer looking. I have looked at this a couple of times and I have seen a face, a woman's profile and a derriere so far. This rocks!

Ed

The whole idea of an abstract is that is not need to be decipherable. Don't do that to yourself. What you have done is a beautiful, dynamic abstract. Do I guess what it is? Yes. Do I really care what it is? No. That is the mark of a successful abstract. We are more taken by the design than the source. Well done!

I took a few minutes staring at the large version, impressive. My eyes were glued, very misterious and painterly. Beautiful work. One must take some time to apreciate the beauty of this piece of work, or shall I say, piece of art. fabulous, tony.

I think it is two sandstone faces. The two darker stripes are part of the light kissed one on the right. The light and color looks magnificent Tony. Only very minor nit is the little bit of white on the edge of the left face. Really did not notice it until I looked a the larger version. Splendid work once again.

I can't remember anything else that has played with my eyes more than this in recent memory. Wow, this is very cool regardless if I can figure out what is front or back. Another top notch TK sandstone image!

What a wierd effect... I love how it plays with the mind. It's pretty difficult to discern which is the fg element and which is the bg... Either way, what an amazing abstract with wonderful light!

Wonderful abstract shot Tony, incredible light and color. My guess is this is a slot canyon, but either way I really enjoy this shot. Great work.

Fascinating mind game Tony. I really like the slightly more subtle/natural color/contrast you used on this one too, looks real nice

This is an amazing abstract image Tony. It really plays tricks on my eyes/mind, which makes it very enjoyable to view. Well done.

What everyone else has said.

Excellent, Tony.

A beautiful study in light, texture and contrast. This is destined to be a classic, Tony.

Mark Capurso
Phoenix, AZ

A beautiful study in light, texture and contrast. This is destined to be a classic, Tony.

Mark Capurso
Phoenix, AZ

Very very interesting. And, really abstract. I have been studying it for a while (specially the larger version) and its taxing but enjoyable to try and figure it out. I think the way you have it now is perfect - the contrast is excellent and that is perhaps what is keeping us from easily deciphering the image.

Nice job Tony.

At first I was a bit disoriented, but I second Vance and Dietrich guesses.

Giovanni.

Wonderful light and glow in this image. But, it's difficult to tell what's in the front or back, and this works for me.

This is great Tony. I don't recall ever seeing an image that messed with my eyes and brain so much.
I think there is something about the edges that really amplifies this, don't quite know what it is though.

I believe it can be figured out without that much difficulty (the walls recede from right to left across the frame). If you tell us otherwise, I'll be a bit surprised. Regardless I enjoy it tremendously. I'm not quite willing to agree with those who say it doesn't matter if you can figure it out . . . I like to be able to get my mind around what I'm looking at even if it is an abstract.

Oops, just read your "note" about the comp. Looks like my instincts were right.

Coming back to it at first glance before my mind plays tricks on me I see foreground on the right, midground in the middle then background on the left. Right? Wrong?

Then the mind flips it in reverse.

Wow! This image is wild, this is one of those abstract images that really confounds the senses. I love the relationship with the positive and negative space. Wonderful image Tony.