Triptych musings
I always seem to have a restless night after the TPC clubnight experience!
I enjoyed the evening, particularly the greater interaction which these non-Competition events allow. Something the Open Shutter Subgroup does in spades and I have learnt a great deal from fellow Members. You might consider joining us.
Interesting to hear individuals talking about the pre planning of their entry and the process of preparing for the display. One recurring theme I was pleased to notice was that Members were trying to think around the subject and to attempt something different! Either in subject, image, post processing or visual presentation.
It is noticeable that Members of the Open Shutter Subgroup (previously AI) have changed over the years due to the creative discussions and viewing non-traditional competition type images. A little lateral thinking exposure.
If you are trying to expand your creativity, I would recommend viewing the TPC Flickr site and exploring the many “groups” links, being guided by their titles such as “minimalism”/”abstract shadows”/”lines curves and shadows” etc, some of which have very diverse images to peruse for inspiration.
I have included here my Triptych.
It was created from images taken at The 2024 TaviFringe event.
I noticed a preponderance of red hair, a convenient theme.
It was an opportunity to try again a different unorthodox grouping-it was the only way to fit them together! I have in the distant past tried a non-rectangular single-image competition entry, but you might be able to guess the judge's comment. I have also suggested a similar format for one of TPC's Panel entries, but was not adopted. The scope is tremendous once the fetters of convention is discarded.
This grouping was dictated by the complexities of depth of fields/perspective/composition of each image and I eventually manipulated them to fit together. The red Stroke line was a challenge but eventually achieved in Photoshop.
Thanks Jean
Your reply made me think a little more about what the name meant.
The origin was very specific but evolved into something more diverse.
The Googled search result:
triptych
noun
trip·tych ˈtrip-(ˌ)tik
Synonyms of triptych
1
a
: a picture (such as an altarpiece) or carving in three panels side by side
b
: something composed or presented in three parts or sections
especially : trilogy
2
: an ancient Roman writing tablet with three waxed leaves hinged together
Did you know?
Triptych Has Greek Roots
A painted or carved triptych typically has three hinged panels, and the two outer panels can be folded in towards the central one. A literary or musical triptych generally consists of three closely related or contrasting themes or parts. Triptych derives from the Greek triptychos ("having three folds"), formed by combining tri- ("three") and ptychē ("fold" or "layer"). Although triptych originally described a specific type of Roman writing tablet that had three hinged sections, it is not surprising that the idea was generalized first to a type of painting, and then to anything composed of three parts.
The red border of each image was used to however finely separate. The appearance of apparent continuous outer border does perhaps, give more of a collage effect - makes me wonder what is the difference between the two.
Perhaps the Club's more experienced judges could also comment how they would assess the presentation.
Now we have on the website frontice piece, the most popular on club night, we can assess the opinions of the wider Membership.