Fake Whimsey
Jan 18, 2018 17:07:18 #
Jan 18, 2018 18:54:02 #
I quite like this. A hint of life in a barren landscape where it seems not much could survive. The B&W adds to the mood.
Jan 18, 2018 20:16:29 #
That looks like a long trudge to work. I can certainly understand your being bored with winter. I’m going stir crazy waiting for warmer weather. Luckily I have a couple of indoor photography projects to work on.
Walt
Walt
Jan 18, 2018 21:32:19 #
I like the photo because it is well done but it also sparks the imagination. I can picture it being a book cover.
Jan 18, 2018 22:58:48 #
Well done !
It grips one’s attention and begins...twisting...
Super impact!
Dave
It grips one’s attention and begins...twisting...
Super impact!
Dave
Jan 19, 2018 01:30:28 #
Thanks for the comments. Just a bit of fun.
The pumpjack shot was mostly to see how the Voigtlander Vitomatic behaved pointed into the sun and wind polished snow. It just needed a little something.
The pumpjack shot was mostly to see how the Voigtlander Vitomatic behaved pointed into the sun and wind polished snow. It just needed a little something.
Jan 19, 2018 08:38:24 #
OK, I'm going to read more into this than may have been your intent, Dan, but that's a viewer's prerogative, right? 
Many commuters spend hours a day on the highways' wastelands, so I feel the discomfort (heat, desert...or snow?!) and empty hours of mindless inactivity.
I assume the machine in the middle is an oil well pumping rig, so I'm discerning a connection between our dependence on oil and our self-induced slavery: highway commutes to unpleasant jobs that we need in order to buy more "stuff."
And I haven't had breakfast or coffee yet, so if nothing I said makes sense, just move along
Many commuters spend hours a day on the highways' wastelands, so I feel the discomfort (heat, desert...or snow?!) and empty hours of mindless inactivity.
I assume the machine in the middle is an oil well pumping rig, so I'm discerning a connection between our dependence on oil and our self-induced slavery: highway commutes to unpleasant jobs that we need in order to buy more "stuff."
And I haven't had breakfast or coffee yet, so if nothing I said makes sense, just move along
Jan 19, 2018 09:21:01 #
Jan 19, 2018 10:47:14 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
OK, I'm going to read more into this than may have... (show quote)
Naah. Just a somewhat myopic Fuller Brush dude who hasn't figured out how to use the GPS app on his smartphone.
Hope you have had some coffee by now.
Jan 19, 2018 10:48:47 #
jaymatt wrote:
Nice example of minimalism. Good job.
Thanks. Didnt think of it as minimalistic but it is.
Jan 19, 2018 10:56:30 #
dansmith wrote:
....or just bored with Winter...
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Love it! Creative, puzzling, funny, mysterious, confusing, fascinating. Also well executed. Can tell a variety of stories depending on the context of the presentation and the mind of the viewer, which is the key to creative art. Thanks for sharing this one!
Jan 19, 2018 16:42:40 #
jaymatt wrote:
Nice example of minimalism. Good job.
dansmith wrote:
Thanks. Didnt think of it as minimalistic but it is.
To help in my education, please explain more re how this meets the definition of minimalism. Defintions I found:
1. using a minimum amount of components such as colour, shape, line and texture
2. the focus is one one small key element and the rest of the composition is completely clutter free
3. characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity
If the subject is The Commuter, there are still several strong elements that contribute to the complexity of the composition (and to the possible stories perceived by various viewers): the sun, the machinery, the vast barren landscape.
Many thanks Dan and John.
Jan 20, 2018 09:12:51 #
dansmith wrote:
....or just bored with Winter...
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No denying that we need that awful liquid; but it is a blight on the landscape. I do, however, like the photograph. It is stark and in your face which works well with that subject. Mr. briefcase would look better on a city street; but then we would not have whimsy would we?
Erich
Jan 20, 2018 12:04:11 #
minniev wrote:
Love it! Creative, puzzling, funny, mysterious, confusing, fascinating. Also well executed. Can tell a variety of stories depending on the context of the presentation and the mind of the viewer, which is the key to creative art. Thanks for sharing this one!
Thanks m. Glad this one brightened up your January day.
Jan 20, 2018 12:12:33 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
To help in my education, please explain more re ho... (show quote)
Oh dear. Maybe John can enlighten you on what can be percieved as minamilist. I'm not much of an academic when it comes to things like that. Someone could drive a nail in a railway tie, place it in a public space and call it art, If for some reason the opus stirred my soul I may agree, otherwise I would walk on..
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