What Inspires You?
May 23, 2019 14:39:04 #
kenievans
Loc: Dallas
traderjohn wrote:
I am referring to the stock market.
More times than not I am a Bull. The market goes higher.
Now I am more Bearish. The market goes down.
I sort of went off the reservation on my response. Sorry.
More times than not I am a Bull. The market goes higher.
Now I am more Bearish. The market goes down.
I sort of went off the reservation on my response. Sorry.
Not a problem. The bull and the bear have lots of different cultural meanings, some of them even humorous. I think it was Merrill Lynch that used to use the bull in their commercials. They still have it in their logo. And now you are being very punny with your "off the reservation" comment.
May 23, 2019 14:42:21 #
kenievans
Loc: Dallas
ebrunner wrote:
I'm not usually terribly interested in the symbolism of objects. I don't discount this, however, as a source of inspiration. In this photo, the beautiful black and white rendering (I particularly like the sky) is inspiration enough for me. I love it. More, even, than the nice color examples.
Erich
Erich
Erich I am glad you the black and white. The sky in that one is what I like as well especially as a backdrop for the crow. I think it just looks too cool. I thought about cropping it down to just the crow on the ladder but I was afraid the pixels would be blown out cropping it that far.
May 23, 2019 14:52:55 #
kenievans wrote:
....The symbols can be an image that many recognize and understand the meaning of like your bird notes, a black cat (bad luck), or a bald eagle (patriotism). Because we all have an agreed upon meaning for that symbol or icon, we can add whimsy, humor, or different emotions by the use of them......
It seems to me that dream symbols probably come close to being universal. Archetypes are another potentially universal language.
May 23, 2019 16:29:01 #
kenievans wrote:
Not a problem. The bull and the bear have lots of... (show quote)
By simply adding the crow made a huge difference. I liked the color image as it was, but adding the crow took the WOW factor to a whole new level. Thanks for giving me another creative outlook.
Trivia tidbit: my wife and I watched the filming of one of those Merrill Lynch commercials. The bull is actually a female longhorn cow. Filmed on the beach in Crescent City, Ca. handlers put her calf in the back of a pick up and slowly drove down the beach with mother trotting a few feet behind. Another truck with film crew next to her recorded her movement.
May 23, 2019 19:18:34 #
kenievans
Loc: Dallas
R.G. wrote:
It seems to me that dream symbols probably come close to being universal. Archetypes are another potentially universal language.
Those are both excellent suggestions R.G. I think we all subconsciously recognize the symbols and their meanings whether they were intentionally used or not and it is part of why we react to or feel about an image. However symbolism is only a part of what we react to. There are also the other things that are important in a good photo like, composition, light, color etc that influence us. Then sometimes is really is all about just a pretty picture and those great too.
May 23, 2019 19:24:30 #
kenievans
Loc: Dallas
robertperry wrote:
By simply adding the crow made a huge difference. ... (show quote)
I'm glad you liked it. Feel free to post something that inspired you.
I never realized that was a cow. I should be ashamed. Any good Texas gal should be able tell cow from a steer.
May 23, 2019 20:15:29 #
kenievans wrote:
Linda thank you for posting such fun examples. No... (show quote)
Down here crows are hated by sheep farmers as they pick the eyes out of lambs.
May 23, 2019 20:34:49 #
kenievans
Loc: Dallas
RichardTaylor wrote:
Down here crows are hated by sheep farmers as they pick the eyes out of lambs.
I am guessing you sheep farmers won't like my picture too well.
May 23, 2019 20:39:56 #
kenievans wrote:
I am guessing you sheep farmers won't like my picture too well.
I like your pics (I am nit a sheep farmer).
I do have a crow pic, not composites, myself.
May 23, 2019 20:53:42 #
kenievans
Loc: Dallas
RichardTaylor wrote:
I like your pics (I am nit a sheep farmer).
I do have a crow pic, not composites, myself.
I do have a crow pic, not composites, myself.
My apologies I meant to type your not you. I would like to see your crow though!
May 23, 2019 20:57:53 #
kenievans wrote:
My apologies I meant to type your not you. I would like to see your crow though!
When flickr comes back (it will probably be a while) up I will post it.
May 23, 2019 21:54:07 #
kenievans wrote:
My apologies I meant to type your not you. I would like to see your crow though!
Photographed in a regional cemetary. There was a dead rabbit nearby.
The original was a raw file and I thought it would look good in B&W when post processing.
May 23, 2019 22:08:07 #
kenievans
Loc: Dallas
RichardTaylor wrote:
Photographed in a regional cemetary. There was a dead rabbit nearby.
The original was a raw file and I thought it would look good in B&W when post rocessing.
The original was a raw file and I thought it would look good in B&W when post rocessing.
I like that a lot! It worked in B&W. Wow talking about heavy symbolism. Crows are awesome birds to shoot with their shiny feathers and then to catch them in a cemetery, on a headstone. Very cool!
May 23, 2019 22:19:16 #
kenievans wrote:
I like that a lot! It worked in B&W. Wow talking about heavy symbolism. Crows are awesome birds to shoot with their shiny feathers and then to catch them in a cemetery, on a headstone. Very cool!
Thank you.
May 24, 2019 02:18:18 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
My inspiration often comes from UHH: something pos... (show quote)
Could you just nip back and make sure ‘Dreamgirls’ is a coffee shop Linda, it may be a different type of establishment!
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