Have to agree with Linda here. In her second paragraph she states that impact is gained from a different or unusual rendering of the subject. These structures although not as picturesque as the grain elevators they replaced still do have a look of industrial majesty about them. if this one is handy enough to where you live, look and photograph it in different light, different seasons and especially,anything but eye level if possible.

It is a pleasant photo. The left hand siding might be a bit redundant but does offer compositional balance. Color would be my choice as you include surrounding landscape. Personally I'm not a fan of saturation but every magazine one opens.... well I'm getting over it.

Thank you Graham for taking the time to comment. I think that had something more interesting had happened along, I would have had a stronger image. Here's a quick crop as you suggested. took the liberty of cropping the right lower cardboard individual as well. I would also dodge/burn as you suggested as well but would re scan the negative at a higher resolution.

Thanks Erich. It's a street type photo, perhaps not strong enough to show enough intent though.

With a nod to Linda's discussion on titles, had I named it "The Glance", viewers would have been, I feel, unfairly coached into seeing something not strong enough to stand on it's own.

Apologies for not acknowledging all your comments earlier. These and many more shots were taken on a most enjoyable day with my friend John and our wives. John worked with the mining industry in this area much of his life and is now a very knowledgeable amateur historian especially for the Crowsnest Pass area of British Colombia and Alberta.

I did burn out all of the ceiling on my other computer, unfortunately on this one and my phone some maybe lots of the surround remains visible. Would have preferred to keep the UL corner as well but missed it in the viewfinder, easy rebuild in post if I get excited enough to print this.

Really intended to have this as you mention, thanks fergmark.

thanks for the comment too mallen.

Nice one Matt. Just left that big midday sky and brought up the colours a bit. like others, planted some trees around the shack with the laundry.

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Looked at this one at length last night. These prickly critters don't grow around here and I found out how difficult they are to photograph on a trip South awhile back. By their nature they seem to always be a combination of old and new growth. This, and your choice to backlight (makes the spines look so nice) limited your shooting angle choices so hiding the parts of the plant that were less than photogenic was next to impossible. A tad more blue in the sky was mentioned, blues make nice complimentary backgrounds for greens. Think that given the subject and the conditions, you achieved transitioning your concept into an image quite well.

Interesting body of work. Could you please choose a few and post them singly, hard to fully appreciate them like this.

Thanks truckster. Just cutting the boredom while hanging out in the mall.

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I would like to thank all who have taken the time to have a look and comment.

....me too keni, a bit of thinking is ok, this one may require too much imagination. If I had waited it out maybe something else a bit less enigmatic may have come along.

Original intent was to have real people doing something of interest in front of the printed ones. Your crop suggestion would certainly give a stronger image. I tried losing the right panel only but cloning out the sign and rebuilding the weight seemed like not worth the effort. I have been known to try and rescue misses with crops and like that but not if it changes my original idea

Agree completely Dennis. I saw a hint of brief interaction between the two and hit the switch. Between what you said and the all too subtle interaction that I saw, this pix is doomed from birth.

The size of the display does overwhelm this scene. Had also hoped for some interaction with the passing mall patrons but most if not all walked by as if it wasn't there.