On Sep 24, 2008, at 5:26 PM, frank theriault wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I disagree. Doug's pix have a definite "loneliness" theme, and the >> combination of the empty street and the empty sky hit the bullseye. > > I know I've already commented, but I have to agree with you Rick. I > wouldn't crop a thing out, wouldn't change a thing. It's a perfect > balance of desolate town/big sky. The single vehicle moving through > the intersection (with no other human in sight) emphasizes the barren > townscape. Other than a few parked cars, there's not much evidence > that anything's happened in this place since about 1925. The long, > deep shadows and slightly hazy mountains in the distance only > emphasize the extreme isolation - isolation in both place and time. > > I'm not much good at commenting on photos, but I've been looking at > this one over and over since it's been posted. There's something > about it that keeps drawing me back. It's one of the best photos I've > seen on this list for a long time, and given the generally high > quality of posts here, that's pretty high praise (at least it's > intended as such). > > cheers, > frank
I want to thank everyone who had a look, and those who took the time to formulate comments on this photo. This was a photo I went back and forth on for quite a while. It was from our trip out west last June, so it's been sitting on my computer, in various versions, for over a year, until I decided this was the version I felt best illustrated how I reacted to the town of Deer Lodge, that it was both beautiful and somehow forlorn, like it only had a few sunsets left. For those who were advocating a crop here or there, I do have cropped versions (gotta love that virtual copy in LR), so I understand what you're saying, but the photo just didn't have the same mood to it with the crops. In the end I decided I needed to keep the long shadow, especially with the positioning of the Jeep, which seemed to be trying to move just ahead of the encroaching night. At any rate, I'm glad it generated a bit of discussion. Thanks again. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
