"Ramshackled old buildings" are sought out for their expression of the effects of time and random elements. Their structural slouch is, also, often somehow appealing.
Thanks, Jostein, Jack --- On Tue, 5/26/09, AlunFoto <[email protected]> wrote: > From: AlunFoto <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Mill (Server Now Fixed) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 12:51 AM > Jack, > I really like the photo, but I had to spend 10 minutes > figuring out why.... :-) > First of all it feels like I don't have the right American > cultural > references. The recent comments on grain silos, railway > networks and > prairie has helped a bit, but it's still just a ramshackle > old > building to me. > It's interesting to sort of try to "read" the building, > though. The > overall composition or crop seems well chosen. That's one > reason. Then > I noticed the bent-up CGI plate at the top and the couple > of strewn > planks at the bottom. With the rust on the two metal > thingies on the > left it makes a triangle out of the decay-signs. That must > be another > reason, a composition within the composition. I'd love to > see this one > in the next PDML annual. > > Thanks for sharing. > > Jostein > > 2009/5/25 Jack Davis <[email protected]>: > > > > Mamiya 6, 50mm f/4L, T-Max 100 > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=422 > > > > Again, comments welcome. > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
