Jostein, The two metal thingies are cyclones, kind of wind machines to separate things like wheat from chaff. I appreciate your other comments. Many of us share childhood experiences of long, boring car trips across the great plains, punctuated with the spotting of a grain elevator or other industry along the way. I suspect that many of us would miss all the nuances you see in a Norwegian fishing village shot. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:51 AM, AlunFoto <alunf...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <jdavi...@yahoo.com>: >> >> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
