Bob, I realize you weren't talking to me, but I certainly remember the western plains string of mills. Could see the white steam/smoke for miles and they always smelled like molasses as I passed them. The one depicted is in the tiny 'intersection' town of East Nicolaus, CA
Jack --- On Tue, 5/26/09, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Mill (Server Now Fixed) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 8:49 AM > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[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. > -- 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.
