>Well, obviously no one liked the two mustard fields, so another quick one >before tonight. ;-) > >This goes with the pleasant pastoral scene of Mt. Diablo I showed >yesterday >-- an accompanying photo. Stop will also be an accompanying photo to both. > >And that is probably it for this week on my series. Although I have some >geese shots (that won't work) that I may show this weekend. > >http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/redonred.htm > >Comments welcome. > >Marnie aka Doe >
May I rain on your parade? :-) I'm doing so in all sincerity, not being mean natured. If your purpose is to document man's intrusion on nature, then I think you've accomplished that. I have to admit I don't quite understand the point of it, because 1) we ARE part of nature and 2) we obviously modify our environment more than any other species on the planet (I guess bovine and termite flatuence takes 2nd and 3rd). The Red on Red shot leaves me thinking, "OK, so what? We all live in man-made domociles. Another neighborhood built near a mountain. Neigborhoods have to be built somewhere." The very fact that you have a digital camera that is is sitting upon a high peak of 200+ years (if not 1000's) of technological development, allowing you to record the intrusion seems rather circular. :-) Is there a point that I'm missing or not getting? Back to the photos though... What is it that makes these photos special to you? I ask because they don't strike me as special in any way. They document a scene, but so does any photo. The one that had some meaning to me was "Stop", because I thing you rendered the scene in an unusual way, with the word "Stop" on the street looming large, and the background was pleasing as well. While I was personally uninterested in the subject, nevertheless the image drew me in and I appreciated the aesthetics of the composition. That's my comments. Not that I'm saying I'm qualified to be a judge, but in my personal opinion, you have one photo that rises above the ordinary, while the rest more or less render the scene, while remaining quite ordinary. They don't make any kind of statement to me, either of a scene unusually rendered, a beautiful scene or an ugly scene. They evoke no emotions. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
