Finally! Took me a few tries to figure out how to format the url for this site.
Took this at a local auto salvage yard. It wasn't specifically for the challenge, I just got lucky and it worked out. I like photographing dilapidated things for some reason.
Yakim Peled wrote:
I like the idea (and the pic itself) but the branches in the front steal my attention from the car, which is the main topic.
Happy shooting,
Yakim.
Sorry Yakim, but I disagree. Without the branches, I do not get the sense that this car is sitting abandoned in weeds somewhere. It works for me. I like it.
The branches are distracting in terms of the logo, which really should be the main focus of the picture given the topic. But they also provide some context for the mood, which is abandonment. The real focus of my day was to shoot some infra, and the b&w plus infra on the bushes and long grass around the car really go a long way to setting that mood. But those pics don't display the logo with the numbers.
Thanks for feedback and comments everyone, keep 'em coming. I would like to get good at this whole photopictography thing one of these days.
chas wrote:
Sorry Yakim, but I disagree. Without the branches, I do not get the sense that this car is sitting abandoned in weeds somewhere. It works for me. I like it.
Chas
I'd agree with you if the theme was "Neglecting" or "Decaying" or something alike but not if it is "Numbers". I guess we'll have to agree that we disagree....
I kind of see both sides to the "foreground" issue....as my eyes tend to be drawn away from the subject matter, perhaps also because the "twigs" stole some of the optical focus as well, but it does add an element of age and neglect that translates in numerical fashion in more ways than one.....How many years has that car been there? How many owners did it have? Etc.....
