Headwaters
This photograph brings back child hood memories for me. When I was a boy between eight and ten our favorite game in the neighborhood was playing fort. We made forts out of everything; old boxes, holes in the ground, when we could find them abandoned sheds.
I thing the conversion of this outbuilding from color to color tinted black and white was a good selection. It gives this subject a sense of time and place. The old tire and refuge in front of the building helps to tell a story about the shacks purpose as well as its capacity. The window cutout in the side gives us additional information as well as adds a feature to the monolithic surface of the side of the building.
I would like to suggest to the photographer that the image has a recording quality about it. It does give it a nice old fashion feeling and if that is what you were after this image does a good job of getting the idea across. However if you intended an image with more punch and drama you might have gotten in closer and looked for interesting details and angles.
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February 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Thanks for the comments. I agree about the desirability of taking different shots of this structure. I’m going to do that; the cutout area on the side looks particularly interesting. I thought of cropping down to it but I think another photo from a different angle will be better.
February 3rd, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I tried to do some cropping from this photo but could not find anything I liked better. This image has a nice old time feeling in the simple way it was shot. But I think there is more there to be had.
February 5th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Ah, I now clearly see the difference between generations because I don’t have any such childhood memories, at least not as many and of a smaller calibur. I think that taking the black and white choice was probably a smart move because it makes the structure look almost appealing, instead of forboding. Its a difinitive picture, of what I just can’t say. Nice Job.