Broken Dreams
When we find a subject that interests us we need to visualize what the final image will be before the shutter is clicked, preferably before we put the camera to our eye. The photographer needs to decide what turns them on and then take everything else out. It doesn’t work all the time, there may be too much background clutter or the lighting may be dreadful but when it all comes together we get what we saw in our minds eye.
This photographer has been able to isolate his subject down to a very simple theme. There is no computer manipulation or fancy camera exposures just a simple subject with a simple story. By photographing a three quarter view from the shadow side of the subject the photographer has captured the shadows that give the wheel texture and dimension. There is good detail in the shadow area around the hub and the graduated hew of the grass from light to dark adds depth to the background.
This is a very clean simple image that has been well exaquited.
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February 11th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
This was shot on the way out of the park ( Bodie ) it was getting to be 6:00pm in the evening with a park range asking for you to leave.
February 12th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Very nice! Well done!