Mercury Reflection
The eye is what makes a photograph interesting. You can have all the technical tools; the best cameras, the best computer programs, the hottest camera bag, but it you don’t develop your eye you will walk right by the photographs and just take pictures.
This photographer has the photographic eye. He is seeing and thinking how to express the images around him in a new and interesting way. This image tells us about the car show without directly showing us the old cars. He has taken a day with overcast lighting and used it to his advantage.
I particularly like the triangle of grass in the lower right hand corner. This ties the tire to the other car being reflected by saying this auto is sitting on the same grass. You will also note that the image is cropped in such a way that we do not see the entire tire or wheel rim. We know the wheel is round. The photograph does not need to show us the entire circle, we need something left to our imagination. This photographer has distilled his vision down to the simplest form possible.
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March 5th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Looking into a hubcap like this one is like looking through a wide angle lens. I like the effect especially being framed by the rim and tire. This is the ultimate wet belly photography.
Roy
March 5th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Love this shot, great job, but then you always do a great job.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I looked at this shot and said: Roy Allen! A style that is famous in its own right. What can I say except, I was I was that good.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
I WISH I was that good!
March 16th, 2008 at 9:06 am
I would like to add that the way this terrific photograph is positioned and framed lends it’s self to a certain timeless quality as well. Yes of course this is taken at a modern day, antique car show, but somehow, through the reflection, we can be drawn into the seemingly implied realm of memories. This is really nice work.