Thursday, September 06, 2007
motherhood beckons
Comments:
Why wasn't the lady with the push chair wearing a red dress and blue top rather than the other way round?
The title helps a lot with recognising the juxtaposition.
"The title helps a lot with recognising the juxtaposition."
I have the exact opposite reaction to the title; I feel like the title is making it all a bit too obvious.
Agree about the wardrobe, though. Why can't pedestrians be more cooperative to photographers ;-)
Umm...
I don't know if the title worked before I saw the link.
It would be an interesting experiment to try both with and without title.
I suspect that I'd have taken a while to work this one out without the title. Just not quite enough of the people for the size of the image. Also, the grey rectangle top left pulls my eye away from the pushchair.
That car has potential though. You'll be following it around waiting for a better opportunity I expect :-)
Matt and Rex - the opposite colour combination is a neat bit of role reversal!
Colin - this is Newcastle Emlyn, our local town (pop 2000). I am waiting for my sheep trailer to have its tyre fixed in ATS. So I have been here many times but never seen this car, owned by a dance school owner/employee. Not a very new car either. The figures are too small but I couldn't resist. Emlyn is both functional and, along the main street (up at the end) quite attractive. Here you see the bus stop, the public conveniences and the beginnings of the sheep pens for the market behind them. In our area the hanging flower baskets have arrived in the wake of the paint brush.
Not sure I would have figured out the title, or the intent! Though I certainly like all those reds that lead my eye around the scene.
It does look like an attractive place -- the hanging flowers and shrubbery are a nice touch.
There is lot happening in this image, very busy. I now understand the intent of the image, very subtle, and don't think I would have figured this title out without the help. There is the interesting capture of the back of the two cars, one in the lower right, the other in the mid-left. This image does not work for me.
even for me this is a little too subtle! I find the scene quite attractive with the wall and plant life. The two signs point the viewers to the action on the left hand side but, without the title, I'm not sure how long it would have taken me to spot the relationship between the car and the lady with pram. The car front is quite dominant in the scene and the back window adds little to the proceedings. A more oblique angle of capture to involve less of the body of the car may be a more inviting bottom right entrance to the scene. Certainly a lot to consider in this shot.
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The title helps a lot with recognising the juxtaposition.
I have the exact opposite reaction to the title; I feel like the title is making it all a bit too obvious.
Agree about the wardrobe, though. Why can't pedestrians be more cooperative to photographers ;-)
I don't know if the title worked before I saw the link.
It would be an interesting experiment to try both with and without title.
That car has potential though. You'll be following it around waiting for a better opportunity I expect :-)
Colin - this is Newcastle Emlyn, our local town (pop 2000). I am waiting for my sheep trailer to have its tyre fixed in ATS. So I have been here many times but never seen this car, owned by a dance school owner/employee. Not a very new car either. The figures are too small but I couldn't resist. Emlyn is both functional and, along the main street (up at the end) quite attractive. Here you see the bus stop, the public conveniences and the beginnings of the sheep pens for the market behind them. In our area the hanging flower baskets have arrived in the wake of the paint brush.
It does look like an attractive place -- the hanging flowers and shrubbery are a nice touch.