Saturday, September 01, 2007
Tenby
Comments:
A superb juxtaposition of those ladders with the sign. It caused great hilarity when I saw it.
If a H&SAW person saw that chap on the ladder, that would be an interesting conversation.
I am becoming aware that I'm becoming obsessed with verical verticals.
I am becoming aware that I'm becoming obsessed with verical verticals.
It took a lot of self restraint not to try and correct the verticals. The background houses are pretty straight, and I figured this series of perspectives was what one would get as one walked around the corner.
If a H&SAW person saw that chap on the ladder, that would be an interesting conversation.
I only got two frames - this and a much less interesting one - before he spotted me. I think he might have been worried that I was H&S :-)
Not knowing what H&S is, I can probably make a really good guess with the humuorous compositon and the juxapositon of this sign. Especially with the timing to catch that foot dangling in the air. Great seeing, Mr C-B.
I'm intrigued by the foreground ladder, which looks similar to one of those old wooden ones that comes to a point at the top. In fact, the foreground ladder somewhat spoils the juxtaposition because it gets in the way of the main subject, which is the man close to falling off an incorrectly set ladder. Consequently the picture is a tiny bit cluttered. We all laugh at H & S but it is in a very good cause! Very Welsh terraced housing at the end. In colour they would no doubt be seen to be painted in pleasant pastel shades.
In October I have to deliver some prints to Tenby so that will be the first time I shall have revisited it in some 18 years.
I wonder how this would work cropped vertical with the sign elided. Is the sign necessary? It would seem to disrupt the verticality of all this.
The sign is necessary, Matt -- at least, it is necessary for a good laugh. I might have thought this was one from Akikana for the humor in it, except everything doesn't look neat, clean, and square enough for his usual surrounds.
The buildings do look square to the frame, which helps emphasize the very "un-levelness" of everything else.
Works well for me. Some beautiful tones throughout. The figure towards the back up the ladder though small forms a large part of the frame. Is as if the sign may be foretelling the results of his apparent lack of safety awareness.
John,
I have no recollection of the foreground ladder at all. At the time I was probably not really aware of its existence. It was just something that was in the way of what was, obviously, a quick shot.
As for the house colours - I've just spent a month looking at Tenby in black and white. Tenby probably is black and white now for all I know. Memories of the reality have been doused by the lightbox.
The foreground ladder is a bit of a nit-pick.
Not having seen Tenby for 18 years, as I said (something about steering clear of a bit of a tourist honey-trap), I can only go on the plethora of photos taken by photo club enthusiasts - the coloured buildings are a honey-pot for many photographers. But the terraced row in your photo is closer to many small Welsh towns (leaving out the hotel) and there seems to have been a recourse to the paint pot as EU money has Duluxed the country to quite engaging effect in many places. Wales is not as grey as it used to be ten years ago. Don't ever vote against the EU!!
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If a H&SAW person saw that chap on the ladder, that would be an interesting conversation.
I am becoming aware that I'm becoming obsessed with verical verticals.
It took a lot of self restraint not to try and correct the verticals. The background houses are pretty straight, and I figured this series of perspectives was what one would get as one walked around the corner.
If a H&SAW person saw that chap on the ladder, that would be an interesting conversation.
I only got two frames - this and a much less interesting one - before he spotted me. I think he might have been worried that I was H&S :-)
In October I have to deliver some prints to Tenby so that will be the first time I shall have revisited it in some 18 years.
The buildings do look square to the frame, which helps emphasize the very "un-levelness" of everything else.
I have no recollection of the foreground ladder at all. At the time I was probably not really aware of its existence. It was just something that was in the way of what was, obviously, a quick shot.
As for the house colours - I've just spent a month looking at Tenby in black and white. Tenby probably is black and white now for all I know. Memories of the reality have been doused by the lightbox.
Not having seen Tenby for 18 years, as I said (something about steering clear of a bit of a tourist honey-trap), I can only go on the plethora of photos taken by photo club enthusiasts - the coloured buildings are a honey-pot for many photographers. But the terraced row in your photo is closer to many small Welsh towns (leaving out the hotel) and there seems to have been a recourse to the paint pot as EU money has Duluxed the country to quite engaging effect in many places. Wales is not as grey as it used to be ten years ago. Don't ever vote against the EU!!