Photographing the Banal

bribrius · Jan 4, 2015

KenC · Jan 4, 2015

Interesting. It has some oblique lines, a couple of shapes (circles, rectangles, sort of a trapezoid) and some good tonal contrast. I think it might be stronger with less of the paneling in the shot on the top and left - it seems to me to just dilute the other elements.

bribrius · Jan 4, 2015

KenC said:
Interesting. It has some oblique lines, a couple of shapes (circles, rectangles, sort of a trapezoid) and some good tonal contrast. I think it might be stronger with less of the paneling in the shot on the top and left - it seems to me to just dilute the other elements.

thanks. you forgot the v formation and the cylinder sticking up in the middle but I didn't do much for processing here so it needs work. Agree on the siding I think. First I liked it as the pattern changed from the unalignment but it probably is too much. I kind of wish the trash barrels weren't there.

MartinCrabtree · Jan 4, 2015

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bentcountershaft · Jan 4, 2015

IMG_1363a by bentcountershaft, on Flickr

PixelRabbit · Jan 7, 2015

This is definitely banal and I have no clue why I like it but I do

IMG_5248-1 by Judi Smelko, on Flickr

otherprof · Jan 7, 2015

sleist said:

The second one, leading to the fence, is the sort of photo I keep in my "HA!" folder, reserved for life's ironies. The last one, "I love you + please keep out" would also go there, but the image, as distinct from the content, is also very nice. I'd like to see more.

Philmar · Jan 14, 2015

pgriz · Jan 15, 2015

PixelRabbit said:
This is definitely banal and I have no clue why I like it but I do

IMG_5248-1 by Judi Smelko, on Flickr

Judi, that is beautiful. It's balance.

Didereaux · Jan 15, 2015

Probaly said in some earlier post, and just as probably better said: But worth repeating nonetheless. There are no banal objects, subjects, or themes in photography or art...there are an infinite number of banal ways to illustrate them.

edit; I liked that so much I put it in my signature line.

PixelRabbit · Jan 15, 2015

Paul, you are probably right! That's what it is, we were at the gas station and I was playing while I waited, I was shooting the snow fence as we drove and loved the lines.