Tornado Damage - C&C Please

[Scuba]

C&C Please.

#1

Holding On by photodoc11, on Flickr

#2

Broken by photodoc11, on Flickr

 

[Frequency]

I see remnants of cyclone there in the second

 

[Scuba]

I see remnants of cyclone there in the second

Not so much in the first one though? Any other thoughts on either?

 

[Joel_W]

To be perfectly honest, neither picture depicts the total devastation that a Tornado produces, and what you wanted to photograph.

Picture #1 The tree is still standing, and there are cut trees neatly lying on the ground. There just isn't anything that says Tornado damage.

Picture #2's focal point is the electric stove burner, the garbage bag and surrounding trash looks more like a dump then tornado damage.

 

[Scuba]

Ok I can kinda see your point. Much of tornado damage is similar to a dump....

 

[andy7489]

Scuba: I went to West Liberty with a truckload of water on March 3, 2012. You would believe the pixs I walked away with. I was speechless. I live in Winfield, WV about 3 hours from West Liberty.

 

[unpopular]

The images do not need to depict devastation, only the impression which the photographer had. To me the images are interesting and refreshing, perhaps not documentary but show a different and more emotional element to the aftermath of a tornado.

I see a lot of desolation in these both, and something draws me to the uncanny elements of the first one. Certainly there is a ghostly feel when witnessing a disaster area.

Of course, if I didn't know these were depicting a tornado I wouldn't have known - to me though that isn't such an important part, but i don't consider these to be objectively documentary either.