Darwin, Sept 2012

You've been busy recently, 4 cities in one day !

Is that a bicycle rack or a sculpture? I can't help but compare the places side by side, the compare and contrast game is fascinating.

Tom dinning said:

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Tom,

Two well conceived shots. I like the play of geometry against the human being passing by. Once again, you've hit the mark in each case. The second one has an extra, flourish with the spiral on the left!

Asher

Tom dinning said:

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Tom,

I had to return for more and offer that these would be praised and appreciated in any good gallery. The dynamic of contrasts between the human figure with intent and purpose and hidden thought and history passing results of human endeavor provide excellent images to keep revisiting, each time with new meaning and value.

There are so many decisions you made that make the pictures work so for us. For example, in the first image, the horizontal form allows for the play out of the run of windows. That sign post, gives a stuccato stopping point to attract the eye back from the person passing, so we can see it all again. In the second image, the portrait choice for framing does well with the extra tall archway the woman is traversing.

Now that you have these pictures that work so well, imagine you already decided to return to these places and take more shots. If, so, how might you approach these opportunities again?

Asher

Gee, Asher, my mate. I just take pictures of good looking girls. I didn't notice any of the other stuff.
I'll go back and see if I can find some more girls for you.

Tom dinning said:

Gee, Asher, my mate. I just take pictures of good looking girls. I didn't notice any of the other stuff.
I'll go back and see if I can find some more girls for you.

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Great then, Tom! You show yours and I'll share mine! Still, you're modest in so describing these two pictures. If they were just about the girls, we'd have more femininity dominating, but here they're real girls, we cannot know, who each complement and contrast the geometry of the spaces they pass by. Just you're really modest .... and try to hide it being "Aussie" from the outback: rough, blunt, contrary and raspy.


Asher

I did go back for a second look at your suggestion. The women were a bit more evasive this time. Word is getting around.

I saw that!

Tom dinning said:

I did go back for a second look at your suggestion. The women were a bit more evasive this time. Word is getting around.

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Really slim pickings here! Or perhaps she was a battle axe and you just let her pass.



OK, she's nice! Bakes great cookies and keeps plastic protectors over the lampshades.

Now these Tom, are once again very special and make great additions to this series. I like the minimalist capture of the feet in the first and the girls via glass in the second coupled with "Emergency Exit. Keep hunting!

Asher

Christine is on to me. I tell her I'm taking arty farty shots for OPF but she knows I'm just perving.