The life of a wall

NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
edited October 24, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
Wall in the Tarut ruins.



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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited October 23, 2009
    Good one, Neil. clap.gif The shadows make this a very interesting shot. Do you know what the graffiti say?
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  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2009
    Yup, the shadows sure do make the shot. I love this one Neil!
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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2009
    Neil,

    I enjoy this image on several levels. Yes the shadows add, but for me, the shadows mainly play with the great textures. Textures are non-stop here and shapes galore. I also appreciate the building perspective not being squared. Being one whom enjoys shooting old SW architecture, this image naturally appeals to me.
    Randy
  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2009
    Neil.......That is a really great image.. The composition is good and the colors are beautiful...Given the history of Tarut it is more than just a wall......thumb.gif

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  • wendellwendell Registered Users Posts: 308 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2009
    Great photo. Light, shadow, color and texture ... it's all there. I don't know where this place is, I will google it to see.
    wl
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2009
    This place really haunts me and I don't know why headscratch.gif

    When I first saw it - looked like the shadows of 2 people being hung.

    I'd like to know too what the graffiti says.

    Excellent photo thumb.gif
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2009
    Richard wrote:
    Good one, Neil. clap.gif The shadows make this a very interesting shot. Do you know what the graffiti say?

    Thanks R, glad you like it. The graffiti says "Messi", that is, Lionel Messi, the Argentina - Barcelona soccer player.

    Neil
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2009
    Mr. Quiet wrote:
    Yup, the shadows sure do make the shot. I love this one Neil!

    Well, glad I scored with you with this! Thanks.

    Neil
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2009
    rwells wrote:
    Neil,

    I enjoy this image on several levels. Yes the shadows add, but for me, the shadows mainly play with the great textures. Textures are non-stop here and shapes galore. I also appreciate the building perspective not being squared. Being one whom enjoys shooting old SW architecture, this image naturally appeals to me.

    Thanks for your interesting thoughts, Randy. Glad you like it! I get a jolt when I stop and look at that big crack running down through the wall. It's so real and literal while everything else around it is a kind of hallucination.

    Neil
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2009
    Azzaro wrote:
    Neil.......That is a really great image.. The composition is good and the colors are beautiful...Given the history of Tarut it is more than just a wall......thumb.gif

    azzaro

    Yes, you're right, Azzaro, the locals cling to these ruins as if they would have nothing to replace them with if they were bulldozed away. Thanks for you comment.

    Neil
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2009
    wendell wrote:
    Great photo. Light, shadow, color and texture ... it's all there. I don't know where this place is, I will google it to see.
    wl

    I was walking towards the Kasr (Fort), because the sun was just about to set and I planned to try some shots of it in that light. I just happened to look round and there was this wall behind me, all its surface alive and aglow, just begging me to take its photo. Is there luck in photography?mwink.gif

    Thanks for you comment!

    Neil
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2009
    Dogdots wrote:
    This place really haunts me and I don't know why headscratch.gif

    When I first saw it - looked like the shadows of 2 people being hung.

    I'd like to know too what the graffiti says.

    Excellent photo thumb.gif

    Well, if you've ever played hangman you know the gallows is drawn like half this soccer goal - it's two joined gallows, with the tops of two minarets hanging in shadow on the wall. Then, there's this vacant lot, covered in shards, an association with the "potters field" of the New Testament. Pretty macabre.

    Did you see my reply to R for what the graffiti says?

    Thanks for your comment, Mary.

    Neil
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited October 24, 2009
    NeilL wrote:
    Thanks R, glad you like it. The graffiti says "Messi", that is, Lionel Messi, the Argentina - Barcelona soccer player.

    Neil

    So much for cultural differences. rolleyes1.gif

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