Culture clash

rainbow

bfjr

the guy in the back singing

rainbow

bfjr wrote:

the guy in the back singing

Well, gal, anyway...

lizzard_nyc

Hi Rainbow--
This shot is not working so much for me .
I don't know why exactly.

rainbow

lizzard_nyc wrote:

Hi Rainbow--
This shot is not working so much for me .
I don't know why exactly.

Thanks for the comment. I have puzzled over this one... It seems to have all the elements I tried to capture BUT... I cannot even figure out a better angle to have shot this.

Patti

lizzard_nyc wrote:

Hi Rainbow--
This shot is not working so much for me .
I don't know why exactly.

I think it might work better with more of the context in the shot. It seems like a crop out of a larger photo to me.

Richard

rainbow wrote:

Thanks for the comment. I have puzzled over this one... It seems to have all the elements I tried to capture BUT... I cannot even figure out a better angle to have shot this.

I don't think there are any important technical problems. Instead, I think it might be a conceptual one. The juxtaposition of traditional costumes with modern technology is just all too familiar. There are also clues in the background that we are looking at scene shot in the industrialized world, not in provincial China. But here's the kicker: even if it had been shot in provincial China, modern cell-phone technology would not have been entirely out of place. The world is changing rapidly, so what may have worked a few years ago no longer has the same impact.

rainbow

Richard wrote:

I don't think there are any important technical problems. Instead, I think it might be a conceptual one. The juxtaposition of traditional costumes with modern technology is just all too familiar. There are also clues in the background that we are looking at scene shot in the industrialized world, not in provincial China. But here's the kicker: even if it had been shot in provincial China, modern cell-phone technology would not have been entirely out of place. The world is changing rapidly, so what may have worked a few years ago no longer has the same impact.

I think maybe you assessed this perfectly. I had more of a logical reaction to the juxtaposition versus any emotional reaction, thinking that it should have an impact even though it did not really have that impact for me in person.

Thanks for the insight.

michswiss

rainbow wrote:

I think maybe you assessed this perfectly. I had more of a logical reaction to the juxtaposition versus any emotional reaction, thinking that it should have an impact even though it did not really have that impact for me in person.

Thanks for the insight.

And here I was thinking it was about the cymbals.

rainbow

michswiss wrote:

And here I was thinking it was about the cymbals.

You are also correct! I thought about "Clash of the Symbols" as a title...

Justiceiro

In my opinion, it is too crowded.

bdcolen

Richard wrote:

I don't think there are any important technical problems. Instead, I think it might be a conceptual one. The juxtaposition of traditional costumes with modern technology is just all too familiar. There are also clues in the background that we are looking at scene shot in the industrialized world, not in provincial China. But here's the kicker: even if it had been shot in provincial China, modern cell-phone technology would not have been entirely out of place. The world is changing rapidly, so what may have worked a few years ago no longer has the same impact.

Bingo!!