There are odd sightings...

bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
edited October 9, 2012 in Street and Documentary
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  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2012
    I really like this ,but why color ?

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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2012
    Good question. For some reason I liked the color. Probably the blue of the jeans on father and child, and the tat. But I'll try it in BW - you may be right.
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    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2012
    I'll bite. The title tells me I'm supposed to be looking at something odd.

    Obviously I'm not seeing it. ne_nau.gif

    EDIT: unless it's the fact that those sneakers are so clean-- obviously just purchased. Anyone with kids knows that they get all scuffed and dirty approximately .003 seconds after being put on.
  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2012
    I think the youngster could be getting a lesson on tying them up.

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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2012
    It's no secret that I can't stand titling images. As far as I'm concerned, virtually every image should be titled "untitled." Let the image speak for itself. If you're not intrigued by the juxtaposition between the squeaky clean toddler sneaker, the the tattooed adult arm, so be it. I was. It's what makes for horse races. But then we often bet on different horses.;-)
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    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,937 moderator
    edited October 9, 2012
    Gotta say there's nothing about this image that makes it compelling to me. It's not "odd". It is well exposed and sharp.

    I'm sure it's meaningful for the family that made it.
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  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2012
    bdcolen wrote: »
    It's no secret that I can't stand titling images. As far as I'm concerned, virtually every image should be titled "untitled." Let the image speak for itself. If you're not intrigued by the juxtaposition between the squeaky clean toddler sneaker, the the tattooed adult arm, so be it. I was. It's what makes for horse races. But then we often bet on different horses.;-)

    Yes, I think we live in different worlds. I guess I don't see a juxtaposition here-- my professional, catholic school librarian wife has more tattoos on her arms than that guy. And every once in a while we buy our not-so-little-anymore guy new sneakers. They're usually clean for a few minutes, anyway.

    EDIT: and I almost misread your fist line as "I can't stand tilting images." And I thought, neither do I. It makes me seasick!
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2012
    Whatever.
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    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2012
    Well, if I were looking at this as juxtaposition, I'd comment something like "I know a few people with full sleeves that drive Ferrari's and have young clean kids." Which, as a matter of fact, I do...

    What makes this shot work for me isn't so much an assumed juxtaposition of Class, that's irrelevant to me. Rather the geometry and composition. It doesn't rock my world or anything, but it is a fine example of looking and seeing all the time.
  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2012
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Whatever.

    Aww... are you going to start sulking??... :D

    Did you think your reentry would spare you aggravation?... Nah not here.. :D
    Rags
  • RyanSRyanS Registered Users Posts: 507 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2012
    + The arm has some interesting light on it.
    + I like the connection between the sneakers and the arm.
    - The blurry jeans/pants or whatever. Frankly, it totally ruins it for me.
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