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Solly Mack

(90,778 posts)
1. Westboro Cows? :)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:16 AM
Jun 2012

Love the shots!

I like the frame in the window frame. (and the Petunias in the chiar planter)

alfredo

(60,075 posts)
3. Thanks. The last one is the back of the oldest head shop in town: Sqecial Media.
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:33 AM
Jun 2012

It has historical significance for U of K students and alumni.

They probably have the state's largest selection of rolling papers,

Solly Mack

(90,778 posts)
6. I like the abandoned look about it. The dead plant, the rust, the water stains, etc..
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:53 AM
Jun 2012

Yet there are stairs...and stairs tend to go 'somewhere'.

Mira

(22,380 posts)
2. I often look at your work
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:30 AM
Jun 2012

(OMG the second one is just so full of drama and poetry, along with the same for the third, and the first is Comedy Central)
and wonder:
As so prolific a photographer, just what do you do, or want to do with your images?
They could be sold, they should be used. Their value is greater than what we can assign to them with saying: OMG-how great thow art...

alfredo

(60,075 posts)
4. Thank you. Naw, I don't want to try to make money on them. That sounds like work, and
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:36 AM
Jun 2012

as a person who spent 47 years in the workforce, I think it is time to play.


The second one is "the Madonna and child" on her side using the three strong elements.

We are attracted to threes, and their habit of making triangles. This is a good example. The arms and her face are beautiful use of triangles.


Mira

(22,380 posts)
5. True dat = but
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:48 AM
Jun 2012

there is such a thing as treasure lost, and you're alive and alert enough to unload your ship when it comes in, if you prepare a harbor.
It's work already, your photography is, as you describe a lot of what you go through to perfect your images.
But I do understand your basic sentiment.

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