Challenge:Song Titles (Classic Editing) Camera:Canon PowerShot G1 Location: viejas indian reservation just outside san diego Date: Dec 30, 2002 Aperture: 2.5 ISO: 50 Shutter: 1/10 Galleries:Abstract, Sky Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2003
inspired by the peter gabriel song of the same name. towering. inspiring. mysterious. taken at an indian reservation / casino / outlet shopping senter just outside san diego. the spirits cry...
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Thanks for the review Andrew. Glad you liked the photo.
Most people are not familiar with this song from Peter Gabriel (it's off of his "Security" album, btw). It's a very powerful, primal almost spiritual song. When I took the photo I hadn't even seen the new DPC contest for that week yet, but when I read about it I instantly thought of this picture. It really had something about it that I liked - mostly just the simplicity of the lines and dark rich colors. I was concerned that it might be too dark, but on my home monitor where I prepped it, I must say it looked a little lighter than it does on some monitors here at my work, and probably lighter than what most people saw. Still, I knew it was on the dark side, and I knew the song was not well recognized, so I figured there was a good chance that many people would not "get it." But hey, I liked it, so what the hell.
This photo has a wonderful feel to it –the towering verticals contrasting with the sky lead the eye to the caps on top in a lighter warm shade. There is an air of mystery about it—there is nothing simple about this image and everyone will interpret it differently. I feel a sort of primal religious dominance –it really is very effective. I notice people took issue with you about the darkness of the photo. I think that it may be too dark but then again the very darkness adds to the mystery and make this a hard photo to interpret. Perhaps if the blue was lightened this might have increased the contrast between the black and the sky and made the image easier to read. The shading of the blue is wonderful (and I think I see distant mountains at the bottom) and that richness must not be sacrificed if you lighten the image. Your composition is good and conveys all the grandeur of the monument.
A wonderful image that should have done better
I'm not familiar with your song title, but I'll take your word for it. Interesting shot, but IMO it's a little dark. Is the song really a dark one? What are these, lookouts?
6 Swash
I know the darkness is intentional, but it's too dark for me to tell much about it. I'm sorry but what I can't see I can't score high. So I'll have to give it a 3. PTL
I don't understand the title or how it relates to the picture, but the photo is sweet. I really liked the lighting and dark rich sky. I couldn't figure out what was in the lower right hand corner either I may have cropped that out. 6.
Take my comments for what they are worth for I am just a novice with a new camera. Dodo
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