I would like to dedicate this shot to my Dad, who passed away April 12th, 2006.
This shot was taken through the rear window of his old van.
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This will score low..I like it though.
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i'm very sorry for the loss of your dad. mine has been gone for almost 13 years but not a day goes by that i don't miss him. your photo is a beautiful and touching tribute.
Sometimes a photo sums up a feeling far better than words could. So what do I say, nice dedication (which it is)? If only I had a photo to show what I cannot put in words...
Jesus! April 12 is my birthday. I am so very sorry for your loss, Robert. My Dad is gone, too ..but like yours, not forgotten.
Now that I understand the true meaning of your image, I could readily add to my list of reasons I liked it (but I won't). And, as you see below, I did like it very much. Nearly as much as this, which I truly loved:
Nice idea and I like the colors in the back but without clarity, it pretty much doesn´t do much for me. Would have liked the focus to be exactly opposite, on the outside and not the window but preferrably both.
This is a whole lot more interesting than it first appears to be. I'll bet I could list 10 things that I like about it:
1. The dark "bands" formed top and bottom by the car structure recall a wide-screen movie format; it looks like something we recognise, but it's really something else. 2. Rearward-looking viewpoint is slightly disorienting; the more comfortable, conventional tendency is of course to look ahead. 3. The horizontal demister lines suggest a video broadcast affected by interference; another sly reference to imperfect communication. 4. The area swept by the wiper perfectly frames the scene outside; just clipping the vegetation at the bottom, just clearing the treeline at the top, and neatly enclosing the essentials (the stuff "cropped out" by the wiper is irrelevant anyway). 5. The degree of blur applied by the rain is just enough to ask the viewer some questions, but not enough to provide all the answers. 6. The composition, for all its apparent extemporisation, is actually very finely judged; thirds, lines, tones, all that stuff. 7. It does not use Neat Image. 8. It rewards a second look. 9. And even a third. 10. Damn ... oh well, nearly made it.
See? And you thought all you did was to lean around and snap a quick shot! I'll score it 8.
I don't know why, but I think this is really cool. Perhaps it's because I get the feeling that you decided not to let bad weather deter you. Well done.
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