What is past is past

Posted by Robert Collings on Thu, 04/10/08 23:09
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Comments by Julie M. Dant on Fri, 04/11/08 07:17

Another I like very much! The old gravestones standing starkly white in the right background, the weathered old church and the abandoned old (crab boat?)all combine into a wonderful scene of things from the past.


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Fri, 04/11/08 09:11

A strong of texturing comes through in the image both from the weathered facade of the church as well as the long beached boat. I like the sense of flow that is created by the lightness of the boat, church facade and the grave markers which works to lead the eyes of the viewer from the lower left to the upper right. I might have cropped from the right edge to eliminate the open blue space and bring more prominence to the light elements of the image.


Comments by Steve Owen on Fri, 04/11/08 18:15

Another wonderful image--it bothers me a little not seeing the entire chimney.


Comments by Pietro Cecchi on Fri, 04/11/08 19:46

The peace of the abandonment and the embrace of the nature, console the graves of the inhabitants of the house...
Besides the boat seems, symbolically, to have served to the deads for going to the other world...
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La paix de l'abandon et l'embrassement de la nature, consolent les tombes des habitants de la maison...
En plus le bateau semble, symboliquement, avoir servi aux les morts pour aller à l'autre monde...


Comments by Robert Collings on Fri, 04/11/08 21:27

The boat is a "Cape Island Boat".. a very typical inshore fishing boat from Nova Scotia...and elsewhere in the maritimes..I did another crop to see how it looked...


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Fri, 04/11/08 21:36

I like the cropped version better... brings the facade of the church, the derelict boat and the gravestones into more prominence and now I notice with this prominence and the placement of the boat in front of the church that one has the sense of viewing a stylized human face looking back at them.


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Comments by Rory Hudson on Fri, 04/11/08 23:38

I also prefer the cropped version. A good "slice of reality" feel to it.


Comments by Maria Salvador on Sat, 04/12/08 08:45

I like the original. Would only prefer a little more space on the top, to include the whole chimney (or cross). Nicely weathered subjects, the building, boat and gravestones.


Comments by John Long on Sat, 04/12/08 17:12

Not being aware of the surroundings, I feel you have selected a very appropriate viewpoint and the elements within the picture space work well together. I prefer the second picture.


Comments by Robert Collings on Sat, 04/12/08 17:19

It is Port Medway, south shore of Nova Scotia..just east of Liverpool. There is a bunch of newer buildings..and downright ugly stuff around the old church that I did my best to avoid.. I shot it with a 28-105 and I wish I could reshoot it with the 10-22 that I bought shortly afterwards. I suppose I could have shot it and then cropped it - but for some reason didn't think of that when I was there. A lot of people want the top of the chimney - but to my way of thinking that would mean including a lot of bald blue sky - and I am not good enough with PS to put some clouds in.


Comments by Linda Frey on Sat, 04/12/08 17:43

The boat is a nice touch. Not usually in a church photo. Makes it all the more Nova Scotian.