Posted by Linda Frey on Wed, 05/07/08 11:00
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Comments by Jeff Dye on Wed, 05/07/08 11:16

Nice graphic patterns and angles. IMO it could do without the leaves in the ULHC.


Comments by Linda Frey on Wed, 05/07/08 11:20

Thanks, Jeff. I would have avoided those leaves if I could have, but there just wasn't room.


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Wed, 05/07/08 11:46

This image would have been striking even without the individual walking through the setting but the inclusion of the individual with their gaze turned towards the stairs works to create a sense of flow working to lead the eyes of the viewer diagonally up through the picture.


Comments by Jeff Dye on Wed, 05/07/08 13:34

Obvioulsy I can't tell for sure without being there but what if you had knelt or even sat down so the plant was much higher than you were and composed a little to the right instead of straight ahead? Actually, don't care for the tree on the landing either. It messes with all the great angles. When I scroll the photo to just below the leaves it really cleans things up IMO.


Comments by Jeff Dye on Wed, 05/07/08 13:35

PS: Tweak the contrast just a bit.


Comments by John Wise on Wed, 05/07/08 15:20

Whatever the reasons for including the leaves are doesn't matter. They ruin an otherwise extremely good image of lines and tones. I like the flat tones.


Comments by John Long on Wed, 05/07/08 17:41

Masses of shapes and patterns, there must have been several pictures here. I particularly like the repetition of diagonal shapes.
Like others I could do without the leaves, but the greenery on the landing is an important part of the picture.


Comments by Rick Longworth on Wed, 05/07/08 21:57

Great floor.


Comments by Tommy McGee on Wed, 05/07/08 22:59

Even with the leaves the geometry in this photo is fantastic, Linda. Great eye and good capture. (BTW, I keep pruning sheers in my camera bag right next to my emergency bail money. You never know when they might come in handy.)


Comments by Steve Owen on Thu, 05/08/08 06:59

Better without the leaves, but extremely good as is!


Comments by DebbiK on Fri, 05/09/08 20:09

i love the angles and shapes in this one-so cool-the leaves are a distraction but keep the photo organic :-)


Comments by Michael Meek on Fri, 05/09/08 23:04

Did she name the plants? No, so the picture isn't about the plants per se, but what they represent. You have to understand Linda here. She does nothing by accident and she is a keen observer, so the obvious is that this is a picture about intruders. The intruders ruin the aesthetics of the scene, but offer the philosophics in return.

Hence, the question becomes, what is with all that wasted, albeit beautiful, space? One person, a possible vandal on his way to meeting his parol officer upstairs, in a gigantic, meant-to-intimidate, classy marble room holding unnameable plastic plants and a stairway to more of it? Must be a hugely expensive government boondoggle, an imposing monument to supremacy (and emptiness) -- or a bank, which is merely an arm of the former anyway. I hope I've been clear, although Alias, bless his heart, won't get it. Or Jeff for that matter. Think Rome, the eternal city, ruined by spendthrifts and sacked by Vandals (interpretation for Alias and Jeff: Vandals are like intruders) in spite of all its grandeur and power. What a picture!


Comments by John Wise on Fri, 05/09/08 23:44

huh?.....Michael, don't leave me off the "I don't get it list"! I'd clone those intruding leaves out if it took me all day.


Comments by Alias on Sat, 05/10/08 00:47

John,

There is a very simple explanation.
The Maui Wowee is especially potent this year.


Comments by Alias on Sat, 05/10/08 01:01

As to the image, I am going to go with François-Marie Arouet.


Comments by Michael Meek on Sat, 05/10/08 09:57

John, would you agree that the leaves are intruders? Would you further agree that this marble encrusted palace was built to impress the commoners and possibly create in them fear of and respect for holy government which has guns at its behest for enforcing its aim for control and to ensure its existence as a thief? Alias's Voltaire protested the aristocracy, advocated civil rights, and best of all, derided democracy as a system where the masses learn to vote themselves goods that have been stolen from the productive segments of society. We can recongnize Rome in all this marble grandeur, its rise and fall, and the reasons why it became so weak that mere Vandals could sack it. This started out as tongue in cheek, but it didn't end that way. Sorry, Linda. And I knew Alias would get it.


Comments by John Wise on Sat, 05/10/08 22:58

I'm just thinking this picture would look better without the leaves.:-)


Comments by Maria Salvador on Mon, 05/12/08 16:15

I'm with John Wise on this one - not crazy about the leaves but loving all the rest, including the tree in the pot. That walker looks great - unexpected and interesting.


Comments by Julie M. Dant on Mon, 05/12/08 20:59

To leaf or not to leave? Hmmmm. Uh..ummm...ahhh....
Ok..I'm for the lopping of the leaves, too I guess.
But, as with everyone else..it's a very interesting photograph and the patterns are wonderful, Linda!


Comments by luis pereira on Fri, 06/06/08 14:50

Our friends are getting very demanding Linda. You should get rid of the vegetables. No room??? What kind of excuse is that?