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I can't remember exactly which famous old photographer said it, but some crusty old bastard once claimed that a photographer ought to be able to shoot a portfolio between his front door and his mailbox. Today, I tried. Came up about 16 pictures shy of a portfolio, but I tried.

Peanut Gallery: 2 COMMENTS

Pat said....

I came here to say what an eye you have, to find a shot like this just basically out of nowhere. Now I see that it is something you tasked yourself to do, but my comment still stands. This is a gorgeous, moody, evocative shot.

Or maybe I just like being depressed :-)

Posted by [Pat] @ 12:59 AM EST, 02.28.01

PhotoDude said....

Many thanks for the kind words, Sir Pat. I have to admit, that's my Shot of the Week. So far.

Susan couldn't figure out where it was, but she walks by it every day. At the foot of our 42 steps, there is a largish ugly-ish Georgia Power utility box. The top has weathered and corroded, and the colors caught my eye. A surface, lacking a subject. The dead leaf at its base gave me that.
I enjoy trying to find some appealing composition in the mundane, as Susan puts it, "the stuff the rest of us walk right by without noticing."

It's not anything special, or high minded. It's the little boy in me, who's got a secret, and mocks you: "I see stuff you don't see. Nanner, Nanner."

Posted by [PhotoDude] @ 01:18 PM EST, 02.28.01