Hand of Man?

greenspun.com : LUSENET : Nature Photography Image Critique : One Thread


Hand of Man? The background is Lake Powell. Taken with a sigma 400 / N70 at the Glen Canyon Dam visitor center



-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), June 18, 1999

Answers

I just hate when this happens to me ... when I use a low deep-of- fild and don4t focus perfectly ... but the photo is very good anyway, love the colors.

-- Charles Dias (deepblue97a@hotmail.com), June 18, 1999.

I see the HAND and that big prickly thumb. I could make up all sorts of philosophical descriptions of this (like why is the flower side blurry, the prickly thumb so big) but I'll spare everyone. I once took a picture I called "Nature's Mailbox." At a slide review all my pictures were well received until they came to that one. Nobody but me could see the mailbox! Sometimes you just have to be there! Interesting image! Donna

-- Donna Bollenbach (cassidy@icubed.net), June 18, 1999.

Love it, Larry. Well seen! Such a prickly hand proffering such a bright, cheerful, red blossom. And a title so very appropriate for this forum. Wonderful!

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), June 18, 1999.

Hmm, I assumed by "hand of man" you were alluding to the water in the background, part of the extremely unnatural Lake Powell, reviled by David Brower and environmentalists everywhere. Still, the prickly pear does look kinda like a hand. Maybe you had multiple meanings?

The out of focus parts of the cactus don't bother me -- the flower and most of the buds are in great focus, and that blue blue water makes a great background, even if it should be flowing freely to the Gulf of Mexico.

-- John Sullivan (sullivan@spies.com), June 18, 1999.


John,

Yes you are right, multiple meanings. This was my first visit to this part of the west. Most of the passengers were put to sleep by the desert sun. When I stopped near Big Water to take a look at Lake Powell, they awoke and wanted to know why I'd stopped and what I was looking at. Still sleepy, they actually didn't perceive that the dark blue areas were water. Guess the instinctive part of their brains knew it shouldn't be there.

Larry Korhnak

-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), June 18, 1999.



Moderation questions? read the FAQ