green awnings

[Theo]

[habakuk]

Theo, this one is tough to me. So many shapes and lines, so many unknown things that are so hard to label... somehow I like how this keeps me wondering and searching, yet as I am kept in this mode seemingly forever, I feel uneasy after a moment. How about a square crop (keeping the scene from the top) to bring in a bit more "stability" and calmness?

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[eob]

Although my eyes and brain tell me exactly what the photographed subject is, my imagination is leading me in a different direction. Maybe because of the lack of the sharpness and unusual choice of the crop - the photo looks to me like a fragment of an industrial scene, with vibrating machinery, noisy and glistening with oil.

[aprilS]

I'm also intrigued by the lines and forms, and enjoy the semi-monochromatic treatment. I feel hot light on the walls; imagine being inside, sweating, with windows open for some hint of relief; and the awnings don't provide much shade.

But similar to eob, the metallic treatment on the awnings throws me in a different direction for interpretation. And I get lost trying to understand that meaning.

In contrast to Roland, I'm tempted to go with a square crop from the bottom to keep focus on the heat, and that one delightful little fan-curve of the awning upper left.

[Ted Byrne]

There's  a softness to this technique which I don't like. Now hold on Theo... I'm not concluding it is bad... But it is a tad... to me... like fingernails on a blackboard. It's a sort of plastic surface... a syrupy skin without texture. At the very least it distracts me from going farther into the image.

Now no one is more likely to experiment with technique than me. So I'm not trying to recommend anything here, rather I'm revealing something about my own tastes. I guess I'm alone? How odd.

Keep up the good work Theo... I own my own problems.