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by John Tobias

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted April 20, 201370 views3 comments
At the Sugar Grove Nature Center, in one of the old building a row of rocking chairs face towards the prairie. Visitors can rock and watch as the life of the prairie unfolds.

Canon XSi
1.3 @ F-22 ISO100
Tamron 18-200mm at 28mm
tripod.

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Catherine Gagne on April 21, 2013 at 11:41 AM
This give a calm peaceful feeling. One can just image sitting and relaxing. Good job :wavey:
Registered on July 29, 2012, 33 Posts, 114 Comments
Comment posted by John Clulow on April 26, 2013 at 8:41 PM
For me, this is all about lines; lines and light.

I am not going to actually try it, but I do think this might be improved by trying to get the verticals on the left and right straight and perpendicular to the slats in the background.

I think it may be possible to do that and still leave the rocking chair backs significantly askew; an expected result of their rounded bases and also their function of rocking as opposed to remaining straight and in-line like their surroundings. Not only the wood, but also the light.

As it stands, the cognition eventually comes to that view, but it has to work to do so. Using tools like perspective crop and transforms to make the context of the chairs plumb would help to make recognition of the geometric essence more immediate, I think.

Registered on November 1, 2012, 155 Posts, 1079 Comments
Comment posted by Kent Staubus on April 30, 2013 at 7:46 PM
I thought it might be the front of a Cracker Barrel restaurant. :biggrin: While I like the repeating pattern, not sure about the mixed light.


Kent in SD
Registered on November 11, 2003, 121 Posts, 2098 Comments