POP - 2nd HM

Gallery: EPA 2014Posted September 2, 2014915 views17 comments

Model A in Fog

I would like to have posted this in the Weekly Challenge where the theme this week is fog, but it's definitely not a nature photo. It's more representative, though, of the kind of photographs I'm making these days. My photography has evolved, morphed, drifted. I hardly even think of myself as a nature photographer anymore - I do urban scenes as much as anything else. I think this might be my first NPN gallery post of 2014.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 2, 2014 at 9:09 PM

Well composed. Reminds me of film noir. I would be so tempted to clone out the later model car!

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Comment posted by gary phillips on September 2, 2014 at 9:25 PM

Very crisp, clean b/w presentation Buck. Ya know a good photograph nature or not is a pleasure to view. Very nice.

Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on September 2, 2014 at 10:14 PM

Buck,
Sure glad to have you back posting again and with such a cool and moody image of, I would guess, somewhere in Key West and very, very early in the morning. My interpretation of the WC is that it's game on if the image fits the theme and this image fits the theme and then some. Cheer up, as Gary says, good is good.

Man !
P.S. How is Ellie doing with her Photog Career ?

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Carey Closs on September 3, 2014 at 8:38 AM

Wonderful moody image Buck, I can imagine seeing Bogart emerging from the mist, lighting a cigarette. I feel the same as you in regards to nature photography. Although still drawn to it, I'm finding urban subjects or anything that contains a human element more and more compelling.

Registered on April 15, 2012, 107 Posts, 326 Comments

Comment posted by Buck Ward on September 3, 2014 at 5:09 PM

Thanks all.

This was very early in the morning, Mike, but in Fort Myers. Ellie is almost 12 and her interests have moved on to more important things.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on September 3, 2014 at 6:03 PM

Real nice, Buck! Very cool mood and image.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 4, 2014 at 5:30 PM

Hi Buck, this is lovely with the softly vanishing lighting and that great old car sitting so smartly on the left. The combo of car, palms, and foggy lighting sure do give this a last century feeling. I think it would have fit in the weekly challenge, the criterion (unless specified in the challenge) is could it be posted an any NPN gallery.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Buck Ward on September 4, 2014 at 8:48 PM

Oh, I know I could have posted this in WC, Mark, but this way I could post two fog pictures,

one all nature and one not. I've got several pretty good fog pictures, but it wasn't until after I posted this one here, that I realized that I had scant fog pictures that didn't show the hand of man - and I kind had challenged myself.

Registered on December 8, 2003, 96 Posts, 1917 Comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on September 6, 2014 at 11:22 AM

Great mood and wonderful tones. It wouldn't be easy, but you could clone out the modern vehicle. Also, you could clone the parking spot marker just right of the old car.

Nicely done, and welcome back, Buck.

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on September 13, 2014 at 1:32 PM

Congrats on the WP here, Buck. This scene gives me the feeling of something like out of the movie Key Largo. Wonderful timing here.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 18, 2014 at 10:19 AM

Very cool Buck, congratulations on this one!

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on January 3, 2015 at 1:43 PM

Another congratulations on this image Buck, this time with this latest 2014 EP selection. A very well deserved honor for a unique image.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on January 4, 2015 at 11:25 AM

I missed this the first time; glad I got to see it now. This is one cool photo. Congratulations on your award.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on January 4, 2015 at 1:51 PM

Buck,
Regardless of where you post this, it is a stunning evocative photo. I really like it. You certainly have a gift and are deserving of the POP photo award. Keep up the good work!

Registered on March 13, 2011, 326 Posts, 1679 Comments

Comment posted by Toni Lankerd on January 4, 2015 at 8:03 PM

I love the mood that the fog gives this image and with that car sitting in the foreground, I can imagine that this is another era. Well done and congratulations on the award!!!!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 6, 2015 at 1:10 AM

I just love this - reminds me of a foggy street we walked down in Key West a couple years ago.
Curious as to where was this taken?
Congrats on the HM win - a lovely image.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on March 24, 2015 at 1:07 PM

As a fan of b&w this is just outstanding!! Congrats on your 2014 Award.

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