End of the Road

[seamus finn]

-

[RSL]

It may not be useful, but it's aging beautifully. Good catch, Seamus.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Always a fascinating subject. Nicely captured, well exposed and composed, and quite decorative.

[seamus finn]

I love that description 'quite decorative'. Is that a put down or a compliment?

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

I love that description 'quite decorative'. Is that a put down or a compliment?

Ah, Seamus, you should know me better by now. If I wanted a put down, you'd have no doubts what I meant When taken in the context I was using it, i.e., after other compliments, it was meant as one, of course.

On a side note, I do not share such a disdain for "decorative." I believe that a lot of art works, throughout history, was meant to be decorative in the first place. The only exception might be modern arts, where "investment value," (whatever it is), or "conceptual value," (again, whatever it is), might be dominant instead.

Back to the OP photo, it has a number of elements that make it decorative, in the best sense of that word: harmonious color gamut, well-balanced distribution of shapes and forms (a.k.a. composition), etc.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Slobodan said it all.

[stamper]

I like this and the processing suits the content.

[seamus finn]

Ah, Seamus, you should know me better by now. If I wanted a put down, you'd have no doubts what I meant When taken in the context I was using it, i.e., after other compliments, it was meant as one, of course.

On a side note, I do not share such a disdain for "decorative." I believe that a lot of art works, throughout history, was meant to be decorative in the first place. The only exception might be modern arts, where "investment value," (whatever it is), or "conceptual value," (again, whatever it is), might be dominant instead.

Back to the OP photo, it has a number of elements that make it decorative, in the best sense of that word: harmonious color gamut, well-balanced distribution of shapes and forms (a.k.a. composition), etc.

Thank Goodness for that!

[Otto Phocus]

When ever I see abandoned vehicles like that, I wonder about the backstory.  How did it get there and why?

[seamus finn]

When ever I see abandoned vehicles like that, I wonder about the backstory.  How did it get there and why?

I'd say in this case, a local farmer simply abandoned it in one of his fields. Wouldn't it be great, though, to know the details of its journeys  - not to mention the experiences of its passengers along the way.