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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Michael West on December 04, 2015, 01:07:33 pm

Title: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: Michael West on December 04, 2015, 01:07:33 pm
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/748/23520252625_2e7b257405_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BQprEZ)
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: drmike on December 06, 2015, 02:45:30 pm
I love finding stuff like this too but in this case is te silver too dominant? It does rather glare at me destroying the road surface which it probably needs for contrast.

Mike
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: brandtb on December 06, 2015, 05:14:42 pm
nice
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: John R on December 06, 2015, 11:07:30 pm
I like it the way it is because I think it is that undulating sparkling light which is the dominant and most important element. Forget the twelve days Xmas, let's ask for more Glitz on black.

JR
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 06, 2015, 11:18:23 pm
Quote from: John R on December 06, 2015, 11:07:30 pm
I like it the way it is because I think it is that undulating sparkling light which is the dominant and most important element. Forget the twelve days Xmas, let's ask for more Glitz on black.

JR
+1.
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: Jaemie on December 07, 2015, 12:28:41 am
The competing geometry and subtle colors are intriguing. The sight of a cheerful holiday bag laying flat in the wet pavement evokes a gentle poignancy. There's a story.
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: Diego Pigozzo on December 07, 2015, 06:45:52 pm
The very thing that strikes me is the barcode at the bottom of the bag: it screams money and for me it gives the meaning to the image.
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: Michael West on December 08, 2015, 01:00:30 pm
Theres a lot "going on" in that image I  must say   from the "ponds" and droplets of water to the Barcode, to the leaves..and the nearly invisible minute stars embedded in the surface of the silver bag. It presented quite the Cornucopia of textures

I found this on a local driveway where it remained for several days.

Thank you.
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: John R on December 08, 2015, 01:19:26 pm
And Michael, let's not forget your excellent choice of square format and oblique positioning of your subject!

JR
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 08, 2015, 01:47:31 pm
The mysteries and question it evokes remind me of one of my own favorite "found object" photos from a couple of years ago.
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: Michael West on December 09, 2015, 11:48:14 pm
Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 08, 2015, 01:47:31 pm
The mysteries and question it evokes remind me of one of my own favorite "found object" photos from a couple of years ago.

the ..gloves....pf man.  The ones that fit..the "hand of man"?

The  mystery deepens
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 10, 2015, 12:26:32 am
Maybe the gloves are searching for the silver bag?
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: Diego Pigozzo on December 10, 2015, 03:32:29 am
Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 08, 2015, 01:47:31 pm
The mysteries and question it evokes remind me of one of my own favorite "found object" photos from a couple of years ago.
Am I little weird if I think of a crime, looking at this shot?
Beautiful shot, indeed.
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: Rob C on December 10, 2015, 04:08:56 am
Silver Bag.

Nice shot; needs no fiction - wonderful image per se.

Rob C
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: seamus finn on December 10, 2015, 05:15:06 am
Love the handbag shot. And Eric's image is a stunner as well - there's some 'street' in there too.
Title: Re: Silver Bag . A Found Object
Post by: Michael West on December 12, 2015, 03:38:36 pm
Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 10, 2015, 12:26:32 am
Maybe the gloves are searching for the silver bag?

the hand of man on search of silver bling...