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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: PeterAit on January 24, 2011, 10:27:18 am

Title: Dream #1
Post by: PeterAit on January 24, 2011, 10:27:18 am

I've been working on a "windows" series lately, finding lots of interesting images in store front displays. This is one of my favorites - comments welcome.

Title: Re: Dream #1
Post by: Rob C on January 24, 2011, 03:55:31 pm

Peter -

The stuff of nightmares?

Rob C

Title: Re: Dream #1
Post by: jule on January 24, 2011, 07:29:31 pm

Thanks Peter, but i just don't think for me there is enough of a link between the reflection and the word 'dream' unless of course I am missing something.

Julie

Title: Re: Dream #1
Post by: Chris_Brown on January 24, 2011, 07:56:50 pm

It doesn't work for me. It's because I'm not a fan of lettering in a photo describing what the photo means. In addition, there's not enough in the background to make me tune into the image.

Title: Re: Dream #1
Post by: Rob C on January 25, 2011, 05:05:36 am

Well, it works for me because I imagine the lettering as the sign up on the roof of a motel in the foreground, or something of that nature. Maybe I watched too many music videos as I grew old... anyway, you have to bring your own imagination to bear on any photograph to get more out of it. Think Playboy etc.

;-)

Rob C

Title: Re: Dream #1
Post by: PeterAit on January 25, 2011, 05:45:38 pm

Thanks for interesting replies. Some interpretations were very different from what I had in mind - which is perfectly OK, of course. I did not mean or even think of the word "dream" relating to the reflection or being in any way the "meaning" of the photo. I just thought it visually interesting to see this word in an otherwise empty window.