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Construction site photo

Postby greencardigan on Thu May 04, 2006 10:35 am

I recently remembered this photo I took some time ago. It must have slipped thorugh my 'system'.

What do you think?

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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu May 04, 2006 10:52 am

Looks like a partial view of a giant yellow mechanical spider / strider device, probably alien in orgin and contain advanced weaponry.

I like it because it could be a number of things and nothing really puts it into context, except your description of the construction site.
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Postby losfp on Thu May 04, 2006 11:17 am

I like the bold colours. :)

Dunno though, something doesnt' sit quite right with me about this photo. It's intruiging, but not very interesting, if that makes sense? Probably needs something extra to add a bit of context.

Yeah, mechanical alien spider/man/machine cyborg thing for sure.
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Postby johnd on Thu May 04, 2006 11:36 am

GC, I agree with Des. The colours are bold and work well togetrher. However the image does lack a little interest. Maybe if there had been something going on under the golden arch to add more interest. The sky, clouds and arch make a great background, it just seems to be lacking a foreground point of interest.

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Postby BBJ on Thu May 04, 2006 11:45 am

Its a boom from a concrete pump.Pic looks ok. :lol:
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Postby avkomp on Thu May 04, 2006 2:54 pm

simple and effective.

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Postby greencardigan on Thu May 04, 2006 5:17 pm

Thanks for the comments :)

Yes, I think I agree there's something missing from this pic. But for some reason I keep looking at it. I think it's the clouds.

losfp wrote:It's intruiging, but not very interesting, if that makes sense?

Makes sense. That exactly how I feel about it too. :)
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Postby Steffen on Fri May 05, 2006 12:29 am

I think the bit that's missing is the tip of the arm ending inside the frame. That would make it a compelling picture.

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Postby wmaburnett on Fri May 05, 2006 9:05 am

I like this, simple and it works!
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