Brian Moore
Moderator
Huntington Beach Public Library. Yashica Electro 35 GSN with Kodak Plus X 125 that I developed in Rodinal.
A Chat By the Reflecting Pool
- Thread starter Brian Moore
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Huntington Beach Public Library. Yashica Electro 35 GSN with Kodak Plus X 125 that I developed in Rodinal.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Really nice, Brian. The window frames really make it. Looks a nice place.
Pete Askew
Admin
What a great composition Brian. Another of those shot like a scene from a 1960s movie. Why is there a rolling pin on the grass though - is it a metaphor?
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
Looks like a wine bottle to me Pete
Maybe a metaphor for the hidden functional alcoholic ... Or maybe a tramp left it there
Maybe a metaphor for the hidden functional alcoholic ... Or maybe a tramp left it there
Brian Moore
Moderator
Thanks Rob, Pete and Hamish. It's a wine bottle, Pete. I enjoy a glass of wine and a book.
Anyway, Sadie asked that I plant it there as a metaphor for how the canine condition is bottled up, as it were, in the contents of the library and the library represents canine life in a way that is somehow still and static and yet open to us and alive. (Note that the bottle is pointed at the camera--at YOU, as it were. Sadie wanted to leave this clue as a key to unlocking the meaning of the metaphor. She'll be disappointed I had to explain it.
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Anyway, Sadie asked that I plant it there as a metaphor for how the canine condition is bottled up, as it were, in the contents of the library and the library represents canine life in a way that is somehow still and static and yet open to us and alive. (Note that the bottle is pointed at the camera--at YOU, as it were. Sadie wanted to leave this clue as a key to unlocking the meaning of the metaphor. She'll be disappointed I had to explain it.)
Pete Askew
Admin
A bit disappointed really. I thought there was a deeper meaning than the obvious!
Brian Moore
Moderator
Of course there is, Pete. (Must I explain that part, too?
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Brian Moore
Moderator
Much appreciated, Kev. Thanks!
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Cool, I completely missed the people at first, then got confused about the 'chat' part, then I looked again and say them.
Love pictures that do that - make you look
Love pictures that do that - make you look
Brian Moore
Moderator
Thanks Chris!
Paul Lange
Moderator
I had to look twice before I saw the people chatting. I saw the wine bottle first and had deep and profound thoughts about the metaphor and all that stuff. Then I had a drink and came back for a second look .
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Brian Moore
Moderator
Well done, Paul!
And thanks.
