Path to the furnace

[Rob MacKillop]

 

[Ralph Turner]

All lines lead to the furnace... I like how it's not just the path that leads the eye to the chimney.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

All lines lead to

I thought they all lead to Rome?

I like this shot Rob!

 

[Ralph Turner]

I thought they all lead to Rome?

Haha! Well, who knows? Perhaps this is a lesser known part of Rome 'n' Rob's not letting on...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Well, I found it while roaming…

 

[Ralph Turner]

Well, I found it while roaming…

Well, we have a like button and a Hugo high five button, maybe we need a groan button, too..

 

[Rob MacKillop]

It’s a long time since I had groan pains!

 

[Peter Roberts]

No matter where it is there's a feeling of mystery in this shot that appeals to me.
Nice one, Rob.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Peter. I feel that too.

 

[Brian Moore]

It has a feeling of foreboding for me, Rob. Brings to mind "Zone of Interest," unfortunately.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Don’t know what that is, Brian, but I agree with the sense of foreboding.

 

[Brian Moore]

Don’t know what that is, Brian, but I agree with the sense of foreboding.

It was a film that came out last year or the year before. It's about Auschwitz death camp and the family of the camp commander, who lived an idyllic life just outside the camp walls. For me the sound was a major part of the film.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I have not seen that film yet, but many well-informed people have recommended it to me and it is on my waiting list.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, such thoughts entered my mind with this photo, but knowing that is decidedly not an evil place helps me banish such thoughts.

 

[Brian Moore]

Yes, such thoughts entered my mind with this photo, but knowing that is decidedly not an evil place helps me banish such thoughts.

I actually feel bad hanging my negative thought over this picture. It certainly doesn’t deserve to be compared with such evil. Sorry Rob!

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I actually feel bad hanging my negative thought over this picture. It certainly doesn’t deserve to be compared with such evil. Sorry Rob!

I shouldn't have to say this, but the comments are interesting and absolutely not out of place. I don't like this photo that much, I don't know why, maybe because everyone has their own taste even if they don't know it themselves. I don't know.
Your negative thought can be a positive thought for someone else, Brian.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, no need to apologise, Brian. Feel free to speak your mind with any of my photos. Not even I like them all.

 

[Pete Askew]

Whereas I do. Just some more than others! And this is one of those.

The title didn’t really invoke any negative associations for me and neither does the image. What I do see is a superb composition and gorgeous lighting. Although the chimney catches my eye, it is the gap in the trees in the distance where it lands and then it jumps back to that tiny highlight to the left. That, in turn, brings me back to the puddle and the light in it. An absorbing image all round.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Pete. Your comments help me like my own images!