A Roman poet said, "Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many." Photographs shape what we see by how the shot is framed, what is included and what is left out. Share some of your pictures that painted a picture different from what we would have seen had we been there. What was included and what was left out? Thank you!
Here's one of mine from yesterday. What looks like a wooded stream is a suburban storm drain surrounded on all sides by houses:
This is the corner end of a park that is surrounded on all sides by very busy three-lane roads in a suburb of Los Angeles. This is at the corner of an intersection where you know you will always have to wait behind at least 10 cars or so to even get to the traffic lights. I shot this from my car while I was waiting! I think next time I am at this corner, I will turn the camera the other way and show the comparison.
This was just a shot of the grass in my yard. Nothing more, nothing less. Part of what we do is to enhance emotion, something mother nature kick starts. I think we have all looked at someone's pic, and crop it differently in our heads.
I took this standing outside a restaurant right near the mall. Between me and the subject is a very busy 6 lane road. Tree is flanked by apartment buildings. Someone commented it looks like a safari. Safari in the city!
This is the back side of a sign post showing the distances to various cities/towns in the world. From this angle, it becomes sort of a do-it-yourself invite.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful pictures. It amazes me how many different stories a place or a moment can tell depending on how you photograph it.
Directly behind this hill is a skate park. I had to lie on the ground (camera in the dirt) to get the skaters out of this picture. Oh, and I was in a skirt... it wasn't pretty!)
In about half of my weekday pictures I have to work around discarded tires and traffic cones, the back of a Hardee's, a large laundry cart, a bright blue child's wading pool and goose droppings. The park is nice, but it is surrounded by businesses and homes and people illegally dump stuff from the sides of the bridges.
This shot was a last minute staged shot before we ate these little cake balls. the rest of the table is covered in mail and dishes. The tea cup has tea in it, but it is cold and left over from hours before. :)
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We do not see any part of the house this is attached to nor a nearby tree.
This was taken right next to someone's house and it looks like it could be out in the woods somewhere.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful pictures. It amazes me how many different stories a place or a moment can tell depending on how you photograph it.
clover on side of a busy 4 lane highway... Loved that they didn't cut it. You can see the road ( the grey in the back)
What we do to get a picture - a whole discussion on its own!