The Guardian  by orangecrush

The Guardian

Drove through Downtown today and had to stop at the Art & Industrial District for my Street Shot for the SPN challenge. Its an old part of Downtown that has been taken over by artists and craftsmen. I found this street art on a wall of a building that is scheduled to be torn down within 3 months. Out with the old and in with the new, I guess!
Its hard to see from just the thumb nail, but there was is a man sleeping against the wall and, to me, it looked like this giant creature was standing guard as the man slept. The creature has a small dog at its feet, perfect for the four legged theme for the challenge!
Nice find Jerry, and great interpretation and caption!
May 20th, 2012  
Absolutely great the way you have processed this!! Great shot.
May 20th, 2012  
I haven't had any luck with this week's street challenge. This shot is pretty cool
May 20th, 2012  
Wow, so dramatic!
Love the processing
May 20th, 2012  
Excellent B&W!
May 20th, 2012  
Nice one!
May 20th, 2012  
Very dramatic! The image almost feels desperate. Like he is trying to tell us something.
May 20th, 2012  
Super cool Jerry. Great use of perspective on that wall.
May 20th, 2012  
wow, what a powerful image. Love the perspective & your processing too. The sky almost looks like the flames of a blazing fire.
May 20th, 2012  
awesome
May 20th, 2012  
Amazing find and capture, Jerry! Great black and white, too!
May 20th, 2012  
what a cool piece of art work!
May 20th, 2012  
Cool find and I like the way you shot and processed this!
May 20th, 2012  
Great art work and fabulous capture Jerry - very cool!
May 20th, 2012  
Rob
Nicely captured! Love it as a B&W!
May 20th, 2012  
What a crazy piece of street art - well captured and presented!
May 20th, 2012  
Cool shot! Looks really good in B&W.
May 20th, 2012  
Jerry, this is amazing. Your composition couldn't be better. I wonder how many people will read the full story as it's really quite sad that a man is sleeping there. Even at full size he doesn't stand out because wall the image is so imposing. Brilliant photo.
May 20th, 2012  
I am glad I did read the whole story or I would never have seen that man on the ground. He blends right in. This is a very dramatic shot for me, the clouds couldn't look better. Fav for me.
May 20th, 2012  
Fun piece of artwork. The processing is brilliant!
May 20th, 2012  
Cool street art & it must be massive if you compare it to the dude sleeping!
May 20th, 2012  
Great find
May 20th, 2012  
great find, commentary, and processing - a fav
May 20th, 2012  
what a find! fab! :)
May 20th, 2012  
Street art is mostly just amazing stuff. I really like what you've done here with the B&W.
May 20th, 2012  
Love the processing!
May 20th, 2012  
That guy is very well camouflaged. I had to magnify and really search for him. Isn't it a shame that the wall can't stay. The artwork is amazing. Well done for capturing it xx
May 20th, 2012  
Wow. I didn't even see the man at first.
May 21st, 2012  
Great B&W, you dont even see the man at first....
May 21st, 2012  
Love it!
May 21st, 2012  
ooh, love it all, but I especially love those clouds.
May 22nd, 2012  
@orangecrush awesome b/w!...
December 6th, 2012  
really cool!
January 11th, 2013  
What an amazing capture! THanks for pointing out the sleeping man, he is almost camouflaged - The sleeping man also really helps give some perspective on the enormous size of the painted figure. THe title is great, I agree with your analysis of the figure looking like a guardian. BIG FAV for me on this one!
February 5th, 2013  
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