Two Friday afternoon shoppers cross the road to the 'Liberal Club' for a pint of beer.
I was going to make this a gritty black and white picture, but it looks fairly gritty as it is !
Did they actually go for a pint of beer or did they turn left and walk down to the bus stop instead? "Going for a Pint" is the title and if I had not cast doubt into your mind then you would take my word that they went for the pint.
I suppose it just goes to show that the camera can lie and when we interpret pictures in the newspapers or television then the narrative that goes with the picture may not necessarily be true.
I think I've rambled on too much, who'd have thought I could write so much 'waffle' about two people crossing a road.....an errrrr going for a pint ...cough !!!
..yeah, that's true about the text leading you on a certain path - The Press have been up to that for time.
Love the traffic light face-off and the dizzy dizzy tiling to get youi in the mood fer a Friday Night.
In these days of photoshop and airbrushing, I think the idea that 'the camera never lies' is now defunct as an adage, even before you factor in the reliability of any accompanying narrative!!
Always useful to be reminded to question the subjectivity of which pictures are chosen, how they are edited/manipulated, and then how they are described!
@sleepdozer57 Thanks Peter, I did not notice the 'stand off between traffic lights' . I tried to frame the shot with the lights either side of the image, but did not notice them staring at each other :)
There was a feature on the BBC website about the authenticity of news photos last year - I was surprised how much they criticised even small adjustments of photos (eg removing things that spoilt the shot but weren't relevant) - and obviously where they'd faked the shot entirely!!
Gill , thank you very much for your words :)...I think I may have 'bigged up' an average picture with some clever words, which might make the viewer think about the words rather than the picture !
However I do like writing a narrative / commentary as it gives context to the picture. I sometimes write too much narrative / commentary but I'd rather give too much information than not enough :)
@sarahhorsfall Sarah, you are right about photoshop and airbrushing. You can add cloning and adding things to pictures that aren't there too.
My photoshop skills will never be that good and nor do I want them to be, I think I said in another image all i do in post processing is adjust my slider bars up and down a bit . Thanks for your comments
We have a variety of crackers in the United States, made by Keebler, called "club crackers" and they use the same font and colors as your Liberal Club sign. It startled me at first.
I like you mini lesson reminding us that the camera can lie. As the late president Ronald Reagan said, "Trust, but verify."
Love the traffic light face-off and the dizzy dizzy tiling to get youi in the mood fer a Friday Night.
Always useful to be reminded to question the subjectivity of which pictures are chosen, how they are edited/manipulated, and then how they are described!
However I do like writing a narrative / commentary as it gives context to the picture. I sometimes write too much narrative / commentary but I'd rather give too much information than not enough :)
Thanks for the nice comments :)
My photoshop skills will never be that good and nor do I want them to be, I think I said in another image all i do in post processing is adjust my slider bars up and down a bit . Thanks for your comments
I like you mini lesson reminding us that the camera can lie. As the late president Ronald Reagan said, "Trust, but verify."