Rebel Yell

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

You can see the context of this shot from the Orange Public Library here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bradsworld/5052668469

This shot was taken there also: http://365project.org/bradsworld/365/2010-07-19

Officially changing the title from "Silence" to "Rebel Yell" because I like it better, and because I can. :)

[Alison Bradshaw]

what a completely different perspective from the original :) very abstract!

[Vicky G]

The other perspective is quite different! But I absolutely love the 'unconventional' shot you chose! lol.

[wahyu]

that's great, Brad..such unusual object (at lease for me).... almost like the Dali's surreal painting

[Debbie Sesma]

I love this!! what a silly angle :)

[Louise & Ken]

Viewed from this angle and without a sense of scale, I think this looks like a somewhat perverse tooth-brush holder.

[jennylee]

Fun perspective of this, it makes it so interesting! And that little guy is kinda cute, even if he is laughing at us! :)

[Robert Velten]

It does depend on how you look at it..... Cool shot!

[sissybufu]

I like this angle the zebra looks a bit more gentler and nicer. The other angle looks very scary. I would be afraid to go to the library. I guess I would need to stay in the "younger children" section.

[Stephen Smiley]

Very cool shot, great composition.

[hellcat]

At this angle that zebra doesn't look like its being silent, quiet, or any of those other hush type adjective. :) I like the other one from Flickr too... maybe because from the different angle the zebra looks nicer. :) (to me...)

[Angie]

Neat photo...I like it!

[Alecio]

I like this very much, cool+!

[Brad Johnson]

@hellcat - the zebra doesn't look silent to me either. In fact, it looks to me like it's shrieking in terror at being locked in some sort of solid somewhere out in space. The idea if silence had to do with his isolation and if anyone could hear him. I thought of titling it 'Airlock', or as an homage to the movie 'Alien', 'In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream". I love how alien and bizarre it looks when turned on its side.

[Carolyn R]

Love this angle...and he does look like he's screaming in terror! Did you hear anything when you were there? 'Course by now, he may have laryngitis!

[french_blue]

haha...funny and cool! nice lighting too!

[hellcat]

LOVE the Alien reference! It's perfect! It does look like terror to me too. I just didn't want to ruin it for anyone. You may be on to something with the silence in isolation idea. And it's bodiless--- maybe it doesn't like to be mounted on a wall? Hunted? Oh the ideas could go on and on. In reference to my own pic... being a grown up sounded a lot more fun when we were kids and/or teens...right? :)

[Craigy P]

It's as if you're looking up from the toilet bowl and seeing one of the bacteria around the rim!

[Katrina Cristy]

Fun photo & cool shot!

[Louise & Ken]

That would be highly elitist of me and the answer is no...but yes... Yes, I'm packing again...baby on the way :-)

[Kirsty .P]

lol,neat original pic!

[Christine Fitzgerald]

wow, love the wacky perspective of this...taking it out of context makes your head spin trying to figure out what it is that you are looking at. Cool shot!

[Richard Tyson]

Gear composition and perspective

[Richard Tyson]

Oh I meant great but I like gear too!

[heba azouz]

hahaaaaa greaaat
funny and marvelous i am laughing :DDD

[Fiona Kierans Dunne]

Cool capture, slightly crazy, but in a good way lol

[Yoori]

cool composition!

[Rudi Teruel]

Fantastic Shot, brad... love the composition and I love the subject...

[Beth]

Fantastic shot, love the angle, colors, background ... everything.

[Mark Buehl]

Great shot. I like the way it was cropped with the sculpture off set and the lines in the background.

[cglist]

If a zebra screams in the library, does he get "shushed?"

[Shawnanne]

You are so funny! Great shot!

[Melissa Pike]

I love the perspective of this! Great composition!

[Jennifer Baker]

LOL!! Great shot :D

[Jennifer Pelot Rysewyk]

I laughed out loud when I saw this. Such an interesting angle, especially when you look at it in context. Great stuff!

[Brad Johnson]

Okay...officially changing the title of this to 'Rebel Yell', because I can.

[Laerke Thorndal]

I dig the title :) Cool shot!

[Poliana Herszkowicz]

Cool shot!

[Michelle (chelmck)]

love this angle! and the fact that you found it in the library! ;)

[Shawn & Karen]

WOW....the original is huge but your photo makes it looks soooo tiny !!!
I love it !!

[stephanie dp]

kind of an odd and twisted perspective. i LOVE it! and I also love the reimagined caption - very Billy Idol of you.

[Penne]

This is just so cool.

[bernadette mcelligott]

i love it.....

[Ira]

So cool!

[Eve Taylor]

unusual but i like it a lot :)

[FaerieMoon]

Well, I like "Rebel Yell"...because I'm 40-something....and I do.
This guy is cool--does the "Older Children" section of the library include immature parents too? lol

[Dalia ElMaghraby]

HAHAHHAAH, fave!

[Karen Hofmann]

Yeah!! Love the title! All I can here is Billy Idol now LOL. Fabulous shot, Brad!

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

lol, this is awesome :D

[taleweaver]

ha, i think the zebra would approve :)
great composition here :)

[Nicole Carr]

Nice one!

[Matt M (lintbrush)]

I like "Rebel Yell" better too Brad. :) Nice one.

[fleeting glimpse]

Haaaaa that's great!

[Bugik]

Ha ha really awesome! Brilliant composition!

[Rachel Dickerson]

How funny! I do think that zebra has something to say.

[Isis Weiss]

ha,ha., ha....great shot!!!

[Qai Simon-King]

oh I can see he's screaming at the top of his lungs. such a lovely rebel : )

[Slava]

I love this, Brad! Fav-ed it right away! The new title is awesome! :-)

[glynnis garrod]

Oh yeah - cause I can !

[Michelle Joy]

Wow! What a sculpture and I love the title!