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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: The_Traveler on September 19, 2015, 18:14:12

Title: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
Post by: The_Traveler on September 19, 2015, 18:14:12

Trying for a Norman Rockwell look in the coloring and the recognition of familiar American scenes.



(http://lewlortonphoto.com/img/s7/v152/p1484082789-5.jpg)

Title: Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
Post by: Jacques Pochoy on September 19, 2015, 18:21:18

Maybe with a pig in the scene ...? :-)

Title: Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
Post by: Gary on September 19, 2015, 19:09:23

I really like this. (But I prefer more head or no head.) It certainly speaks Rockwell. A month ago I attended an event in Laguna Beach, Pageant of the Masters. It is an odd but very entertaining performance. Art is reproduced on stage with real persons portraying the people/subjects in the piece(s) reproduced, then foregrounds, backgrounds, framing and lighting is introduced to finish the replication. This year Rockwell was a featured artist and this shot could have been in the performance, accompanied by live orchestration and a narrator talking of Rockwell and the country fair with the missing pig.   ;)

Title: Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
Post by: The_Traveler on September 19, 2015, 19:17:56

Quote from: Jacques Pochoy on September 19, 2015, 18:21:18

Maybe with a pig in the scene ...? :-)

You'll have to take my word for the pig. :)

Title: Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
Post by: pluton on September 19, 2015, 19:29:43

Please show more from the county fair, even if not 'Rockwellesque."

Title: Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
Post by: The_Traveler on September 19, 2015, 19:43:01

As asked.


(http://lewlortonphoto.com/img/s1/v49/p1392438817-5.jpg)


(http://lewlortonphoto.com/img/s1/v49/p1392462847-5.jpg)




(http://lewlortonphoto.com/img/s1/v5/p1392478074-5.jpg)


(http://lewlortonphoto.com/img/s8/v85/p1392456847-5.jpg)




I think that pictures should present a clear situation that people can understand. A viewer should know exactly what I was looking at and thought was interesting to show them.
So the pictures that I like of my own tend to be fairly simple and not obscure.
I think a title should be unnecessary in most cases and viewers should be able to understand the situation and, I would hope, it would resonate with them so that they can fill in any gaps with their own memories and experiences.


L

Title: Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
Post by: Mike G on September 19, 2015, 19:53:24

Lew, the girls looking at the pig is brilliant. Also the sleeping woman is very good as well

Title: Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
Post by: Andrea B. on September 19, 2015, 20:23:00

Delightful shot, Lew. Nicely seen.

I'm not totally sure I would fade the background burnout to light grey. Might be ok to just let it be bright? But that is the very minor-est of quibbles.

Title: Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
Post by: Frank Fremerey on September 19, 2015, 20:42:42

I love all of them but the first.

Title: Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
Post by: The_Traveler on September 20, 2015, 01:04:42

Thank you all.

Quote from: Andrea B. on September 19, 2015, 20:23:00

Delightful shot, Lew. Nicely seen.

I'm not totally sure I would fade the background burnout to light grey. Might be ok to just let it be bright? But that is the very minor-est of quibbles.

Andrea, that was a white building and I think you are right.