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Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
« on: September 19, 2015, 18:14:12 »

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



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Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2015, 18:21:18 »
Maybe with a pig in the scene ...? :-)
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Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
« Reply #2 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.   ;)
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Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2015, 19:17:56 »
Maybe with a pig in the scene ...? :-)


You'll have to take my word for the pig. :)
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Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2015, 19:29:43 »
Please show more from the county fair, even if not 'Rockwellesque."
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Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2015, 19:43:01 »

As asked.


















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.


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Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
« Reply #6 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

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Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
« Reply #7 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.

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Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2015, 20:42:42 »
I love all of them but the first.
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Re: Inspecting the Pigs - County Fair 2105
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2015, 01:04:42 »

Thank you all.

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.
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