Sails and Rigging

I can always count on you for a mind-blowing photo every now and then and this certainly qualifies. Only someone who is searching for unconventional images would see the possibilities here. Way off the beaten path, just where I like to hang out. PN would be a lot more entertaining if there were more pictures with this level of imagination.

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Excellent!

I walk right in the centre of the "beaten (conventional) path" of photography, yet i find myself looking into this image without been able to return to my boring reality.

Tensioned spiny wires embraced by the most defenseless, sensitive transparent material swinging in the air constantly changing forms and shapes.

In my mind, nowadays, and for my tiny perception of the world, a reference to the thousand of refuges caught behind the tensioned fences of the civilized European, fat, "safe" countries.

Into my favorites, into my heart, thank you.

That's a lovely comment.

Well done , Mark!

Regards,

Mário

A wonderful b&w capture. Nicely done.

Mark,  This is a great photograph with excellent creativity and symbolism. I think Michail expressed well your sharp and subtle work,  Regards,

Cheers

 

PDE

Thank you all for your comments!  Jack, I can say what you said, verbatim, about your work.  I always look forward to it.  Tatjana, it's always good to have you drop by, thank you!  Michail, a great description and interpretation.  I'm glad you liked this one!  Mario, Benjamin, Bachir, and Pierre, thank you guys for taking time to have a look and leave comments!  I appreciate them all.

It's mesmerizing, and fascinating to see what others can see (and most of us, me included, usually completely fail to see). Somehow you managed to soften the edges of the barbed wires, and made me want to sail.

After such comments there is terribly little left to say, others before me said it all better already. Very captivating photo.

Wouter, thank you for stopping by and commenting.  The image is soft, mostly because I was using a Kodak Hawkeye Brownie from the 1950s.

Strange.  I recall seeing this previously and thought I had commented upon it. 

 

Plastic sheeting caught (or placed) on barbed wire.  How many photographers would notice this, let alone frame it so elegantly?  Offbeat and refreshing.  I see a kinship of outlook between you and Jack McRitchie, though each have your own personal vision.

Thank you, Steve, for your comment.  I do admire much of Jack's work.