Merry-Go-Round

Thank you for your comments, critiques and suggestions, G

Very nice composition with good tones and contrast.Best regards.

what a curious haunting image - it reminds me of watching a print develop in the darkroom - that moment after you turn the print face up and agitate the solution to get an even development prior to the stop bath.

 

I also get a sense of a toddler's first ride on the contraption -- gazing out at the scene through teary eyes.

 

Very wild -- I like it a lot.

as John told, it's like print develop in the darkroom. I'm still wondering what's that and how you took that. is it under water or behind the window?

for your comments and ratings.

In December this Merry-Go-Round (made in Germany in 1896) is installed in Piazza Navona in Rome, where a traditional "Christmas" street-market takes place every year.

Last Saturday I was there quite early in the morning, experimenting with my new Nikkor 17-55 f. 2.8 when I saw these wooden horses still "wrapped" under a protective tent. I shot some photos through a transparent plastic window. The final result, as I expected, is both surreal, a bit frightening and retains to my eyes too the old mysterious flavor of childhood that John has so well described.

Thank you again, some more will follow, Giuseppe

Nice original work! Very good contrast and tones. Regards.

OK, so after reading your remark, I'm now seeing 113 years of fun on the back of a wooden horse who is now gasping for breath wrapped in "Glad Wrap". Plastic is Bad for the environment but makes a great image -- ; )

I was trying to discover what was this effect when I read your description. The image gives me an thrill sensation; Original!

Ciao, MF

Great stuff, Giuseppe. This goes into my favourites.

The offbeat framing works, making this more of a statement of the horse interacting with the environment at large, delightfully depicted with all those squiggly reflections.

The best effects are those found in nature ... it takes only to have attentive eyes and good feet ;-) Thanks again, ciao, Giuseppe

Ottima immagine onirico-surrealista!

A terrific image. That's not much I can say because this photo lives in a place where words have lost their meaning.

thanks a lot for your appreciation. Let me add a quote that I found while thinking about horses (white ones) and places where words have lost their meaning:

"I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest". Revelation 6:1-2 NIV [Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]

Thanks a lot, ciao, Giuseppe

this is above all the oniric atmosphere which makes this photo so interesting and I think the strong emotions govern the way we see it, recalls the happiest childhood memories yet at the same time the horse's eyes and the mysterious stains on the plastic window have rather a sinister appearance. Masterly presentation, compliments and best regards.