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Urban Wildlife #1


Jack McRitchie


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Hello Jack, dear friend, and pen-pal. Nothing better for a Saturday morning roaming the galleries of top photographers (and favorite ones). Stopping at your stand is invariably rewarding. I gladly see some changes and metamorphoses in your images. The framing here works very nicely, it enhances this very suggestive array of oddities, as most of your images are. At first glance, It seemed to me like an allegory of a cow drinking from a manger. Your attention to detail is just great. Aside from the intricacies of the accusing finger(pointing at me! the viewer) commanding one to stop and look and other signs in the display window, I especially like the bright green spot at the very top right corner. Amazingly, this small detail seems to balance and bring to equilibrium this magnificent photograph. My usual bow or respect, and warm salutation. DG
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Thanks a lot, Daniel. This picture is, I think, a good example of how I see things when I'm actually "seeing things". I appreciate how much attention you have paid to this picture and your observant comment. Sadly, it seems that things are going south again here on the picture side of PN with fewer and fewer views and comments. All very disappointing including response to this picture which has attracted all of 25 views and your single comment. Maybe I should start posting nudes if I can find anyone willing to take their clothes of for me ;-)) Thanks again for your words of support.
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Hi Jack,

 

the urban animal you have captured here seems to be some crossbreed of a camel and a goat, watching over what is most likely a motorcycle. 'Wildlife' could of course also refer to the billboard in the background, although I can't see anything there that would elicit such a description (alas I don't read Japanese). The green mentioned by Daniel does do something for the photo as a whole indeed, but to me it's more of a welcome accent. The woman leaning against the billboard (am I seeing this correctly?) is an unexplainable but intriguing part of the photo to me. What happens to me with many of your images, happens again: you leave me wondering. Thanks for that! I agree wholeheartedly about what happens on PN. Not many views, hardly any comments. I don't know if posting nudes would work to get more comments, it would get you more views though. Maybe you should stick to your style of photography. Kind regards, Vincent

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Great photo and title to boot. Don't have much more than Daniel and Vincent so elequently offered however, did you explore any alternate locations for framing the "moose". Don't know if that was even possible but just a thought from my end.
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Jack...You have capture what I think is an albino moose,a very rare animal,if not unique . I occasionally run across the more common rural type and however impressive they are...they do not impact as much as this one.Good eye to spot especially amidst the other stuff and turn out yet another choice image!Agree that this new format has lost the soul of what was the best Photo platform on the web;on top of the lost views/comments/critiques,the site is so cumbersome to navigate that my local following have abandoned their visits to my folio to view what I have been up to with ''their''familiar spots.I am not quitting yet,but it is sad as the writing is on the wall!Salutations-Laurent
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Vincent, Patrick, Franz, Laurent, Holger and of course, Daniel - Thanks a lot for expressing your thoughts on this picture. For a moment I thought I was back in the old PN.
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Daniel, you see a cow. Vincent, you see a camel/goat combination. And Laurent and Patrick, you see a moose. At first, I thought I saw an ostrich or another variety of bird that has a long neck enabling it to see over the barrier. Now that I see antennae coming from its head, I have absolutely no idea how to categorize it. Perhaps Jack used this image as a a trap for the unwary interpreter. Just like him, to keep us guessing about a photograph - any photograph of his. On the other hand, I do see some straightforward stuff that also plays roles in a lot of his other work - the signage in the background and a cloth draped over a line. Finally, he can be trusted never to oversaturate colors; in fact, quite often - as is the case here - the colors often are understated. Jack, you deserve another spot in my hall of honor for this image.
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