Transit

Late afternoon light, fairly long exposure with the lens stopped down

and just slightly underexposed for saturation. Your comments are

appreciated.

There's no strong subject. It might have been better to get closer to the hydrant so that one element dominated the shot a bit better.

Very Nice. I enjoy seeing photographers of your caliber attempting to artistically comment on the industrial spaces that are typically considered ugly or uninteresting. I think it's difficult for most of us to see anything in these spaces because they are so commonplace and contra the dominant aesthetic, but that's what great photographers do. So many great pictures, e.g. the work of Walker Evans to name one, must have looked boring to the people who saw the scenes every day when they were shot. I also find it interesting that you find more photos of this type in expensive galleries than you do here on PhotoNet. I realize that it's often difficult to distinguish between a courageous attempt to create art from the commonplace and a poor snapshot of the commonplace. In this case, viewing the rest of your portfolio makes it easy,

Jeez, Michael, thanks very much. I've had fun taking industrial stuff partly for the clear-cut geometry and the abstracts you can make from it--probably the Mondrian and Cubist influence--but also because of the rich detail and opportunity to use what is not there, the negative space. I remember Ernst Haas did a great series of pictures consisting soley of pop cans that had been run over by cars. He shot for vibrant colors and came up with glorious, weird abstracts. There's a wealth of images out there if we look for them. As much as I admire beautiful canyons, forests, and figures, there's something to be said for galvanized steel if you look with the right set of eyes.