Hubris and humility alike are swept away by the uncaring atmosphere. The tornado doesn't care about what it encounters ... it's not evil, just unfeeling.<p> You can help by going to tornadoaid.org

May you and your families be blessed today, Ken

Well taken photograph, reminds the helpless devastation and uncontrolled loss of life and property . Framing of the photograph around the broken guiter / violin would have more appeal.

Interesting original photo Kenneth,great capture,well done regards

 

Shuki

Very sad, but very nice!

hi Ken. this is really moving shot. I don't care about asthetics but the message coming from this shot is clear.Thanks for sharing.Greetings.Krzysztof

Moving, Kenneth. Very moving. One cannot realize from the conform of one's home how that feels. Your shots make a difference. Thank you for sharing.

 

Do take a look at mymost recent submissions folder and if you have the time, I'm anxious as always to know what you think by your ratings and words, if you have a second.

 

 

Someones entire life slung around for all to see. Your photos are so moving.

We were out of the state a week or so ago and I got a call from my grown son who lives north of Fort Worth letting me know that tornados were headed his way.

Unfeeling ....yes, unfeeling sumes it up.

 

Wow... and life goes on...

 

We take so much for granted.

There is something beatiful and tragic in this choas. The art object shown with the chaotic debris with spots of stark random color go beyond the usual storm chaser pic. It forms a gestalt and tells a story that potentially goes beyond 'damage of the scene that day'.

 

I wonder if the slightly above average aestetics scores are due to personal opinions about softness and bright highlits. It looks like you had a limited depth of field, but I think the overall scene is perhaps the story. If I had a shot like this on film I would owe it to myself to make sure I tried some overall sharpening and to tame the higlights in the scanning process and in photoshop to see if that improved the picture. What would a subtle crop of the foreground do? Maybe not, I don't know. Just some ideas.... Nice photojounalism either way, I'm glad you were there to capture this.

Thank you for reminding us how precious life is and that, in an instant, it can be radically changed. And how true, we are just one grain of sand on a beach. We need to be reminded of that and take care of one another. Blessings, Iren

Wow, incredible the nature forces, the photo is very touching, too sad to be true! Excelent photo, Kenneth!

Been a while since I stopped by.. but (as the rest have said quite thouroughly) Wow! Aestetically (sp), a slightly tighter composition might've worked better... maybe cutting it off roughly where the sofa thingy is. Not sure how the tones would come out, but black and white could be an interesting thougt as well.

 

As for the message... clear as a bell insomuch as the nature vs. man, carpe diem, value of earthly posessions etc... REally powerful stuff (wish I could be more poetic but it's early here on the West Coast (yup, earthquake territory)).

 

Thanks for visiting my shots now and again (my rating averages would be nothing without your generosity :-)

 

Keep amazing us with work like this!

interesting...

well documented, Kenneth,  incredible force of nature.  greetings from Holland ,  Jana