Raker

Ive always wanted to say something about this image but never knew it was in your portfolio(saw it as your default image or whatever) Anyway I really like this capture of this man sitting here have a few brews and reading the paper probably just enjoying his Saturday. It reminds me of my grandpa. To me what makes a great image is the soul and mood the image holds. Not as much as technique and perfection. I guess this is why I was never really impressed with Ansel Adams. Yea he had great tones and was a perfectionist though his images were not usually of a interesting subject matter to me and had no soul. Its kinda like a Stevie Ray Vaughn vrs Eddie Van Hallen. Both are good but are 2 completely different. Stevie Ray just plays from the heart and you can feel/hear that in his music. Eddie is good, but there's no soul man. Not sure if that makes and scene but anyways. Good Shot~!

Take Care

Weston

P.S. that makes and scene

was suppost to be "makes any since" I was trying not to look illiterate by using the this built in word spelling checker and i got burnt!

Thanks for taking time on this one. Yeah, those are my dead soldiers lined up in front of the rake. I was doing some yard work at my Mom's place & thought I'd better catch up on the local news.

I know what you mean about Adams. He used to be sort of a hero to me, & what a great artist he was no doubt. Some of my favorite images & photographers I most admire though, were from the FSA, Walker Evans, Dorthea Lange, Jack Delano & so on, so when I learned that Adams dismissed this work as propaganda, I was a little disappointed.

As far as Stevie Ray Vaughn goes, I agree with you whole heartedly. Even B.B. King said he would have to practice things over & over, but with Stevie Ray, the music flowed out of his veins & into his guitar.

Thanks for the comments Weston. nice to hear from you.