timothy_breihan1

Of the topic of the photo, which I think is quite nice, BTW, but this monument serves to memorialize thousands of lives that were ended before they should have been. Maya Lin, the designer of the memorial, states quite implicitly that she had no desire to glorify the campaign of Vietnam, which is why she chose to make the monument in the form of a "black gash" of polished bassalt in the green earth, and not a towering, glorifying monument.

Despite the intentions of our government, those who died were not the sons of senetors and corporate CEOs, but the sons of trailer parks and dairy farmers, inner-city neighborhoods and poor homesteads, who couldn't afford to go to college or draft dodge in Canada or recieve deferrments from friends in high places that they did not have.

All war is atrocious, and every life lost is a tragedy. These are the things that should be remembered.

For one thing, this is a hard shot to get.

For another, it is even harder to get it composed like this. This is a great composition, especially for the viewfinder. There are no rules when it comes to composition, and being a designer, I think that I have as much right to say this anyone and more right to say it than some.

Finally, it represents the photographer's interests and is clearly an example of a fun shot to take. Its a dirt bike, so what? Not my forté, but my preference may not be yours. So what?

Great shot, BTW, if I didn't already say so.