Zen and the Art of Overgrown Pickup Trucks by CoreyBlack
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This is the opposite side of the derelict 1982 Ford F-250 pickup truck shown in my previous post "Vehicular Trellis." This is the side with the "good hair." This is the side that Chip keeps making all the macro shots of wild grape (sounds like a band, doesn't it?) holdfasts from. This is the side that all the holdfasts are holding fast to. I think there's a riddle in there. How many holdfasts can hold fast to the side of a pickup truck that has been sitting in the same place for 15 years? Answer: all of them. Another question: what is the sound of one holdfast clapping?
Comments (9)
Chipka
It took me a moment to recognize this: I've only ever really photographed macro shots of various bits of it. This shot was taken so close to the Golden Hour; I love that quality of the light and it's something Chicago only gets in the warmer months, when things with holdfasts are still green and active. Now they're just kinda crispy and denuded. That red taillight is what really anchors my attention and the greenery is quite fantastic. If there ever was a pickup truck as landscape, this is most definitely a prime example. Ah, and the sound of one holdfast clapping actually makes a bit of a squelchy, slurping noise, since holdfasts make use of adhesive sap that is, of course, enormously sticky.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
durleybeachbum
In answer to you last question, I beg to differ from Chip. The sound in similar to, but infinitesimally different from,a worm sneezing I think this bit of urban nature really attractive.
ragouc
Very good shot.
flavia49
marvelous picture
sandra46
superlative image!
auntietk
The light is marvellous! I love the light and shadow play across all those colors and textures. A most excellent shot!
anahata.c
Ok, first of all, the shot itself is a beautiful abstract. This is much more of a closeup of form and hue and light playing in an eye-popping, beautiful abstract. Amazing it's the same truck. Makes one want to say to the other image, "why have you been keeping this side of you so private?" (Or, if one goes the other way around, "how does such a poetic guy look like such a street thug???") Of all my closeups of trucks, I've gotten all of one that I felt was a successful study of form and color; and that one's not so great. This one is organic, it sings. And by "organic," btw, I don't mean because it has "plants"; I mean it aesthetically, as in all the inorganic parts feel organic too. Corey, this is beautiful. And then, you've allowed the plants not only to swim under shadows, but emerge into light with real triumph. Love the light and dark and flow of the thing, and the multi-angled POV which creates a subtle circle, ie (wooden beam to metal platform, to tail light and vines on the side, to wooden beam, etc). All kinds of counterpoints. And hints of a huge city in the background. Splendid! As for your koan, "what is the sound of one holdfast clapping?" Lol---I'll give an answer I used to give to a lot of koans: "I don't know and you owe me 50 bucks." (It's as good as "out of the sea, wooden horses". That's an actual answer. At least with mine, someone gets rich...) Beautiful take of this wild truck.
myrrhluz
This is a marvelous image with wonderful light, colors, and composition. The way the ivy travels across and deeply into the image is beautiful. I like the chain, once intended to keep things in, and now stretched uselessly across, quite incapable of keeping the ivy out. The red taillight dominates and seems to be shouting, "I'm a truck, dammit, not a planter!" I love the play of light and shadow and the way the ivy seems to travel easily between the two. Beautiful shot!