Which way? by goodoleboy
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Oh dear, now I'm really lost!
Captured 5/9/15 @ 11:48 am, at the beautiful Fullerton Arboretum, adjacent to the beautiful California State University Fullerton campus, in beautiful Fullerton, California.
Follow the yellow brick road!
I felt it was about time I dropped a human into my postings. I also have other people pictures from this visit.
Pozegnanie.
Comments (7)
Otto1969
Nice shot. The Person seems realy lost... lol :-)
Mulltipass
Excellent Shot of the Mommy who is Lost!!!
helanker
Great shot, Harry. Hope she isnt still wandering around trying to find the exit ;-)
CavalierLady
Decisions, decisions! Nice candid shot, Harry.
Cyve
Nice people and very great shot my friend !!!
MrsRatbag
Excellent "trail shot", Harry; looks like a wonderful place for walking!
anahata.c
Well Harry, I'm at an hour and 35 minutes (it'll be more when I finish this comment), and I have to stop for now. But I did 12 images this morning, and I'll do more soon. And it's a terrific place to end. Yes: You captured the feeling of being at the crossroads; and, like Frost's famous poem, "The Road Not Taken," either path could be fruitful. In fact, you captured what Cartier-Bresson famously called "the decisive moment"---the moment, in a human photograph, where something happens or is being communicated, the moment of realization, a moment of collision, a moment of discovery, a moment of confusion...etc etc: All being a "moment" that makes a shot not-random but poignant and full. The 'moment', here, is a woman stopped right at that wall of growth, not knowing which way to go. And she's REALLY facing that wall! You caught her just as she was totally perpendicular to it: Good, fast shooting, Harry. That's the hard part in getting the "decisive moment": You only have a second, and if you don't shoot, it's gone forever. (It's what photo-journalists work so hard to capture---they never have enough time, they just have to be ready.)
But one can't overlook the formal beauty of the shot: The sheer detail is beautiful (esp so in full view). The detail of the brush in front of her, the detail in the dirt below her. The clarity and contrast of her body against the background. The clarity of her figure, as well as of her blues and flesh tones. (And the stripes of her shirt.) The delight of seeing some rock formations back there which look like a hippo and something else. And the big bright swath of sand in the bottom half of the shot, contrasted with the darker hues of the upper half. And she's the element that draws them both together. Man, formally, this is beautiful. And, in terms of the "decisive moment," it's dead-on. Terrific shooting, Harry. A place to end (it's now one hour and 45 minutes since I started here), but I'll be back. A terrific collection, today! Your eye is acute and alive as ever.