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ActiveShooter — The Last Ride
Published: 2015-07-31 07:42:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 558; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 0
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You've been so damn awesome good in your photography lately, Doug, that I was kinda lost for words. Still, I'll try.
I cannot know what the exact occasion was when this shot was taken, but it surely wasn't a happy go lucky outing. You catched a sombre, nearly sinister mood here. That car, which is a stand-in of the hearse of yore, that murky profile of whoever it is to the left who follows the proceedings - it's all sad and quite unsettling. Well, these occasions are rarely easy to read, even less so to make sense of. The stark contrasts are incredibly powerful here; I daresay this is a shot that won't be easily forgotten.
Too bad I have to give you highest praise for something that doesn't cry out for admiration.
But, Sir, this is outstanding! Damn, indeed so!
And I rate this one as a classic, it's right up there with the best I've seen in contemporary photography, but also when considering from what is known to me in photography from the past 150 years or so. This I say in all honesty.
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Thanks mate, that's a real compliment and I appreciate it!
Sorry for the delay, I'm not around much lately due to a variety of reasons.
Unfortunately this was a funeral of an old friend.
There was a funny moment when one of his family members gave a eulogy and said they heard he got his nicname of Buddha as she had a big tummy like Buddha.
We just smiled as we gave him that name due to the number of Buddha sticks he used to smoke
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sure was, thanks Eleini
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Everything adds to the darkness and sadness of the image. Powerful one.
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Yes, it was even a foggy and rainy day
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Those…
who are left…
mourning…
Will…
For a time…
Wander…
in the shadows…
of a darker sky.
Great B&W picture Doug…!
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Well said, thanks Jakob
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Love it, specially the bike on the upper right corner.
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