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golfing in historic montana (2023) (Patreon)

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2023-09-28 12:30:00
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2026-08
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This shot is from The Great American Road Trip, in the little shithole town where I almost found out what Montana men's jail was like. Good times. 

As far as this photograph goes, I remain perplexed by it. I am not certain if I like this shot, but I am also not certain if I dislike it? The way the golf sign is the centerpoint of a chaotic composition with a bunch of similar, yet different angles all smoothly fading into one another; the old truck and train balancing each other's weight in the image, the depth of the street, the orderly division of the park from the chaotic garage by the lamppost... like, it works, but the light is bland because the sky was blanketed with soot that day, and I wish there had been something just a bit more in the foreground for a slight bit more depth. It feels like it's composed well for what I had to work with, but it's questionable if I ever had enough to work with, if that makes sense. 

(I would be curious for anyone's thoughts on this one; while you all always have a free critique pass for any of my work and I like to encourage the practice of critically evaluating my photos, this one I'd really like it on.) 

I also have pre-scheduled about six of these at once, because again, I am likely driving a Subaru through Zion as this goes live (which I'm stoked to be doing!), so perhaps I've just been staring at too many photos today, honestly. 

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Brent

With the prominent placement and color of the golf sign, it makes me feel like the camera is aimed at the place people are NOT supposed to be looking. (Which is delightful.) It's like the sign is going, "Hey, buddy, the scenic view with delightful pastimes for the wealthy is over to the left, and you're not supposed to be looking over here." It makes me think that if the camera just turned left, there would be this gorgeous view of lush green grass, rolling hills, little birds, etc. That makes me giggle.

Brent

The only thing that bothers me is the conflicting "Historic District -->" sign on the left side because it makes the statement that there are good things to be seen to the right, too, which takes a little bit of the wind out of the sails of the "Pretty <--" sign. I tried reframing it, but if you wanna keep the sign in the center (which is awesome), then we have to take some out of the right side of the frame too, and that doesn't work because the right side of the frame is absolutely bang on. Just the right amount of space around the truck, and the great dying trees.

Morgan Byrd

I think it’s pretty compelling; it tells a story of incongruity and American decay. Also, that train appears to have a pantograph, which kind of creates its own level of incongruity with the soot in the air - I don’t believe for a second that there’s electrified lines in Montana. Something something climate change, something something decline of man. There’s a bunch of stuff that’s slightly *wrong* with it all, in a pleasantly unsettling way. I like it.

Chiaki Mitama

I think it's also the yellow curb and how the paint looks relatively fresh, but the painting is so haphazard it might as well be the same with the truck and the building behind it. The angles are all good, they meet in interesting places and the non-uniform flow of the piece is jarring, but it's a shot that's relatively easy to read. The golf sign is prominent, but I will say I don't know what it really says about the rest of the picture. Sure, maybe something about the decay, the direction it points as opposed to history, there's something more to be said here, but I just don't know what.

Tran Girlismo (& Victoria Scott)

Yeah I wish it had been a better sign; it just felt like a centerpiece, because I wasn't sure how else to include it. I agree that it feels like a shallow shot despite the depth to it!