This photograph is so different from anything else that I shot in Yellowstone, that I decided to use my favorite Monty Python tag line "And now for something completely different..." It makes me laugh every time I hear it. Sometimes the reasons I take a photograph are completely inexplicable. And this is one of those times. I was sitting in the car, changing a camera card and we were at the front end of a pull-off area, and this marker was just in front of our front bumper. I kept staring at it, and finally thought that it was a picture so I better get out of the car and shoot it! I think this photo is about color - the brilliant orange and blue, and I think it is also about the design of the space in the picture. But other than that, I haven't a clue.
4 comments:
Well, it certainly stands out and catches your eye! :-)
Joan
After seeing your photo and reading today's blog, the word Juxtaposition immediately came to mind. But before commenting to avoid making a fool of myself, I went to my 1980's Webster's Dictionary to check the meaning of the word. Juxtaposition is defined as: "the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side". So would it be OK to say the one painted red and yellow marker is juxtaposed against the two-lane black-top road as composed in your photograph?
Primo: You nailed it! I looked it up on the web and got this answer: "to place or deal with close together for contrasting effect."
So I think you are correct. And it is the juxtaposition of the bright orange mechanical stick, and the softness and muted colors of nature beyond it.
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