Desiderata Poster - love it or hate it?

This just goes to show...

I Have Time

I took this picture ages ago now and returning to it recently, I wondered why it's not proved more popular. My artistic intent was to use it to portray a sense of facing the future, one with portent and hazard but with a feeling of being in control of your own destiny.

A serene horizon shows the outlook is potentially good but the overhead clouds curling down, almost reaching for you (the pillar), acts as an omen, warning of the potential danger that lies all round.

I processed it with that in mind, going for heavy contrast and lots of grainy, dirty noise in the sky. Maybe it was lacking something else? This is the one:

I Have Time

As I said, its not done so well in views, comments or with real-world galleries. But I was confident in its 'worth' as an image so I scratched around in my head for ideas and Desiderata (that great verse, starting "Go placidly amidst the noise and haste...") came to mind.

It's a wonderful verse, imparting great wisdom from a father to his son. Written in the 1920s it was, and still is to this day, great guidance for any teenager.

There's such a great fit between my artistic intent for the image and the verse, that I put the two together for a poster in my Zazzle store ...and a couple of days later I sold two!
Here it is with the verse in place.

Desiderata poster by HightonRidley
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The lesson? Don't give up on an image that you feel is great. All you have to do is find the right venue and audience. Like that's easy! lol, but at least you know where to put your effort.

comments / feedback always welcome :)

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The Genius of Photography

Just been watching this inspiring documentary on BBC 2. This was part 4/6, covering from the late 50s onwards.

There were all sorts of things covered, from b&w intimate street work to the more inclusive colour street work as imposed by the slower shutter speeds demanded when using colour for that type of work (i.e. needing a good dof but slower speed to counteract noise). Still that's an SEP, a JFT while I concentrate on mono :) SEP - somebody else's problem; JFT - job for tomorrow

It was really interesting to listen to well-known contemporary (and less so) photographers commenting on others' work as well as their own. Sort of comforting to hear some of your own understanding of situations / scenes being confirmed by the acknowledged greats.

That conformation then leads to a better comprehension of hat's being said next and its those parts that I found inspiring. I've now got some new approaches / techniques slotted away in the back of my mind for whne the opportunity presents itself.

Note to self - must watch the last two parts!

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