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By: Weekly Snapshots | 9.17.10 « Hermit Hideaways

Weekly Snapshots | 9.17.10 « Hermit Hideaways — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:24:46 +0000

[...] takes Manhattan. Not quite the calorie count needed to fuel city dwellers. ♦ My friend Tracey is featured in Burn Magazine’s online edition. Awesome shot that. ♦ Matt takes us on a tour [...]

By: supaDean

supaDean — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:22:22 +0000

We take urban wildlife for granted, and often think of them as dirty animals, and a nuisance (the racoons in my neighbourhood can certainly be a pain). But there’s a lot of beauty there, if you look for it. Pigeons, for example! And so, I’ll share with you an image I captured of a neighbourhood pigeon, with all of its glorious colour:
http://deanorosphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Urban-Series/G0000oID19M8qhxE/I000063stBihlXwI
Cheers.
Dean

By: Thengling

Thengling — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:35:25 +0000

Fantastic shot. It’s great because it works on so many levels. I was immediately reminded of the nearby Chrysler building, which has Art Deco eagle heads looking out in all directions… this lowly, crippled pigeon seems to aspire to being an eagle, and the camera’s point of view (subject above the horizon) gives the form a “monumental” feeling. Incidentally, I believe the pigeon is actually observing things on the ground, but its opposing eye necessarily has to be directed in the other direction.

By: Gordon Lafleur

Gordon Lafleur — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 01:39:56 +0000

Appalled

While my comments about this photograph were light-hearted, “charming, quirky, fun”,..this is in no way meant to minimise or dismiss the power of this delightful photograph. Photographs that make us smile, that present a visual joke, that poke fun, are rare. Elliot Erwitt is the only photographer I know of who seems to know how to do it with any consistency, he is one of my heroes.
This is one of those rare photographs that achieves humour. And while the reaction has been one of fun, and sillyness, humour is serious business, and much more difficult to achieve than the somber documentation of the worlds woes.

In any case, welcome to Burn, dissenting opinions welcome. I encourage you to use your real name, and a link to your own view of the world.

By: Herve

Herve — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:05:29 +0000

Though that is not one, I can like tourist snaps. They are as much photography as anything else, if not quite meant to emerge in the field of professional/serious photography.

By: Tracey Tomtene

Tracey Tomtene — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:38:01 +0000

Hey all, appreciate the feedback..thank you! Yes, you too ‘Appalled’. I, like Panos, do hope you stick around and not be so disenchanted based on one image you deem a ‘tourist snap’…you will admire burn for a lot more than just allowing a dissenting opinion to be published. Cheers!

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:51:02 +0000

Appalled,
there is better reasons to admire Burn than just having your comment published…:)
Go find the Burn 01 book, for example , and i promise u , you’ll discover a brand new world..;)
And regardless of u missing the joke or not ,all im saying to you is “welcome”, although im not the hotel manager over here:)
Stick with us for a minute and i promise you “horizon expansions” and good magic of all kinds…
U just opened the Pandora’s box..Lucky u!

By: Appalled

Appalled — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:05:06 +0000

You have to be kidding me. A tourist snap like this is a selected photo. I am sure there must be many much more deserving photographs and photographers out there you could have chosen. Am I missing the joke?
I registered and created my account just to leave this comment. If you are willing to publish it I will at least admire Burn for that.

By: eloradaphne

eloradaphne — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:48:09 +0000

This is an amazing shot, the detail is great, and you’ve captured a great expression on the pigeon’s face! The detail of leg is great too – many a pigeon has miraculously escaped a near death experience. All in all a wonderful capture, I like it in every way!

By: Jason_Houge

Jason_Houge — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:37:00 +0000

Tracey – I can remember seeing this at the workshop – I can’t believe I missed the stumpy leg!
Congratulations on the publishment here on Burn!
I hope all is well with you!

By: Pete Marovich

Pete Marovich — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:10:20 +0000

That look back may be a last attempt to see if someone will stop it before it jumps…..

Ha!

By: Glenn Campbell

Glenn Campbell — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:56:57 +0000

A noble bird…
the most successful animal pictures tend to be ones where we , as humans , can see something of ourselves in the animal…some glimpse of a common experience…here with one of the worlds greatest views in front of her, she is looking the other way (the pigeon I mean)

By: mw

mw — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:38:47 +0000

Actually, for me as a New Yorker who is often in tourist areas, the humor for me was just in the fact it was a picture of a pigeon. I’m always seeing tourists with expensive cameras chasing pigeons or squirrels as if that will be the highlight photo of their trip to New York (Tracy actually pulled it off). The other day I was trying out a pocket camera in Battery Park and saw a pigeon in interesting light, so I chased it around with my little point-and-shoot. It was great fun. I was half hoping some tight assed photographer such as myself was watching and going “tut tut.”

On a related note, that day playing with the pocket camera made me see the great attraction you all, particularly frostfrog, are talking about. People who would get hostile over the big camera don’t pay much attention to the small one.

By: david alan harvey

david alan harvey — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:23:00 +0000

MARCIN…

Anton is moving offices etc and is unavailable…so i am the only one…sorry…but i looked inside and there are no pending comments from you, so nothing to delete or release…i cannot quite imagine the problem you are having…sometimes there are weird tech glitches i guess…i wondered where you were hiding….anyway, welcome back…

By: Lassal

Lassal — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:49:34 +0000

Congrats Tracey!
“Come fly with me”
… movie scene like.

By: john gladdy

john gladdy — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:01:52 +0000

“fifteen men on a dead mans.. coo cooo coo…Shit!!….im telling you straight man, this whole buddhist re-incarnation deal sucks”

By: marcin luczkowski

marcin luczkowski — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:16:54 +0000

Wow I can write on Burn!!

This are testing comments, I had problems with writing, Anton could you delete them?

By: Dominik Dunsch

Dominik Dunsch — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:42:32 +0000

Tracey!!!!!! Congratulations!
Almost a year since I met this bird (and you) for the first time!
I see, you really are in New York spiritually! Hug, D.

By: Gordon Lafleur

Gordon Lafleur — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:06:13 +0000

OK, new caption contest.

“Good morning, or as we say in New York, what the hell’re you lookin’ at?”

By: bob black

bob black — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:44:22 +0000

sorry for the double post…..meant the you talking to me post

but Herve is still the Le Ton beau de Marot of Burn :))))