paul: i thought of eliminating it via some fancy ps moves. but then.. hm. this may be some trivially true perspective on things, but i actually was on a greyhound bus when i photographed this. the bus was actually moving. quick lucky shot through the immovable window. i wouldn't argue there is more significance in having the reflection, but i would argue there is a significance in addition to the 'documentation' reason for keeping it. i'm babbling. i don't care. i'll continue. i say, i have carried with me through the last 15 years, the image [that is, the idea] of looking through the window of a moving vehicle, the window rolled up. being the passenger in the backseat and seeing the outside zip past, the trees; and then focusing on a single tree. as it flies by, focusing on its detail and imagining touching it. pressing fingers to the window and then realizing i am a passenger in a moving vehicle and that i will not touch that tree.
Also, as i started to say, there is the trivial reason for keeping it: the reflection documents the actuality of the moment. i really WAS on a bus behind a window. so this may be considered not just a 'photo of some tracks' but also a photo of me on a bus taking a photo through the window as i roll past this scene. mannerist, in a way.
the reflection reminded me that the scene with the tracks is 'on the outside' and that i am inside. to me, that is fairly significant.
oh. also. combined with the title all of what i just said is damned apt. one person will understand why if they consider just when i was on a greyhound bus..
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Lookin' down the line...
Oh but for that reflection on the upper right.
Great pic Chris
paul: i thought of eliminating it via some fancy ps moves. but then..
hm. this may be some trivially true perspective on things, but i actually was on a greyhound bus when i photographed this. the bus was actually moving. quick lucky shot through the immovable window. i wouldn't argue there is more significance in having the reflection, but i would argue there is a significance in addition to the 'documentation' reason for keeping it. i'm babbling. i don't care. i'll continue. i say, i have carried with me through the last 15 years, the image [that is, the idea] of looking through the window of a moving vehicle, the window rolled up. being the passenger in the backseat and seeing the outside zip past, the trees; and then focusing on a single tree. as it flies by, focusing on its detail and imagining touching it. pressing fingers to the window and then realizing i am a passenger in a moving vehicle and that i will not touch that tree.
Also, as i started to say, there is the trivial reason for keeping it: the reflection documents the actuality of the moment. i really WAS on a bus behind a window. so this may be considered not just a 'photo of some tracks' but also a photo of me on a bus taking a photo through the window as i roll past this scene. mannerist, in a way.
the reflection reminded me that the scene with the tracks is 'on the outside' and that i am inside. to me, that is fairly significant.
thank you much, paul.
oh. also. combined with the title all of what i just said is damned apt. one person will understand why if they consider just when i was on a greyhound bus..
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