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6 Comments

1. gorsk
   June 15, 2006 at 4:00 pm

   I almost think you should have staged this photo more, and by that I mean gotten rid of the trash cans. Although they provide a great color contrast, they seem to take away from the "rustic" feel of the photo. I like the wood of the shed and the wooden plank and just think the plastic really ruins it.

2. Becca
   June 15, 2006 at 10:49 pm

   Interesting point, Gorsk. The garbage cans definitely make themselves the focal point here, but can't decide if I think that's bad. It would be a much different photo without them, and I really don't know which I like better. Are the trash cans interesting or confusing? I don't know.

   This is why I don't comment more often.

3. Andy
   June 16, 2006 at 10:00 am

   Interesting discussion on this one, guys. The trash cans are, by all accounts, undeserving of any aesthetic prominence, as they are, after all, trash cans.

   However, I did not take this photo nor post it simply because of its potentially rustic feel; I was more attracted to the colors, to be honest, and the blue of the trash cans is one of them.

   Clearly the only solution here is to go back to Lake Champlain and move the cans and take the photo again.

   Maybe next weekend….

4. Jandl
   June 16, 2006 at 4:36 pm

   Word!

5. chorn
   June 19, 2006 at 4:44 pm

   so derelicte. Actually, I like this one, although it took a few viewings, and I think it's all about the trash cans

6. gorsk
   June 19, 2006 at 5:03 pm

   So, clearly, I am the only one that doesn't like the rubbermaids. Sorry I can't get into powder blue plastic on wheels.