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The Living Years
Posted by MARIANA (Waterloo, Canada) on 15 May 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
Do not know why but these old lovely mail-boxes reminded me of this song :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIs9HFN7S58
~The Living Years - MIKE & THE MECHANICS
Bill Jennings from (Bay Area Northern Calif), United States
fantastic rural B&W - great job!
15 May 2009 5:21am
Lylou & Roland from Besancon, France
Really good ! I'm dreaming I'm here having a nice trip over there !
15 May 2009 5:34am
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
Great shot of the endless road and those mail-boxes are really cool!
15 May 2009 5:36am
Standley from Carquefou, France
Superb composition with this almost endless perspective!
15 May 2009 5:43am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
I agree with you, and also they have a melancholy shade that I like very myuch.
15 May 2009 5:58am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Thank you for reminding me of that song and giving me goosebumps!!! A great song for a great image!!! Lovely sentiment in this image!
15 May 2009 7:14am
P J W Miller from Chase Terrace, United Kingdom
I love the song you mention, sad but a very nice song. Maybe there is some sadness in this image of faded lives that reminded you,
15 May 2009 7:42am
jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States
Very nice composition. Like the processing of the b/w.
15 May 2009 10:26am
Craig from Vacaville, California, United States
Our mailboxes suck! These have character! Nice capture!
15 May 2009 12:12pm
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
Lots of these in our rural area... and quite "rustic" as well... I've just never had the courage to capture them.
15 May 2009 12:45pm
k@ from Paristanbul*, France
Like a classic from the masters in photograph from the 40's, bravo !
15 May 2009 12:52pm
Scott Schilling from San Martin, United States
Great photograph and wonderful image in B&W!
15 May 2009 1:13pm
Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada
Wonderful shot! A great piece of Canadiana that is going by the wayside..... ;-)
15 May 2009 2:48pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
So beautifully emotive and evocative... both your image and the song!!!
15 May 2009 2:50pm
Mathilde Collot from Fontainebleau, France
audaciousness composition that gives strength to the image! I like the treatment of B / W!
15 May 2009 3:04pm
pascal from France
"there's a desert road from Vegas to nowhere
some place better than where you've been ........"
nice picture......sorry for my very bad english......
bye
15 May 2009 3:20pm
@pascal: 'Calling you ..' - wow .. love that song :)))
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
I love your composition ! love the letter box on foreground ! great perspective....on the road again ! beautiful BW my dear Mariana ;-)
15 May 2009 3:37pm
Don from spokane, United States
I like to see everyday elements made into successful pictures. These mailboxes, tilted back, have a kind of time-honored status in every community. Very interesting picture.
15 May 2009 3:56pm
peter from new york, United States
i love these old mail boxes too! great vintage-feeling shot. seems like its out in the middle of nowhere!
15 May 2009 4:06pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
A fabulous rural study. I found myself getting lost in the sign and along the highway. Nice.
15 May 2009 4:56pm
Manuela M from Rennes, France
J'aime beaucoup cette photo!! Nostalgie du temps qui passe.... Espoir de recevoir...
Bonne soirée.
15 May 2009 5:03pm
Veronica from Bucharest, Romania
b&w shot, but there are so many things to look at, good job
15 May 2009 5:05pm
zOOm from Paris, France
I love those mail boxes, typically american ! I've seen so many while I was in the US. Colors, shapes, old, new, wood, metal... sometimes just a rock with a name written on it... a nice theme to evok... on the road again... !
15 May 2009 5:39pm
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
Amazing contrast on this one. A nice find for sure...
15 May 2009 5:59pm
Ajay from Pune, India
This mono tone shot and the song in the background that really gives a feeling I may never have in the real world.
15 May 2009 6:17pm
Stef67 from in my head, France
on the road again...more...envis de voyage là,et voyage grace à ton regard ,^^
15 May 2009 7:17pm
romine from Bucharest, Romania
great b&w. tried to read the sign, but i didn't succeeded. i was curious. love the framing
15 May 2009 7:30pm
Lee from Fort Frances Ontario, Canada
A well captured and processed every day scene in backroads Canada. Very well done Mariana. You have yourself a great long weekend.
15 May 2009 8:02pm
@Lee: You might be familiar with scenes like this ... same as i am familiar with your gorgeous duck :) have a great long weekend too , and happy Victoria day :))
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Fine composition. Monochrome is just right.
15 May 2009 8:52pm
Mike from United States
Very nice BW. Really nice composition. I agree with Florence... Very American (Canadian, too I guess!), but it has a US midwest feel to it. Wonderful job.
15 May 2009 9:27pm
observing from North West, United Kingdom
This is wonderful seeing this, straight out of a 60's movie, excellent shot.
15 May 2009 10:32pm
mats from Texas, United States
Great documentation of the times. those fading painted names on those mailboxes, just great. another excellent composition.
16 May 2009 12:51am
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
A machinist of many talents our Mr Bauman. best...jerry
16 May 2009 4:10am
rian from mobile, United States
hmm.. i dunno why too.. but it certainly has a homey feel to it.. very nice shot.. :)
16 May 2009 12:57pm
Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France
I really like the mood of this B&W shot
17 May 2009 10:49am
