http://www.setzler.net/2008/09/14/murrays-mill-photo-walk/ Life in Black and White Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:49:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.setzler.net/2008/09/14/murrays-mill-photo-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-8807 Markus Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:40:21 +0000 http://www.setzler.net/2008/09/14/murrays-mill-photo-walk/#comment-8807 The second image attracts me very much with its composition of triangles and lines - in original size it probably also has nice patterns and textures to keep the eye busy for quite a while. It seems to be a broadly observed fact that the old and weathered things attract more photographers that the shiny new ones, but I have no explanation for this. OK, old surfaces offer more variation in color and texture, but there seems to be more to it. One idea is that older this kind of integrate into the environment, merge into their surroundings, give hope that nature can embrace them, while new things only shriek 'here, me, look...' regardless of their aesthetic value. Anyhow, I am subject to this preference of the old and weathered, too. The second image attracts me very much with its composition of triangles and lines - in original size it probably also has nice patterns and textures to keep the eye busy for quite a while.
It seems to be a broadly observed fact that the old and weathered things attract more photographers that the shiny new ones, but I have no explanation for this. OK, old surfaces offer more variation in color and texture, but there seems to be more to it. One idea is that older this kind of integrate into the environment, merge into their surroundings, give hope that nature can embrace them, while new things only shriek ‘here, me, look…’ regardless of their aesthetic value. Anyhow, I am subject to this preference of the old and weathered, too.

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