7 responses to “13 Days of Photos: Day 1”

1. 

   Mr. Prosser

   December 19, 2015 at 3:23 pm

   Good contrast with the lamps on the right.
2. 

   al-Ameda

   December 19, 2015 at 4:20 pm

   A very nice album, Steven. I very much liked the 5th one in?
   the silhouette of the sun through high clouds too

   Troy seems like a nice community, I also think that your photos
   bring out the best of wha Troy is (or seems to be).

   Continue to have a good holiday season.
3. 

   OzarkHillbilly

   December 19, 2015 at 7:14 pm

   Meh. I have to be honest and say this one leaves me kind of flat. The colors are nice and the framing is fine and I like the silhouettes of the trees and the students but….

   And I guess that is where I am with this pic: I don’t see what you were trying to capture.
4. 

   Just ‘nutha ig’rant cracker

   December 19, 2015 at 7:36 pm

   The campus is beautiful. Must be a really nice place to work, at least setting-wise. I hope the administration, faculty and students match the setting.
5. 

   James Pearce

   December 20, 2015 at 9:17 am

   Solution to a non-existent problem:

   Someone says an unkind word about Alabama. Produce a wallet-size print of this photo. Say, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Alabama is awesome. See for yourself.”

   @OzarkHillbilly:

   I don’t see what you were trying to capture.

   Ah you know, the ushe: a moment in time, light and shadow, color. I mean, just look at that sky.

   The ancients had to make-up gods to understand the awesomeness of the sunset, and even if you have an intellectual understanding of what’s actually happening –the rotation of the earth, light bouncing off molecules in the atmosphere– the effect is still one of awe.

   Also consider the artistic impulse. Van Gogh would have gotten out his paints and brush. Steinbeck would have used a whole page to describe this sunset, probably from the perspective of a frog on a lily pad or something. Bruce Springsteen would write a song about it, and you know that a CGI-enhanced version of it will show up in the next Spielberg movie.

   I suppose the only reason a photographer wouldn’t take this shot would be if they left their camera at home.
6. 

   James Pearce

   December 20, 2015 at 9:19 am

   PS. The kid pointing, he’s saying “What’re those?!!”
7. 

   Steven L. Taylor

   December 20, 2015 at 1:08 pm

   @Mr. Prosser: @al-Ameda: @Just ‘nutha ig’rant cracker: @James Pearce: Thanks. And yes, we have a lovely campus (and lovely people, on balance 😉

   @OzarkHillbilly: I appreciate the comments. I am just a sucker for a sunset 🙂