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Just another in a series I'm working on titled 'The Bureau' A much simpler lighting than the previous one.
Hope you're all good.
| Title: | DEAR JOHN |
| Username: | 
keithh |
| Uploaded: | 10 Feb 2012 - 6:49 PM |
| Camera: | Nikon D300  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | Nikkor 50mm  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Tags: | Books, Bureau, Candle, General, Hidden meaning, Letter, Poison, Still life |
| Votes: | 37 |
Comments
I like the balance between the present and the past in this. I first registered the books, the crucifix, the hour glass. Then a moment or so later the whisky, pills, smoking pipe. Last of all the bullets. Layers of association, thought-provoking.
Moira
Long time no see Keith. A lovely set up. Great.
Hope ur keeping well.
John
Very poignant Keith. The implications are all there, not sure on the pills - they look too contemporary - the poison/medicine bottle would suffice (tho change the placement).
I like the pano crop (tho the cliped sides of the bureau fight the harmony). Its a shame images like this don't grab the attention of more - they don't know what they are missing.
I've come back a time or two, thought more and more about this. I'm interested in what I noticed first, the well thumbed old books, Les Misérables coming in two volumes, the keys, the warm, cosy nostalgia (plus the bottle... ). The modern pills came as a real shock. I think they work and they're important, they're the here and now. They convey pain.
I'm with Nick on the clipped sides of the bureau though... That doesn't spoil the image, it just gives me something to niggle about.
Love the books & that wisp of smoke from the pipe.
Great content except the pills & they do jar a tad for me too.Bullets are good so what about a nice ole pistol to go with them instead of the booze & pills ?
Very Sherlock Holmes.
Fancy clipping the edges off...tut tut Mr H 
Lovely image, Keith.
If/when you re-shoot this I think that actually including the sloping sides of the bureau would be a good thing, especially if you also include a little more of the surroundings.
They, along with the top and writing desk, would form a "world away" from what's outside, giving a kind of detachment and sense of pivate intimacy to the thoughts and feelings and identity implied and contained within the bureau itself.
My twopenneth worth, and an RC to add to your other acronym 
Bill
I love this style, althought it's a bit cliche-saturated, fantastic picture!
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