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I hear a symphony 2

I hear a symphony 2
Since moving from urbia to suburbia, I've started taking New Topographics-style photos -- in long views, too. Since this is a long view I think it looks better big, but you be the judge (type Z or click the pic).

For Sight and Sound I am providing a link to the Supremes performing an arrangement of this photo's title song, "I Hear a Symphony", featuring a symphony orchestra, an echo chamber, and an introduction by Paul Anka.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpL1TTxffO0

Hubertus Knopff, Amazingstoker, Roger Bennion, AD AD and 17 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Excellent shot!

Admired in:
www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to William Sutherland club
Thanks, William.
4 years ago.
 rdhinmn
rdhinmn club
This is a footnote to Jean's comment above, but yes, this is almost frontier town suburbia - wide, empty streets, large front lawns, and virtually nobody to be seen.

The touches of orange are not accidental - something drew you to taking this picture, after all. And the traffic cones may be sunbathing, but to me, they have simply given up, feeling unneeded and unwanted.

The shopping cart disappoints me, though, It looks like it wandered in from another picture - though on closer look, these may be multi-family dwellings, and that would explain it, no?
4 years ago.
Ernst Doro club has replied to rdhinmn club
phantastische Interpretation!! :-)
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to rdhinmn club
I thought of the red mailbox as the opening allegro, Bob, then the cone as the slow movement, the cart as the scherzo, and the sign as the finish.

Both the cone and the cart I took as abandoned items. They are stranded, awaiting a return to productive use.
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Ernst Doro club
I agree.
4 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautifully captured.
HFF and a nice weekend.
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Thanks, Jaap, and the same to you.
4 years ago.
 Gabi Lombardo
Gabi Lombardo club
it's a well done "long view" ! have a great WE!!
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Gabi Lombardo club
Thanks, Gabi, and the same to you.
4 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Nice long and wide view, good to see a shopping trolley out on it's own,

HFF and a lovely weekend
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Roger (Grisly) club
Thanks, Roger, and the same to you. I hadnèt thought about this, but yes, the trolley has escaped its human masters.
4 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
E um carrinho de supermercado abandonado que acrescenta ao sentimento de desolação... HFF John
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Xata club
This city sprawls so much, Xata, that everybody drives everywhere. You can go out for a walk and not meet anyone on the sidewalk. I suppose with modern technology weèll probably end up never going outside, anyway.
4 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
This place looks as if it's suddenly been abandoned..............and people have just dropped what they were doing, got in their cars and left. Very mysterious..!!

Very nicely composed John............and full of detail. like the splashes of orange colour, they draw the eye nicely and the trees are really lovely.

Well worth viewing large..!!
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
Thanks, Keith. As I mentioned to Xata, this city sprawls so much that everybody drives everywhere. London opted for sprawl back when gas was cheap, but doesn't seem to have noticed that gas isn't 30 cents a gallon any more.
4 years ago.
 Ernst Doro
Ernst Doro club
Ich hätte diese Szene nie abgelichtet.
Erst die guten Kommentare haben mir die Augen geöffnet.
HFF!
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Ernst Doro club
Thanks, Ernst. That's one of the characteristics of photo-sharing sites that appeals to me. I have often learned from comments things that I didn't quite ubderstand when I took a photo.
4 years ago.
 Tanja - Loughcrew
Tanja - Loughcrew club
...wo das Leben aufgehört hat, prickelnd zu sein...
Ich mag das Bild in Groß John....es zieht einen förmlich mit in die Szene!
HFF...und alles Gute für 2020 :)
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Tanja - Loughcrew club
Thanks, Tanja, and the same to you.
4 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
HFF to you!
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Esther club
Thanks, Esther.
4 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club
It appears you've come to my side of photography paradise. Wheee! (Love this one, by the way.)
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Diane Putnam club
Thanks, Diane. This approach seems more suited to my new home.
4 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to John FitzGerald club
I completely understand!
4 years ago.
 Ecobird
Ecobird club
Well captured John and I enjoyed the link very much. HFF and have a good weekend and a Happy New Year to you
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Ecobird club
Thanks, Carol.
4 years ago.
 AD AD
AD AD
Der Einkaufswagen ist der i-Tupf. :-)
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to AD AD
An interesting way of looking at it, AD AD.
4 years ago.
 Roger Bennion
Roger Bennion club
A very well put together entry to 'Sight and Sound', John. A good one by The Supremes. Great video too :-)

Thank you for posting to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music
4 years ago.
 Amazingstoker
Amazingstoker
Nice slice-o-suburbia, even complete with obligatory abandoned shopping trolley and traffic cone
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Amazingstoker
Thanks, Stoker. This is quite a change from midtown Toronto. There are more stores within two blocks of my old place in Toronto than there are within a mile of where I am now.
4 years ago.
 Léopold
Léopold club
Much quieter than downtown, with a typical cart for homeless people.
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Léopold club
There are certainly enough empty carts lying around in this neighbourhood, Léo, to equip a battalion of homeless people.
14 months ago.

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