Just Today
we abandon
seeing and knowing and naming,
and indulge
shadows, darkness, and mystery.
What we find in those shapes
has no name,
why we are moved
has no explanation,
that we are moved
means we are alive.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
JUST TODAY
Just Today
we abandon
seeing and knowing and naming,
and indulge
shadows, darkness, and mystery.
What we find in those shapes
has no name,
why we are moved
has no explanation,
that we are moved
means we are alive.
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Great photos of some beautiful bikes!
Love the rocker arm shot.
Joe S.
Fort Sutter chapter of the AMCA must still have some heavy hitters...great pix BTW.
Ivan
Great photos! Love those old bikes...
Tim C.
Dude, you're site is the best... but sometimes the envy this blue collar slob endures is almost unbearable. Oh well.. I guess I'll take the Norton out to breakfast (72º, light breeze) and try to forget about it!
I cannot prefer the black and white pictures, too much of the fine details is lost. B&W has its place where contrast is high and details are few and simple, but motorcycles are poetry in nyances.
I hate to say it, especially as someone who built a career on B&W printing, but I was dying to see the bikes and that room(s) in color too.
Your shots are delicious, and the lack of location identification greatly adds to the mystery, but IMHO while B&W hides the things best hidden in us frail humans, it hides the things best shown in our two wheeled steeds.
Just Today
we abandon
seeing and knowing and naming,
and indulge
shadows, darkness, and mystery.
What we find in those shapes
has no name,
why we are moved
has no explanation,
that we are moved
means we are alive.
Nice garage,nice bikes, nice shots. Black and white time travel. Takes me back to my first bike and lugging around my old man's Rollei. Then back to the darkroom to see what developed.
1) B&W in fact has 30% higher resolution , thereby revealing more ... not less detail
2) I'll be the lone voice and say I prefer B&W especially when it comes to M/C and automotive photography
3) These shots are stunning
4) Paul's point in his response here was spot one
5) Some of y'all kind a missed the point ;-)
What a wonderful garage that we can found those vintage motorcycle.
Just Today
we abandon
seeing and knowing and naming,
and indulge
shadows, darkness, and mystery.
What we find in those shapes
has no name,
why we are moved
has no explanation,
that we are moved
means we are alive.
...on another note, are these your words Paul? They seem very Zen?
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