Response to One half (Response #30)

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zorilla said 335 days ago:

I'd like to see this slightly pulled back so we could see the billboard in some kind of context

owen-b said 335 days ago:

Understood, but I shot it this tight on purpose so that there wasn't any context beyond the contrast of the word 'Natural' and the sinister face/evil eyes.

zorilla said 335 days ago:

I absolutely understand what you were trying to do but set against an urban backdrop (whatever it was)would have given the lettering another level of significance.

owen-b said 335 days ago:

I can see what you'ld like, but any wider and the effect would have been spoilt - this is really only a quarter of the billboard and the rest of the lettering was an advert for yoghurt, versus a whole load of 'Hannibal Rising' text - for me it was all about the elements you see above.

Ana said 335 days ago:

I've seen these! great idea for the theme, though I'm not sure many people will know what this is!

CaptureThis said 335 days ago:

I see what you were going for, and I really like that you were going for something quite different, as I see this theme getting "stale" quickly. I'm not sure how it could have been done better and still got the point across. I still give high marks for thinking outside the box on this one.

I might have straightened it. Perhaps you had tried that and felt it took something away from it.

Is this one of those rotating ad marquees?

flipthom said 335 days ago:

I really like this image, just by itself....but I'm having trouble seeing the relevance.

owen-b said 335 days ago:

It's one of those rotating billboards that has 3 ads on it. It's made up of lots of vertical 3-sided pillars. Each side has a strip of the advert on it. As they rotate, the billboard shows the full ads, in 'rotation' if you like.

Thus, this is mid-rotation and shows half one advert (for Muller yoghurt) and half another (for the movie 'Hannibal Rising')

DrDavidJones said 335 days ago:

Another tough one to see the relevance. . . half the blinds?

owen-b said 335 days ago:

Deary deary me, you guys moan if it's too obvious, and moan if you have to think about it for a second. Yes - half and half! Have a biscuit... ;)

beckn32 said 335 days ago:

A little un-natural. Not sure of the relevance here.

owen-b said 335 days ago:

Half one poster, half the other...

mtmartini said 334 days ago:

interesting

orangganjil said 334 days ago:

Excellent shot. It's an interesting take on the theme that has been well executed. Great job!

pursang said 334 days ago:

21. All 4's except for image quality a 5. This is a very interesting images that I particularly like simply because it is not immediately accessible to the viewer. Your interpretation of the theme is very creative and well done.

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