The Object

[Tom Barry]

This object is at the far end of the photo I posted today entitled "The most boring job in the world." There is no artist's name on it or other description. I've decided it is meant to represent what might result if you threw a broken ball-peen hammer and a Longhorn steer with a nose ring into the Large Hadron Collider:
The Object by tombarry975, on Flickr

[Shadowman]

Nicely composed.

[Jim A]

If you want to progress as a photographer, Tom, it is best to avoid using some other person's art. Fine, if you want to show something to friends and family an interesting piece, but not useful as a recurring thing. Hope that helps.

[billtils]

Jim, I think that John's intent was to share something that piqued his interest - it probably should have been posted in the Community Lounge.

[Tronhard]

If you want to progress as a photographer, Tom, it is best to avoid using some other person's art. Fine, if you want to show something to friends and family an interesting piece, but not useful as a recurring thing. Hope that helps.

I subscribe to the view that people take photos for all sorts of reasons: artistic, emotional, technical and to simply record what they see and in which they find interest. People take photos of Michaelangelo's David, the Eiffel Tower etc. if they didn't I wouldn't know what they look like. I didn't really take it that the photo was meant to be more than a documentary work of something of curiosity to the photographer... If it had been represented as a piece of art in its own right I would have issue, but I don't see that here.

[Tom Barry]

If you want to progress as a photographer, Tom, it is best to avoid using some other person's art. Fine, if you want to show something to friends and family an interesting piece, but not useful as a recurring thing. Hope that helps.

Your remarks are not in any way helpful, merely presumptuous. Hope that helps.

[JBW]

Manfred may gag if he reads this but is there an angle that shows off this piece with a less distracting back ground?

[FootLoose]

Manfred may gag if he reads this but is there an angle that shows off this piece with a less distracting back ground?

Check Tom's flickr page.

[Tom Barry]

The sculpture is so close to windows and pillars that there is little room. I tried a three-shot pano holding the little SL-1 vertically, but the 24mm prime (38mm effective) just couldn't get it all in. As you can see, the program I used got a little confused by all the lines and angles. Look at the left "horn" to see what I mean:
From the rear by tombarry975, on Flickr

[Manfred M]

There is some controversy in shooting art and there are some people out in the art community that are very much against this photographic genre; I strongly disagree with them.

When it comes to art, the one thing that many artists forget is that both the artist and the viewer have a different view of a work and both have perfectly valid views and opinions on how they view their creation. If the purpose is to rip off a piece, that is one thing, but if the purpose is to show the photographer’s perspective, that is something else.

In this image we see a view of the sculpture in its environment and that adds to something the artist did not likely foresee. The effectiveness of the portrayal is worthy of discussion and critique. The colours and lines of the building complement the work, but there are some distracting elements that take away from the effectiveness of the final image.

[Tom Barry]

I think you may be right that the artist didn't foresee the environment for the piece. I think it is new to the space, because when I got home, I googled the websites for both the high-rise and Fareground Austin (which is the food court) for photos and in one view looking up at where the sculpture now is, it wasn't there. I've lived in Austin, except for four years, since 1956, and downtown has become so incredibly crowded that it is a pain driving to and from, even on a Sunday afternoon. I wouldn't have been there had it not been to attend an important charity fund-raiser. I likely won't get back there except under similar compulsion.