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    Still life = sentimentalist BS?

    I've been perusing still life photos in books and on photo.net etc. and have reached the conclusion that most of it is repetitious sentimentalist BS

    Awwww, a photo of glasses laying on an open book...Awwww, a rose in a flower pot.....Awww, fruit in a vase...

    Yawn.

    So what's you're favorit still life subject/photo?

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    Re: Still life = sentimentalist BS?

    A violin and rose on top of scattered sheets of music. grin.

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    Re: Still life = sentimentalist BS?

    Sounds like you guys have been spending too much time in museums looking at paintings from a particular era. Grin.
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    a photo of glasses laying on an open book with a rose in a flower pot with fruit in a vase sitting atop a violin and rose on top of scattered sheets of music with a ham and cheese sandwich on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.

    Oh - in a museum.

    Try that one!

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    Re: Still life = sentimentalist BS?

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Feldman View Post
    a photo of glasses laying on an open book with a rose in a flower pot with fruit in a vase sitting atop a violin and rose on top of scattered sheets of music with a ham and cheese sandwich on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.

    Oh - in a museum.

    ...held by a nude woman along with a cala lilly, whilst sitting on a rusting truck in a field next to an old barn with some birch trees on a mountain top?

    Seen it.

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    Re: Still life = sentimentalist BS?

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Feldman View Post
    a photo of glasses laying on an open book with a rose in a flower pot with fruit in a vase sitting atop a violin and rose on top of scattered sheets of music with a ham and cheese sandwich on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.

    Oh - in a museum.

    Try that one!
    Don't forget to take a bite out of the sandwich first.

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    Re: Still life = sentimentalist BS?

    Quote Originally Posted by cyrus View Post
    I've been perusing still life photos in books and on photo.net etc. and have reached the conclusion that most of it is repetitious sentimentalist BS

    Awwww, a photo of glasses laying on an open book...

    Yawn.

    So what's you're favorit still life subject/photo?

    Carrots make nice repetitious sentimentalist BS...
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    Re: Still life = sentimentalist BS?

    While disqualifying as still life, I never met a naked woman I didn't like.

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    Re: Still life = sentimentalist BS?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Rice View Post
    While disqualifying as still life, I never met a naked woman I didn't like.
    You never met "Humpty Dumpty" in Naples, Italy have you? Talking about a sentimental journey.
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    Re: Still life = sentimentalist BS?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Rice View Post
    While disqualifying as still life, I never met a naked woman I didn't like.
    Let me tell you about the time a co-worker snuck onto my computer when was away from my desk and put a photograph of an 800-pound woman, stark naked, as the desktop image of my computer at work. Naturally, the computer went to sleep before I discovered it. And naturally my female boss was at my side when I hit the space bar to bring the system to live.

    I HAVE met a naked woman I didn't like.....virtually speaking, that is.
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