Humor in Phography?

[Michael Graves]

I'm sorry. Once again, what was it about the no parking sign that you found confusing?

Toyo 5x7, 210mm Fujinon. Arista Professional film in Rodinal 1:50. Now if I could just type in the heading.

[percepts]

OK so its not large format but for a parking shot it's not bad

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get out of that...

[Michael Graves]

OK so its not large format but for a parking shot it's not bad

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get out of that...

That one reminds of a time when I was stationed in Monterrey, CA. I saw a bunch of people crowded around a railing near the wharf, looking down into the water. I sidled on up to see what what was going on, and in about 20 feet of crystal clear water, a pickup truck was sitting on the bottom of the bay, perfectly sitting on all four wheels.

I said, "You know, considering how many empty spots there are in the lot, I don't think I would have chosen to park there."

The guy next to me said something unprintable and anatomically impossible, no matter how hard you try and l looked over at this guy. He was all dripping wet and looked like he was about to kill me. So I decided I'd seen enough.

[Richard M. Coda]

Not LF, but I was always amused by this one... taken while my wife and daughter were attending a performance of "The Phantom of the Opera" in NYC a few years back. I'm not a play person, so I bar hopped and walked around with my DSLR.

[John Kasaian]

Monterey is famous for wet cars. Remember the advertisement for Avis (or was it Hertz?) of Augie Pabst's rental car parked in the bottom of the swimming pool at Casa Munras?

[paulr]

This one by Sternfeld is my all time favorite funny photo. The fact that it's 8x10 makes it even funnier. What was he doing there while all this unfolded?

[Colin Graham]

Damn, it took me a minute to realize that's a firefighter browsing through the pumpkins. That's just great. And extra points for LF!

This one always gets me.

[Daniel Grenier]

.....What was he doing there while all this unfolded?

Just so you don't think Sternfeld lit the match to catch the shot, this was actually a pre-planned fire by this particular fire dept for training purposes. Sternfeld got the word, I guess, and he pulled a sensational photograph out of it. Very cool image indeed.

[percepts]

Hmmm,

It's kind of lost it's impact now you tell me it was staged. Until then I thought it was a great capture.

[percepts]

I said, "You know, considering how many empty spots there are in the lot, I don't think I would have chosen to park there."

The guy next to me said something unprintable and anatomically impossible, no matter how hard you try and l looked over at this guy. He was all dripping wet and looked like he was about to kill me.

Sounds like he was having a major sense of humour failure.

Light the blue touch paper and stand well back....