• Pigs on the Wing •, a photo from Quebec, Central

Photographer's Note

Some of you might already know by now that I like music. Many of my title are actually song titles and some of you have already seen of my pic Funambulists. So what link to music do we do here...

yep, very weak link. It's just that when I saw this scene, I immediatly thought of a cover from Pink Floyd: Animals. For me this album is the best of this band...of course it's arguable. So for you who know this album, I did a little workhop that might remind you even more this album.Also in the workshop, same place but at night and in a different angle, quite interesting too!!:D

So, no real intent today. But if some of you will dig his vynil disc, CD, mp3 of animal, well I'll know I'll have made someone happy today:D

Of course we could discuss of all the pollution, overconsumption, international politics...but let's just listen to the music for now...

Marc

PS:yes the "noise" is on purpose, I tried to recreate the mood of the album cover(Animals from Pink Floyd).

maltese, mvdisco, FORJP001, SamB, teutza, Wanda1, cam, mphotographies has marked this note useful

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poulinp (4528) 2007-02-01 23:01

Salut Marc.

Une photo qui a un impact journalistique, avec tous les débats présentement sur le réchauffement de la planète! La photo est un peu sombre et granuleuse, mais ça va bien avec le sujet. J'aime bien!

devimeuxbe (58557) 2007-02-01 23:13

Bonjour Marc
Actuellement nous avons a Paris une conference sur le rechauffement de la planette. Il serait bon de leur envoyer ton image.
Cést impressionnant et límage est tres bien faite
Amicalement
Bertrand

blankar (809) 2007-02-01 23:41

hi Marc,
God, I feel like chocking just looking at this photo!!! SUPER!!
Regards,
Blanka

Greg1949 (9011) 2007-02-01 23:54

Marc,

I really don't understand the note but the photo is superb, it really shows industrial polution happening, the colors are such to grab you and make you look and the light side - dark side add motion to the frame, like the wind moving the soot or smoke.

Greg

fjufju (335) 2007-02-02 5:19

Hi Marc,
I rather prefer Atom heart Mother, but as you said it is arguable:) I reccomend you this photo: http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/photo91278.htm

The picture is liitle dark, but it could be the dark side of the... industry:)
Well seen and well done,
regards,
Jan

maltese (22909) 2007-02-02 5:30

Salut Marc,
C'est amisant les coincidences, lundi dernier, j'ai pensé à cette pochette de disque en passant devant une usine, tu poste sur ce thème et quelqu'un d'autre vient de poste l'usine de la pochette ce matin.
Très belle réalisation sur ce thème grave avec des couleurs profondes.
Amicalement
Hervé
PS pour moi c'est "the dark side...." mais tout se discute!

Uhu (8609) 2007-02-02 8:52

Animals? It's really very like the album cover, you're right. But speaking about best album of Pink Floyd, how about Wish You Were Here? Great photo, TFS!

PachyBanks (100) 2007-02-02 8:53

Hey Marc!...I'm not the biggest fan or most informed person about Pink Floyd but I absolutely get it!... Your picture is most unusual and actually surprising since I just learned yesterday the we have the third most polluted spot on the planet here in Dominican Republic...the first one being Chernobyl.I really like your picture, it definitely conveys a strong message.

mvdisco (17798) 2007-02-02 9:32

Bomjour Marc,
Une photo qui nous montre la pollution que les multinationnales nous envoient quotidiennement! Très bon groupe Pink Floyd ils ont fait de grands succès avec cet album..bien vu..
Michel

porto62 (2313) 2007-02-02 14:06

Salut Marc, tres bien vu ton titre on s'y croirait tres bon cadrage de cet ensemble industriel and in deed PINK FLOYD is THE BAND of 20TH Century,Well done.Alain

FORJP001 (3819) 2007-02-02 22:35

Bonjour Marc,

Je n'ai pu m'empêcher de placer cette photo suos le thème de la pollution. Généralement la fumée est blance à cet endroit mais ici l'illusion était trop évidente.

Jean-Pierre

SamB (1948) 2007-02-02 23:43

Hello, Marc--
Nice work here, i feel like you placed the smokestacks well, allowing space on the right for the smoke to move into, but keeping them close enough to the middle to m ake them feel very planted in the composition... Static structures, static placement.
Thanks!
sam

PixelTerror (0) 2007-02-03 4:41

Salut Marc,
Il y a des titres comme ca qui rappellent tout de suite qqch, et j'ai bien sur tout de suite fait le rapprochement avec Pink Floyd dont je suis un grand amateur, cette photo colle bien a l'ambiance je trouve, et aussi tres bien a l'actualite, je ne sais pas si c'est comme ca au Quebec mais ces jours en France on ne parle quasiment que de climat et de rechauffement (ceci bien sur quand on arrete de parler de politique et d'elections presidentielles...).
Bonne fin de semaine,
Jean-Yves

teutza (10590) 2007-02-03 15:13

Hy Marc,
hey..that's a great image..good colors..strong//:)
interesting place also:)
good work my friend!
hugs
teo

Wanda1 (15142) 2007-02-04 12:26

Hi Marc,
A great shot. I like the dark saturated red of the building and the billowing clouds of smoke really bring the point of pollution accross. Nicely composed and well seen.
Regards
Wanda

cam (9043) 2007-02-10 21:20

Salut Marc
Enfin un peu de temps pour retourner la politesse et surtout avoir du plaisir à regarder de belles choses comme celle-ci qui me fait craquer de plusieurs façon.
La beauté d'une photo très bien réussie(mais pas la pollution).
Le lien visuel avec le disque mentionné.Mon groupe préféré dans ma jeunesse agité, avec Deep Purple.Ah oui,atoms hearth's mother est mon préféré,je planais littéralement sur cette musique et ceci sans prendre de produit chimique.J'ai moins accroché sur Animals.
Maintenant,place au jazz....

Amitié
Charles

mphotographies (1976) 2007-06-28 23:46

Hey Marc,

A funnel storm of pigs! You interpreted the image very well relating it to Pink Floyd's album 'Animals'. Saw the workshop and it seems like it continues to explode across the sky, day and night...Very compelling photo! Music and photography makes sense ;)

Jom

As you mentioned lets listen to the music for now...

"The album appears to be heavily inspired by George Orwell's Animal Farm as, through the central three songs, Roger Waters uses three animals as anthropomorphic metaphors for human behavior: dogs, PIGS, or sheep. Dogs are used to represent the megalomaniac businessmen who think they are in control but are finished by being dragged down by "the weight [they] used to need to throw around". PIGS refers to and is an attack upon those who are really/would be in control, politicians and opinion leaders, with direct references to Mary Whitehouse, who at the time was leading a campaign to "clean up TV". Those who do not fall into either of these two categories are sheep, who follow blindly, without any self-thought – though hope is perhaps provided when they rebel and at least kill one of the dogs persecuting them." - wikipedia

Have a great weekend!