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Quirky capture, Carin, with a serious message embedded in that sign!
Thank you! Quirky is often my goal… (:
Carin, Carin, you’ve done it again! Made me spill my first cup of tea! The picture — amusing at first glance — does also convey the bleakness of the “all you can eat” planet, though! Great shot. Thanks.
My week isn’t complete unless you spill something! (;
This is a wonderful commentary Carin. I could stare at a picture like this for hours. So simple yet it says so much.
Thanks, Allison. I love that you get it.
A photo with a message — Carin, how do you do it? What first struck me was the bleakness of the scene. “All You Can Eat” but no glimpse of an appealing restaurant — just a stark parking lot (a la Joni Mitchell: “They paved paradise …”). And then the eye goes to the other sign. Priceless!
No idea what the sign refers to. There’s no restaurant in the area at all. Just left of the frame is a Sobeys. Glad you liked the Urban Planet; that made it for me too…
Looks like a very unpopular restaurant seeing that the lot is empty.
That’s the freaky thing, Susan… there’s no restaurant. [Urban Planet is retail.]
Just plain odd…
I’ll have a double order then!
And once I figure out what that might be, I’ll get it to you!
I like the wide angle emphasizing the capitalist sprawl, the signs, the bank of clouds along the roof, the zig-zag line, the glints of primary colours, the lone consumer in the distance…
Thanks, Sheila. It was the All You Can Eat sign that initially caught my eye because it’s pretty much apropos of nothing. The background ‘appeared’ through the viewfinder. Love it when that happens.