BAKKIE
by ubique

Comment by ubique:

Originally posted by bmartuch: This is very cool. I think it would be better without the vignetting.

Originally posted by posthumous: vignette seems too heavy to me but I love the composition.

Originally posted by insteps: I don't necessarily dislike the heavy vignette but I'd be interested in seeing the natural image.

I don't know why I like severe vignettes so much; they're just an affectation when done to this extent, and I know it.
But I actually like the brutality; the uncompromising effect created. In this photograph I was interested in using the preposterously excessive lower edge vignette to mirror the shapes and weights of the background hills. Making the truck (bakkie) become a part of – or an echo of – the landscape. I did a horse like that once too, though with a less extravagant vignette.

BAKKIE
by ubique

Comment by insteps:
If I had voted in the challenge you might have gotten to 5.5. Not that matters at all. It's a beautiful photograph. The tight crop on the truck creates a nice foreground layer. I don't necessarily dislike the heavy vignette but I'd be interested in seeing the natural image.

Ruby will you be mine?
by ubique

Comment by MadMan2k:
Good lo-fi look which works well for this shapely & contrasty scene, but I don't get the jewelry theme.

forget me not
by ubique

Comment by bogulo:
Love it.

BAKKIE
by ubique

Comment by tnun:
and what mariuca said. one of my 3 or 4 top picks.

BAKKIE
by ubique

Comment by posthumous:
vignette seems too heavy to me but I love the composition.

BAKKIE
by ubique

Comment by tnun:
improbably lovely.

BAKKIE
by ubique

Comment by PennyStreet:
all it needs is the kids in the back... IDK why I love this, but I do.

forget me not
by ubique

Comment by mariuca:
a little poem
bump

forget me not
by ubique

Comment by Lydia:
Ha! Love your title.

And the image is really interesting and fun. Good choice for BW.