...time

Posted by Kylie Greenan (Richmond, Australia) on 7 August 2008 in Art & Design and Portfolio.

This is a clock my best friend bought me for my birthday and I love it.

This image reminds me of how time ticks on in all our lives, somewhere in the world, some fall in love and some fall apart. In my mind there are two people travelling a long distance, not having seen each other for quite some time, the newness of their love still exciting... the anticipation and counting down the seconds as they look at the clock in the middle of the train station, wondering at what time they will finally meet and embrace again.

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Comments (24)

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

This is an amazing image. I very much like your composition.

7 Aug 2008 12:17am

@Steve Rice: Thanks so much Steve, very much appreciated!

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States

yes -- this composition is awesome, love the angle of the shot and your framing! love the beautiful light grain of the wood that is also visible here... is this an antique clock? or made to look antique? marvelously done! and i loved your 'interpretation of time' as love... as i read your piece, i was interpreting the 2 hands of the clock as the lovers your described... each of them counting the intervening ticks of the minutes and seconds til they met again, overlapped -- joyous and brief, only to be pulled apart by destiny as they passed on again -- separated for yet another delirious hour in the on going time continuum. just beautiful! :)

7 Aug 2008 1:04am

@dj.tigersprout: DJ, can you write the narrative for my blog every day? :o) Thank you so much for your exquisite comments and interpretation, it is a very large face, it is old wood grain but I have aged it even more in this image, it's not antique tho and if you look at it closely it actually has three hands, one is a counter weight for the big hand, but it totally confuses the cr*p out everyone which is partly why I love it so much :o) Thank you again, looking forward to a quiet ten minutes to absorb your blog today and leave a comment :o) Thanks again DJ!

Erik from Amersfoort, Netherlands

It looks real nice...so dis you give it a nice place ? Great composition.

7 Aug 2008 1:17am

@Erik: Yes I did, thanks Erik, appreciate your comments!

Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

What a great image Kylie, the composition is superb. I thought it had quite a romantic feel to it, then I read your lovely narrative. Bravo you old romantic you:-))

7 Aug 2008 1:31am

@Linerberry: Thank Liners, easy on the old my friend :o) A romantic... ah yes, aren't most photographers? Check out your site in a bit :o)

timothy from Tokyo, Japan

beautiful macro--i especially enjoy how you captured the grain quite nicely. the angles within the shot work quite well, i reckon; putting your lens right against the surface really invites the viewers into your shot as well. wonderfully done!

7 Aug 2008 1:58am

@timothy: Thank you Timothy for your kind words, I am glad you felt invited into the image. Thanks for stopping by.

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

What a powerful shot, and we watch as time slips by.... luckily, you have halted the advance of time here, your in credit...!! :)

7 Aug 2008 2:11am

@Observing: Wouldn't it be nice if we could stop time just for a little bit. Thanks for stopping by and commenting Mike.

Viper from Chennai, India

WOW! i mean WOW!! on both counts the snap and the lovely writeup.

7 Aug 2008 2:57am

@Viper: Thank Viper! Mucher appreciated.

Nicolas Marguerie from Paris, France

beautifull picture..!

7 Aug 2008 3:38am

@Nicolas Marguerie: Thank you Nicolas, appreciate you stopping by.

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

You must remember this
...
As time goes by...

7 Aug 2008 5:34am

@António Pires: Mwwwaaaaahhhhh!! (that's the kiss bit :o)... thanks António!

Eric Fry from Houston, TX, United States

This is a fantastic composition, Kylie. The detail of the wood grain and the b&w processing are superb here. This would make a great fade-in for a movie scene!

7 Aug 2008 6:02am

@Eric Fry: Thanks Eric, what a lovely comment, very kind of you. :o)

Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States

A great monochromatic shot - I like the off-kilter feeling related to the passage of time :)

7 Aug 2008 7:07am

@Ken McCoy: Thank you Ken for your time looking through and commenting on my portfolio today, so very much appreciated.

Arps from Hyderabad, India

Great Composition and great description Kylie. Infact your writeup is so true and it echoes my feeling right now as I wait to see my husband next month (after 5 months) doing a countdown right now in days waiting for days to become hours .. minutes and then seconds....
Lovely!

7 Aug 2008 7:27am

@Arps: Thanks for your kind comments and I hope for you that those hours and minutes go by so quickly and he will soon be back in your arms! 5 months is such a long time when you are missing someone. I am glad my image meant something to you, thanks again!

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

A powerful image along with a romantic commentary. Very nice, Kylie.

7 Aug 2008 7:58am

Lorraine from Canada

Beautiful and such a romantic text ;) You have caringfriends Kylie :)

7 Aug 2008 8:01am

Zygene from morlaix, France

Whaout, une superbe création, bravo.

7 Aug 2008 12:51pm

Dhini from Dordrecht, Netherlands

Very nice

7 Aug 2008 1:40pm

kerfendal from Paris, France

good composition ,this remenber an old film of the beginning of 20th century

7 Aug 2008 3:33pm

Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France

J'ai des problèmes pour me connecter sur ton blog, je ne sais pas pourquoi. Aujourd'hui j'ai trouvé un moyen en passant par la page principale "Aminus3 recent photos".
J'aime bien cette image et surtout son angle de vue original.

7 Aug 2008 4:07pm