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09-OCT-2008

Stop Sign, Cooke City, Montana, 2008

There is much construction going on just outside of Yellowstone Park’s Northeast Entrance. We were asked to stop by this woman holding a stop sign. I made this photo from the window of a car. I do not try to show the whole sign in this image. The color and shape and bottom part of the word is enough to make the point. I was more interested in the stoic patience of the woman herself. It is bitter cold and snowflakes are swirling around her, yet her semi-frozen face betrays no emotion whatsoever.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/250s f/4.0 at 88.8mm iso100 full exif

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Phil Douglis19-Oct-2008 19:18
Thanks for seeing what I was trying to accomplish here with my crop, Carol. The image is all about the face, the cold, the boredom. The cropped sign, and neon-colored vest, add context.
Carol E Sandgren19-Oct-2008 18:49
Powerful cropping! We dont need to read the sign...just hte color and shape read it to us frrom such familiarity. The close up that this crop allows, lets us see the woman's face more closely as she looks to be in a trance from boredom and the cold.
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