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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on October 10, 2022, 01:47:06 PM

Title: Resident of Deadwood, Ont.
Post by: Shortsighted on October 10, 2022, 01:47:06 PM

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-HtLTMMw/0/78b57b93/L/Flicker%20having%20second%20thoughts%20copy-L.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-HtLTMMw/A)
A grainy image of one of the gritty residents of this dried-up village. All sand and deadwood.

Title: Re: Resident of Deadwood, Ont.
Post by: TransAtlanticGoose on October 11, 2022, 03:11:26 AM

The low warm sunlight, combined with heavy-handed vignetting, really add to the old-western vibe. The question is, does he truly have the grit to match his portrayal? Or is his six-shooter not even loaded.

Title: Re: Resident of Deadwood, Ont.
Post by: Shortsighted on October 11, 2022, 07:07:45 AM

In the likes of Deadwood, true grit doesn't come from courage or perseverance in the face of adversity but from the bottle, from always being loaded with a six shooter of rye whisky. This hombre may look tough, may leave a trail of gritty sand wherever it perches, but the truth is that it's as despicable as all the rest of the regions regulars: the no-good double-crossing vermin rat-faced squirrel and that no-account sheriff with a mean streak that stretches clear across town. Even the sign for Deadwood was nailed on upside-down with rusty nails from that swindling Rusty blackbird fella. You best avoid Deadwood, partner. I'm only gunna say it once .... spit.   

Title: Re: Resident of Deadwood, Ont.
Post by: Ally on October 11, 2022, 05:48:35 PM

I can't imagine what kind of conversations went on in your house when goose was growing up.