Photographing Pareidolia
"Pareidolia is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none.*"
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
I discovered this is easier seen than photographed, that is, I see something and it doesn't photograph well, or I see something and I don't have my camera. Intentionally walking around looking for Pareidolia rarely generates results. At the beginning I wasn't sure I would find anything so the first three are the obligatory run of the mill snapshots.
"Kilroy is Board" ~ Not everyone will catch the WWII reference.
"Toss Back a Cold One" ~ A little rust and paint on a pedestrian overpass.
"Total Recall: In Wood" ~ Another esoteric reference if you haven't seen the movie.
"Watching Over His Master" - Walking around and watching rock climbers I came across this composition.
"Water Bear" ~ At Shore Acres State Park in Oregon there can be epic landscape photographs taken during King Tides with epic lighting... but still some compositions are interesting.
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2 and 3 are the winners for me. No explanation needed, will ponder them for some time. Well done.
Interesting series Dean. I suspect all of us will see different meanings in these - I especially love the character of the wood in the 3rd.