Silent Strings by auntietk
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Union Pacific Railroad Museum
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Bill has wanted to go to the UPRR museum for years, but we've never been in town on a day the museum was open. It worked out this time, and we spent our day looking at railroad things and then going to the historic Dodge house, which was built and owned by Granville Dodge, one of the architects of the transcontinental railroad.
I have no idea why there was a violin in the railroad museum ... I was just taking pictures of cool stuff I found. But there it was, so here it is!
It was a bit on the dark side in there, and my camera settings were stretched to the limit, so I did a bit of "painterly" postwork to this in order to give it some mood..
Comments (16)
I think no matter how you worked or why the violin is in the museum, the result is absolutely a charming and expressive image !!
It cries out to be played again! Great capture Tara!
I love this shot; it has such a moody, intriguing feel to it. Looks like a place I'd like to see one of these days!!
Delightfully Wonderful Work,
stunning pgoto; wonderful lighting and mood fav
Very eyecatching and great job.
Superb!!!!
I am sure it is missing the good old days, when it was in use and had all the strings. A little sad, isnt it?
It is marvellously moody!
I think it looks great, Tara! A very moody and ethereal piece - just lovely!
How fortunate the lighting was so poor. A properly exposed photo would not have had nearly the impact this one does. The effect is of a ghost from the past and leaves this viewer wondering who played it. Did the artist serenade riders on the Transcontinental Railroad? Excellent work, Tara.
Superb capture Tara. God bless.
this looks wonderful! you did a nice job with the postwork.
After being away for so long, it's nice to come back to a violin in a moody setting: but then the most appealing violins (or cellos or oboes) are best with a bit of darkness surrounding them; there's much to be said for the opposite of light. This whole image is seductive and shapely, as only a violin might be, and the color of the instrument itself is deliciously warm! The postwork is marvelous as well; those little tweaks and manipulations always bring something you've seen closer tot he way that you see it. Art is such a marvel that way; anyone could have photographed a violin, and as much of contemporary American art shows these days, violins look exactly like violins, realistically so...but where this deviates from that particular norm is that this violin does look like a violin, but more importantly, it feels like one too! The whole composition itself touches on the sound of that instrument and the notes that might come from those two remaining strings! How haunting!
Great capture Tara. Are you watching the news as far as weather is concerned? Lots of rain and wind the last few days in the Pacific Northwest!.
Orson Welles, in his Othello (film version), had a low budget and no time, so he scouted for a location for a scene, found an old 'baths' structure (in Italy---it was probably an ancient Roman bath), saw that it was dingy and beat up, and said, "perfect!" Despite all the headaches it would've caused most directors---sound and light being just two---he went with the problems, and created a scene in shadow with dripping water and echo, and it was perfect for the haunting scene. Moral? He used what he had, and turned it into art. So you had bad light, but you turned it into art. The mood you created is perfect for this old, beat up violin. It was probably played by a rider or engineer, or maybe a station master. Or maybe someone left it in the station, and it became a fixture. It does represent the scant but heartfelt music that accompanied travelers in those days. And you captured its oldness, mystery, fatigue and strange inner glow, through your postwork. You left in a little background wood-grain---just enough---and the wood-ledge the instrument is resting on---again, just enough. Suggestions of a larger world, but just suggestions...Perfect piece, beautifully postworked. (And I love ragged strings, unstrung on a violin!)