Not sure if I can get 100 words, but I'll give it a try.

I saw this at the feature by [link] neonninjarawr.

I first would like to address the originality of the photograph. While not as popular as say, flower photos, tire swings are a common and oft photographed subject. A search here on dA brings up 3781 deviations of tire swings. So not an entirely original thing to shoot. Having said that, let me expound a little more. Originality isn't everything. Some things look so beautiful, or have some other quality, that they loan themselves as irresistable subjects for art. Regarding a tire swing, the beauty is not inherent in the object itself (as an old tire is just plain old butt ugly) but in the mood and nostalgia that they evoke.


So then, while these swings, as a subject, may be a little tired ( pun ) I think that you envisioned and developed a good comprehension of what you wanted to say with this shot. To embrace the nostalgia that these invoke and make that sentiment the centerpiece of the composition.

In doing that, I feel you've employed the existing environment and used your camera angle for good effect. Especially having the camera perspective so much lower than what us grown ups' tend to see. First, this really put the tire itself in the main forefront of the composition. Also this enabled you to get the overhanging tree branches in the back, giving the tire a good contextual environment. The lower angle also, as the title suggests, brings us back to when we were a little more challenged in the hieght department, it gives us the view and perspective that we were used to as a child. The added skewed angle reminds us of the motion of the swing, when it was being used. Gives the composition a good dynamic element.

So, overall I think this is a great shot, and the composition, the individual elements and details, and the title itself, make a strong and complete statement.

It's nice to look at too.