I need a squirrel in this photo of trees and leaves and blank sky. I need a story, a theme. Technically, this is a perfect shot. But it is good craft not art. Art has to move me.
Maybe if there was a Goodyear blimp in the sky. Someone leaping from the blimp. Or a monkey eating the squirrel. Violence. Tragedy. Evil.
I want to like this photo, praise its creator. But this is no different than looking up while walking in the park. Damn it, there should be a vulture in that tree. Or a falling leaf so I can stick in a metaphor about the fragility of life.
Yes, a vulture waiting for the guy who fell out of the blimp to land. That would give me a story.
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