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Published: 2008-03-19 16:45:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 3756; Favourites: 118; Downloads: 0
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Description Trucks like these were workhorses in their day. But now, like their counterparts, their work is over. Somehow though, it does not seem like the truck is finished, there remains a sense of hope, for just as the horse has found a worthy place in our society as a means of joy and recreation, so too this ancient mount may one day also find his joy in restoration.

Tonight I was at a live concert with a small group of people in a private home. This was the first song that Kat Goldman sung and it reminded me so much of this truck, that I had to include the lyrics with this submission. I hope you enjoy them.


Sing Your Song - by Kat Goldman

all of these days
waiting for something magical to happen
friends of mine
they think i’m living,
living in a dreamers land

well, maybe they’re right
it’s really just a dream this life
now that i’ve seen it from the other side

you’ve got to be here
in the moment before it’s gone
all you have to do is sing your song

such a loner
still I gotta’ learn to stay in the center of the sound

maybe i died
and come right back to life
all I know for sure
is that I wanna survive

you gotta be here
in this moment before it’s gone
all you have to do is sing your song

but you started to doubt
you made it so hard on yourself
when all you had to do was
sing your song

Thank you Kat for your permission to use this song with this image. For those of you interested in these and other songs by Kat, she can be reached at katgoldman.com www.katgoldman.com
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Comments: 138

WayneBenedet In reply to ??? [2009-01-30 18:40:15 +0000 UTC]

lol... me too.

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richiegraphy [2008-11-28 10:10:08 +0000 UTC]

Blue great dominant Colours...another colours will bw an aksen...

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WayneBenedet In reply to richiegraphy [2008-11-28 13:32:51 +0000 UTC]

thanks for your comment.

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packgrad2k1 [2008-11-08 17:28:09 +0000 UTC]

Great colors. Nice job!

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BLOODFANTASTIQUE [2008-08-15 16:40:44 +0000 UTC]

I won't start on the colours, hues, tonal qualities, composition, textures Lol etc. Its all fantastic.

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WayneBenedet In reply to BLOODFANTASTIQUE [2008-08-18 01:34:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks,

I am happy you enjoyed it.

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BLOODFANTASTIQUE [2008-08-15 16:38:28 +0000 UTC]

I think it is what the motors represented in their day and the functional role they played, a sentimental attraction is often tied in by an emotional response representative of past memories of certain icons. The motor car is one. But it could be a an empty playing field a run down town house or a deserted footpath, beach first thing in the morning. It touches into a time when things were more active and buzzing and emotive, but are no more. For me some of your pictures say this to me, whether it was your intent or not.

I often like to capture these moments for the future before they totally disappear. There is always a healthy supply, because where there is life there is death, where there is new there is old. What will keep these icons going is your photography. What may start them up and have life again is the sentiments of what they represent will enter peoples hearts and so affect people in that respects. In my opinion its what they mean to me. No different from why i spend hour photographing a rusty fence or an old crisp packet in the garden left by my son a week ago.

Nice work though.

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30two [2008-04-25 00:31:15 +0000 UTC]

amazing colors... thanks for the

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ScottishDeathBear [2008-04-16 18:37:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Great picture! & thanx for the !!

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vikingjon [2008-04-06 13:54:13 +0000 UTC]

Crazy colors. I have to say I enjoy your truck pictures. I miss mine: 1975 Ford F-250 Ranger XLT Supercab Trailer Special. Whew! that's a mouthful! The thing had a history even before I adopted her in the early nineties. It's maiden voyage was from Delaware, USA to the Alaska-Canada Highway with a trailer and a family of kids in tow, and back. I spent many nights curled up in her bed (she had a cap on the back with sliding screened-in mosquito-free windows), either on the road, Canada included, or outside my sculpure studio in college after a night's artistic ramblings waiting for class to begin. Rust got the better of her until the last mechanic told me, "Her cab is basically just resting on the frame. Take a corner too hard..." So that's what all that creaking was about! RIP, old girl.

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WayneBenedet In reply to vikingjon [2008-04-06 14:22:41 +0000 UTC]

what a great story Jon,

thanks for sharing it.

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vikingjon In reply to WayneBenedet [2008-04-06 14:27:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. The memories of great workhorses live in your photos.

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E-Davila-Photography [2008-04-04 10:53:37 +0000 UTC]

Nice color contrast!

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afmrp [2008-04-01 22:59:51 +0000 UTC]

Very nice and funny Truck ... i it

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doodlez22 [2008-03-30 01:41:58 +0000 UTC]

OMG! I LOVE THAT TRUCK! I hate those stupid sports car, I love the country pickups! They RULE!

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frooshontay [2008-03-30 00:19:10 +0000 UTC]

Blue, orange and green
Nice triade contrast.

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PatriciaSaavedra [2008-03-29 16:23:36 +0000 UTC]

great colours!

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Lavalynne [2008-03-28 19:01:11 +0000 UTC]

I love these old vehicle shots of yours! This is great and I like the artist comment to go along with it!

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WayneBenedet In reply to Lavalynne [2008-03-28 19:02:03 +0000 UTC]

thank you,

that is very kind.

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sharksinthesalsa [2008-03-28 14:33:47 +0000 UTC]

this is hip I love it. And thank you for the fav.

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Chavez-Chavez [2008-03-27 01:29:07 +0000 UTC]

Cool shot! I love the colors.

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WayneBenedet In reply to Chavez-Chavez [2008-03-27 01:34:49 +0000 UTC]

thanks Evan,

I appreciate your visit and comment.

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Arch0nvv [2008-03-26 11:15:23 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha its great When I'm looking at this I want go swim through lake xD Holidays remeber :]

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pmccrory72 [2008-03-26 01:20:57 +0000 UTC]

This photo seems like the stained glass to nature's cathedral.

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WayneBenedet In reply to pmccrory72 [2008-03-26 04:45:17 +0000 UTC]

thanks for stopping by and letting me know what you think Phil

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tExTuReMaTtIc [2008-03-25 13:16:09 +0000 UTC]

man I'd give my left breast to find something like that!

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alimuse [2008-03-24 01:17:05 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful colors and composition!

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Hiddenplanet [2008-03-23 13:39:56 +0000 UTC]

Great colors and yes, that was great song !

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WayneBenedet In reply to Hiddenplanet [2008-03-23 14:08:58 +0000 UTC]

thanks,

Kat will be happy to hear you enjoyed it.

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Briseis [2008-03-23 13:04:27 +0000 UTC]

Lovely.The car's blue paint matches the sky so perfectly, it seems as if it's not paint but the actual sky seen through holes in the metal.

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WayneBenedet In reply to Briseis [2008-03-23 14:10:12 +0000 UTC]

lol...

thanks. For your comment and support. (it kind of makes the whole scene seem a bit unreal....but its not)

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irisire [2008-03-22 21:40:29 +0000 UTC]

Lovethe colours in this one!!

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WayneBenedet In reply to irisire [2008-03-22 22:19:54 +0000 UTC]

thanks Iris.

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lalito91994 [2008-03-22 19:31:36 +0000 UTC]

wayne , have you ever thought of making a calendar with those old but yet amazing cars/trucks you´ve got in pics . . .?

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WayneBenedet In reply to lalito91994 [2008-03-22 20:14:55 +0000 UTC]

yes, maybe for the future.

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Hermetic-Wings [2008-03-22 13:35:56 +0000 UTC]

I am a fan of your old houses and (nearly) runined car photographs...Excellent focusing and brilliant colours are not the only things that I feel to be admired with but, also your feeling about them are so humanist that's what I like the best....

We are all waiting for a miracle or something magial to happen even for ourselves....And still carry to hope of somebody to visit us and repair all broken parts, as you are saying in the first song of the private concert says...
Thanks for sharing that beauty with us!

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WayneBenedet In reply to Hermetic-Wings [2008-03-22 14:25:35 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much Ayhan,

there are so many ways in which we think the same.

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Hermetic-Wings In reply to WayneBenedet [2008-03-22 14:41:55 +0000 UTC]

Absolutaly!

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ww2warbird [2008-03-22 01:04:05 +0000 UTC]

I like the angle of the photo, not looking down on the subject. Did you use a filter to boost the colors? I know you've mentioned using one to get that gorgeous blue sky before.

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WayneBenedet In reply to ww2warbird [2008-03-22 01:27:18 +0000 UTC]

I probably used a polarizing filter. It is really the only, and I think best way to get that deep blue.

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ww2warbird In reply to WayneBenedet [2008-04-02 23:08:12 +0000 UTC]

AH ha. I have one of those...somewhere. Guess I'm gonna have to start looking for it now.

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butterfly36rs [2008-03-22 01:00:21 +0000 UTC]

You've given this old truck a new life in this image.

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WayneBenedet In reply to butterfly36rs [2008-03-22 01:25:47 +0000 UTC]

thanks rachel

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grandmajudie [2008-03-21 03:49:09 +0000 UTC]

I see why you would be reminded of this truck by the words to the song. It's like it's saying that IT had a dream and it wants to survive. Maybe it doesn't want to just sit out there ...dead. Maybe that's not the same message you got, but that was what I thought of. I like the colors and composition.

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WayneBenedet In reply to grandmajudie [2008-03-21 05:28:05 +0000 UTC]

...that is exactly how I saw it when I heard the song, like the truck itself was saying the words.

Thanks Judy,

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grandmajudie In reply to WayneBenedet [2008-03-22 02:45:54 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. I'm glad I saw it the same way. I tend to look at old houses and vehicles, etc. as though they actually had feelings. Maybe they do. Who knows.

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WayneBenedet In reply to grandmajudie [2008-03-22 03:38:59 +0000 UTC]

I do the same....While I am note sure they have feeling, I do think they hold memories.

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grandmajudie In reply to WayneBenedet [2008-03-23 02:12:26 +0000 UTC]

True.

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sumajarong [2008-03-20 23:07:14 +0000 UTC]

Poor truck..........,nice capture though.......Nong

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sumajarong [2008-03-20 22:35:47 +0000 UTC]

Great one..particularly with the song to go along with it Mark

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