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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Thirty Nine: Juxtaposition – compare and contrast for meaning > Over the top, Matmata, Tunisia, 2008
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14-NOV-2008

Over the top, Matmata, Tunisia, 2008

The compression effect of my long 400mm telephoto lens creates an incongruous juxtaposition by making it seem as if a tractor is somehow riding on top of these Matmata buildings. I saw the tractor gradually ascending the steep incline behind the buildings and waited for it to reach the right spot for this juxtaposition.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/800s f/8.0 at 88.8mm iso100 full exif

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Phil Douglis29-Nov-2008 20:13
I thought a tractor on the roof looked like a toy as well. The image brings both scale and incongruous juxtaposition in play here.
Carol E Sandgren29-Nov-2008 06:06
The scale of this image is distorted which gives it interest and element of fun. I at first thought this was a toy truck sitting upon a low wall.
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