Sometimes in life there’s a little thorn in our side that we’ve lived so long with that we no longer recognize that it’s not supposed to be there. That’s what the satellite dish reminded of in this photo… at some point, some business owner decided they needed a satellite television signal on top of this retail unit, which now lay abandoned and derelict.
Fast-forward years later, and here’s this damn dish screwing up the skyline in my photo. I could have edited it out. But in a way, it improves the photo. It’s a piece of dated trash refusing to be ignored—continuing to steal the limelight by reaching into the future when some punk walks up and steals a photograph.
Photographically-speaking (and I’m not really into this stuff), it challenges what the subject is in this snap. In a way, it reminds me of a toothache I waited too long to address. And as ugly a part of life as this phenomenon can be, it’s still a part. It has its place. But it’s a good reminder to not wait too long, not STAY too long, not linger when things aren’t what they should be.
Make a move. Make a change.