Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: impending doom

A photo reflecting a wish (or) wishing for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. Like Ipernity, this woman seems to be in a precarious position. A couple of guys are jokingly holding her over the opening of a well as they pose for the photo. It appears to be a functioning well, with a bucket (barely visible next to the fellow on the left) attached to a chain and pulley to draw up water from the depths. In hindsight, I'd like to wish this woman well, with the hope that she didn't fall down into the water and go under. Likewise, I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that Ipernity stays afloat and doesn't go under. (I wish that this didn't sound so convoluted, but I used my best wishing photo— Woman on the Wishing Seat in the Children's Zoo at the Bronx Zoo —for the are you sitting comfortably? theme a few months ago. 8-)

For the Vintage Photos Theme Park, a photo of troublemakers and misfits (that guy always was a troublemaker: photo featuring a misfit—someone set apart from the rest of the people by dress, action, expression, etc.) . A jolly bunch of men and women are posing under a tree—and on a tree house or platform attached to the tree—for what turned out to be an overexposed photo that then faded over time. After I scanned the photo and adjusted its contrast, I was able to spot some interesting details, like the beaming smiles on some of the women's faces and the bow ties and striped shirts worn by a few of the men. One fellow at upper right is smoking a pipe and holding the legs of a guy who's sitting on the railing above him. And then there's the dude who's smack dab in the middle of the group (see a cropped version for a close-up view). He's puffing on a cigarette and seems to be lunging toward a man in the front row. Judging by the blur of the hatchet he's holding in his raised hand, the man in front received a blow to the head just after the photographer snapped the photo. Or at least that seems to be what this troublemaker wanted us to believe. Notice, too, how the young woman to the left of the hatchet wielder is grinning. It's hard to tell if she's in on the joke or is actually oblivious to the impending hatchet chop. P.S. For another rabble-rouser caught on film, see Aieeeeee!!!

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A bad behavior photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of I Should Have Known Better - people engaged in potentially risky behavior or suffering the aftereffects of a mishap . I think this was intended to be funny, but it seems more scary than amusing.

A young Lizzie Borden playing with her friends. 8-)