My favorite non-people photo of the trip

[gordonzola]

The carousel at The House on the Rock. I had no flash or tripod so I had to use those old photo lab skills I thought had atrophied. The three photo geeks on my list might care, so I'll tell you that I used my Pentax P3 propped up on prof_southbay's bag in self-timer mode and the longest exposure possible.

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[tlacuiloliztli.livejournal.com]

is that dude in the corner the operator? because he's still as fuck.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

Excellent question. I was shocked by that. No, he was just moving verrrrrrrry slowwwwwwwwly.

[flipping-hades.livejournal.com]

That's awesome. It's like the Coruscating Carousel of Doom.

[amarama.livejournal.com]

OH, MAN, I LOVE HOUSE ON A ROCK! I have a creepy photo of this same carosel! And the spaced out teenagers who are the workers right there! Creepy, creepy, creepy! Oh, the infinity room! My former straight wife Morgan and I did mushrooms there!

[amarama.livejournal.com]

Also, gorgeous image, and way to get your photography on.

[bigfatmama.livejournal.com]

i'm glad you are back!

[arasay.livejournal.com]

That is so great! But how slow is that guy moving?

[princessmaam.livejournal.com]

brilliant. i love the fairies at the top and the still dude. and any image that reminds me of fire is as good as gold in my mind. enter this into a photo contest. and thanks for sharing your technique for the (more than 3 I'm sure) photo geeks!

[n2plus6.livejournal.com]

Photos alone do The House on the Rock no justice. Be ware that your attempt to create graven images out of kitsch could lead to eternal banishment from the chosen land or central Wisconsin.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

aw, go back to Menashaqua with your idle threats!

[ubiquity75.livejournal.com]

House on the Rock is one of the most bizarre places on the planet. The dude who "made" it fancied himself a weird sort of Frank Lloyd Wright, proving once again that the line between "genius" and "totally fucking nuts" is razor-thin.

I can't believe you were so close by. Shoulda stopped in Madison.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

well, we did have an unexpected stop in Madison for coffee and internet. Some fair trade cafe near the university. We got through the House on the Rock faster than we thought we would and had to kill time before getting to Milwaukee.

[jessicaem.livejournal.com]

So, so cool!

[vestalvixen.livejournal.com]

Ooh!

[coconuthead.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. Did you see the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse while you were there?

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

yes, but they resisted our pictures.

[asthecrowflies.livejournal.com]

!!! GORGEOUS !!!

Night on Bald Mountain comes to mind =)

[gismonda.livejournal.com]

This reminds me, I still have to scan in a page or two of that coloring book I got at the House of the Rock several years agon. It's creeeeeepy. Maybe I can hold a coloring contest. Hm!

Nice picture!

[fearfuloptimist.livejournal.com]

Since I have no contect for House on a Rock what I see is an incredibly beautiful, vibrant and strange photo - the still man and the leaves dolls at the top juxtaposed against the light-speed carousel brightness is phenomenal. I agree that you should enter it in context. It would also make a great holiday card.

Wow - gorgeous.

[fearfuloptimist.livejournal.com]

context even

[prof-southbay.livejournal.com]

You must have developed that roll back in the land of fine film processing. It's fantastic! Can't wait to see the rest of the photos.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

yeah, and I went for the CD too.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

ha, right. hey, your band reminds me of Red Crayola. I liked the CD.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

That's an excellent photo. Reminds me of the end of Something Wicked This Way Comes, but I am a geek that way.

[19-crows.livejournal.com]

Oh god that is so beautiful!

It reminded me of the end of Strangers on a Train but then most merry go round references do.

[grapesoda.livejournal.com]

great picture! And thanks for the cheese, it was delicious like candy.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

yes, cheese candy! I'm glad we finally met.

[kjtoo.livejournal.com]

I'm here by way of my Friends of Friends page (you may blame imnotandrei).

The House on the Rock and the carousel in your excellent photo play an important part in Neil Gaiman's American Gods, which I finished reading not ten minutes before loading my FoF page.

So, thanks for creeping me right the hell out.

It really is a good photo. Well done.

[bugsinamber.livejournal.com]

Holy Shit! I read American Gods last year and didn't even make the connection with this pic until I read your comment. What an appropriate visual.

What did you think of the book? I liked it well enough for most of it but by the end I was a little...eh. It would've made an excellent Sandman story. Not sure if it worked so well as a full-on novel.

[whipsmartgirl.livejournal.com]

That is SO awesome. Nice work! I haven't posted about it yet, but I was just at House on the Rock on 7/30 and it was great. This was definitely my favorite part (though the huge whale/octopus battle was cool too).

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

but that song. it's still stuck in my head!

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

gorgeous

[bugsinamber.livejournal.com]

That's a fuckin' RAD shot! Can it be the album cover of my non-existent band?

[easilyirritable.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. That's beautiful.

[ammonoid.livejournal.com]

beautiful image!