concrete beauty
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the contrast between good weather and bad can be so great some days, especially in low evening light. The last suns rays often stay under the advancing clouds till the very last minute. I love these conditions, as the beach just comes alive. Concrete and gold is by Foo Fighters, and is as good a title as any.
Pavilhão de Portugal
Parque das Nações. Lisbon
[Nikon D800, Nikkor-Fisheye AI 16mm f/2.8, panorama merge]
The large (up to 2.5 metres in diameter) sandstone boulders at Red Rock Coulee are concretions - formed undersea, in this case the shallow "Bearpaw Sea" that covered much of the North American interior when the dinosaurs still roamed. Eighty million years old, give or take, they now sit on the Alberta prairie like gigantic, misshapen cow pies.
I wondered what I could do with a fish eye lens here, so when the sun emerged from a cloud bank very late in the evening, I got out the Rokinon 8mm. Keeping the camera level produces a straight horizon; any tilt and there is a pronounced curve. The limitation lies in its extraordinary 180° field of view: if I shifted to the right, the sun would be in my frame; to the left and I have to deal with my own shadow. And the photo op turned out to be brief; I had time for half a dozen shots and then the light faded.
Photographed at Red Rock Coulee Natural Area, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
In the 1970s cities in Germany fell for the credo "concrete is good for you". In my hometown, much of the historically grown was sacrificed for efficiency, and with it the soul many a place once had. Here's my attempt to make it at least look interesting...
Curves of a concrete foot bridge over the A406 North Circular Road in North West London near Harlesden.
Concrete jungle is the perfect place for those two insane asshat clowns that embarrassed us again in the "debate" last night.
Europe, Spain, Andalucia, Málaga, Boulevard, Palmeral de los Sorpresas (uncut)
Let's revisit Málaga. Shown here is a modernist pergola, the concrete core of the Palmeral de los Sorpresas (2011, Junquera Arquitectos). It is a pedestrian boulevard ánd garden near the Port of Malaga. It has 400 specimens of palm trees and shrubs. The promenade also has a cruise passenger terminal, two exposition buildings, and, of course, bars.
This is number 21 of the Málaga album.