Gutters and Downpipes
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Many of you know how much I like to photograph fallen or discarded flowers and leaves. I saw these in the gutter today and thought they still have so much beauty and colour in them, I had to capture their last moments.
An end is only a beginning in disguise.
~Craig D. Lounsbrough
With the Willis Tower left standing in the 7 Pin position, an L train rolls into the right gutter of a bowling lane in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood. No worries, I'll spare the bowling puns :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 140, f/11.0, 60mm, 1/500s
The first waypoint of last Saturday's War Horse Walk was Gutter Tor, a short ascent from the layby. The views were already superb from up there and walking a short distance to an old triangulation point, the views were simply stunning with Plymouth and the sea clearly visible. I especially liked the split rock in that frame.
From the mist.
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Nikon D750, Nikkor 35/f2.0
Conditions like this are unusual at Cuttagge Head on the NSW Far South Coast, and reveal tempting submerged gutters and reefs for divers hunting fish and abalone (with licences of course!)
Gather round to hear this tale
A story which has grown old
Torn of their pride
Stars crash and collide
The wrecking yard's grown cold
They may laugh and they may say that
This doesn't happen oh no
If you happen to see them just listen
Take away some of their pain tonight
These are saddened times today
This sickened place we live
We walk right through the wrecking yard
It's nothing that we give
Listen now to the songs they sing
They try to stay warm
But the cold it stays
Houses are worn
Absent of storm
They're learning how tonight
Dancing in the night
They're shining up above the sky
Laughing in their darkest times
You'll see them asleep in the rain tonight
These are saddened times today
This sickened place we live
This Common Starling was keeping watch, she has young chicks under our roof, they go in there every year to nest, I guess it's up and away from other birds and the weather.
"How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be on your own, with no direction home
A complete unknown, like a rolling stone."
Processed in Fuji's raw converter and in Luminar. Lyrics by Bob Dylan.
This is the channel known as Leasowe Gutter that runs along the North Wirral Coast from Leasowe to Meols. This is the section of the Gutter that meanders around the Dove Point breakwater. As usual at low tide it is lined by roosting redshank. For those who miss 'Spot the Ball' in amongst the redshank are two dunlin and two knot;-))
Had to make up a word to describe this one. The snow had melted along the grey roadway along with the fields which were now brown. However, a thickly packed line of white still lay in the gutter refusing to take its turn. It formed a nice leading line to the colored horizon. A line that is typically dark like a road or an architectural structure. The reversal in color added to the shot.
A little break from Dumpster Art for now, but more will follow after this short series of Gutter Leaves.
Normally at this time of year I am busy photographing ice from the thaw and freeze cycle, but there has not been much moisture on the roads to make that cool fresh ice that I love to shoot. However, because of how Winter arrived in such abrupt fashion while many trees still had their leaves, it seems that it is a bumper year for decaying leaves that have collected in gutters near curbs.
Not a whole lot to say about this, but I really liked the colours and textures. Definitely I can see beauty in decay when it comes to leaves.
A bit larger than normal, so it will take a couple of clicks to get to full view.
It is that time of year. We did not get much in the way of Gutter ice, as it was either covered in snow or completely melted as is the case here. Along the sides of the street, all sorts of silt, sand and debris, including leaves collect. I can not resist shooting them, an easy way to capture both colour and textures. No matter what state or condition they are in, I love leaves (and trees).
Maybe one more leaf to follow. I like to post recent images, but in falling behind. Sometimes it is hard to post just one shot from a shoot.
I suppose that you can think of this one as having 3-2/3 leaves. I really liked the arrangement of this group of wet leaves, but also the assortment of colours with similarly coloured leaves surrounding the differently coloured center leaf.
As with aqll of these shots where I used a macro lens, camera was on a surdy tripod and I used the two second self timer. Being a mirrorless camera, there was no mirror to lock up. Full view, again will look the best. May take two clicks.
Mr Wattie was having a drink out of the gutter too lazy to go to the bird bath. if you zoom in a little you can see Mr Watties poking his tongue out.
The last two posts have had one main leaf as the star of the image. Here there is a group of two, that act as one subject because of their close proximity to each other.
As with all of these shots, it is the colour and textures that I like. I have always been a big fan of trees and leaves. No matter what state a leaf is in from it first opening in the Spring to its total disintegration when decaying, I find them to be special.
Today I begin a series that may not be for everyone, but I am very excited about it. Gutter leaves. All shots were taken at the edge of my street where the street meets the curb and leaves would collect.
After a season of sanding the street along with some thawing and freezing, dirty and gritty leaves are left in various states of decay, some retaining fall colour, others as in this one with subtle earth tones.
If you can, please view the full versions as these are very much about fine detail and textures. All were taken from a tripod.
I begin with likely the toughest one to compose. My eye was caught by the broken leaf at the bottom, but I could not resist including the others. I find the balance is off a bit left to right and would have preferred to have had a wee bit more space on the left, but I sacrificed that space to include more of the patterns in the sand on the right, which I believe are caused by expanding freezing water or humidity, kind of like how frost can grow on a window.
I am not sure how many I will include in this series, but I have many that I really like a lot, as there was no shortage of subjects. I will try to keep descriptions of the rest short, so you can spend more time viewing than reading.