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Windows and rusted security screens in a neglected storefront in the Old City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tenuous Link: went belly-up.
quietly rusting away, steel is but a temporary state, it comes from the earth and to the earth it will return
Abandoned Holden FC Ute near Castlemaine, Victoria
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3 shot HDR tone mapped in Photomatix and enhanced in CS3
Rust
Unexplained,
the old shed stands
in the middle of nowhere,
surrounded by bog and marsh,
with swooping, twittering swallows,
and a snipe drumming in the distance.
The collapsing walls
present an array of earth tones,
a masterpiece of rust and corrosion.
Textured by decay,
the corrugations stripe their canvas
with colour and form,
composition perfected
by the exact positioning of nut and bolt,
and the irregular piercings
of ultimate decrepitude.
Within,
the wooden joists
are a man-trap for the unwary,
damply dissolving into green rot,
lit fleetingly by glimmerings of sky.
Take any piece, cut the metal free
from its surroundings,
a few inches square perhaps,
or a foot or two,
or three metres by four,
find fractal-fashioned patterns:
abstract art fit for a trendy gallery:
a far cry from snagged sheep’s wool,
the calling curlew
and the blowing rush.
Runner-up in Quantum Leap’s 5x5 Competition 2010
It is what it is , rivers edge held back by some sheet piling with a nice patina . There are supposed to be quite a lot of kingfishers just up stream from here on the River Mole but just as well I suppose for them there is no access at all to where they nest . I have seen a couple when they have been out searching for food but no usable shots - the little compact was just not up to it .
Low winter sun highlights the rusting decay on this forlorn shipwreck on the banks of the River Wyre near Fleetwood.
Corrugated tin shed beside the A859 main road at Ardhasaig, Isle of Harris. Not sure what this was used for originally - it still has the remnants of a mains power connection attached to the top of the near gable end.
Full moon, 2:10am, 6 minute exposure, LED lighting on shed exterior
More long exposure moonlit photos in my Night Photography set
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Stopped off at a historical site called Britannia Mines on the way back to Vancouver from Whistler Mountain. The weather cooperated and the late afternoon sunshine brought out the redness in the various rusted machinery on the site. My only regret was I had my Panasonic FZ1000 with me instead of my Canon 5D MK II kit.
A decaying railroad switch-stand lamp leaks light through its rusted body.
Shot for Our Daily Challenge : "Almost Gone".
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