Brick facade #2 by goodoleboy
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Description
Or drystone walling, as they call it in the UK. I checked through my voluminous Webster's New World College Dictionary, and the word, walling, was nowhere to be found. I then went to Wikipedia, which depicted walling as a method of torture that consists of stressing an individual by placing his heels against a wall and repeatedly having his body slammed into the wall by a torturer.
Nonetheless, subject matter captured 8/15/12 in 16:9 aspect ratio, early AM, in front of a local rest home.
A ZOOM is absolutely necessary to appreciate the full effects.
I love these textures, especially when further enhanced by the early morning or late afternoon sun.
Ciao, and have a nice day.
Comments (13)
magnus073
Cool capture Harry, reminds me of the fireplace at my parents house where I grew up
mgtcs
Marvelous textures my friend, fantastic capture!
morningglory
This wall does not seem to have any cement holding it together, just layers of bricks. I imagine it is on a home, so it must have some kind of fastening agent. Nice subject matter and photo.
EricofSD
Line it up right with the lighting right and you have a good tileable texture!
danapommet
This is so cool harry and I like the phrase "tileable texture" that EricofSD used. This is very smooth compared to the 3D style that they use up here in New Hampshire! Jutting edges all over the place!
beachzz
Great texture and shadows!!
durleybeachbum
Beautiful photo.
Hendesse
Fantastic textures and details. Excellent photograph!
tennesseecowgirl
Love how the light is hitting the stones, nice work
MrsRatbag
I love this texture too; I fell in love with the UK drystone walls the first time I saw them. This is a cleaner version, and I agree there must be some kind of mortar holding them in place, since the building codes in California have to take earthquakes into account! Excellent capture, Harry!
Rainastorm
I know I am behind on commenting, again, Harry. I do apologize for that...but in coming to your Gallery to catch up, I saw this beauty first and had to nail it. I love this, one of my favorite styles of stone!!! WOw! Id like a 10 foot wall built like this around all my property...OK so I cant afford that so Ill just stick with the trees I have LOL
nfredman
Oh, yummy texture, and such a nice crisp photo. The light you caught gets the depths of it perfectly.
anahata.c
I love the comments here, and yes, Dana's right about the New England walls with their jutting stones. (It became a real style in the late 19th C: Check out H.H. Richardson, the architect.) But this is simply a splendid photo. It's just splendid. Your light and shade, the slight blue-tones of your shadows, the slight diagonal 'tilt' of the stone-lines, the wonderful clarity in the textures (and the slight variations in hue) all add up to a pattern shot, par excellence. One of the best wall shots I've seen in a long time. It's been said that a photographer has to have an unshakable sense of purpose to take an "excerpt" and make it a complete picture. That's what you've done here: Total confidence of purpose, total sense of what you see. A terrific wall shot, Harry. You made it a symphony. (Here's an example of a New England-type wall, by H.H. Richardson. Bad photo, but you'll get the point: It's here.)