I love a parade by goodoleboy
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Marching on in perfect order, as if to war, captured 11/19/12, very early AM, about half a mile from where I lay my head at night.
I don't know the official name of this metal unit...nonslip plate, grating, grill, whatever, that are installed, set at an angle, at each block corner, I suspect mainly for the use of the disabled and wheelchairs to go from the sidewalk to the street without hazard. I was fortunate enough to find one with neat shadows, and without all the grit, grime and bits of flora that infest most of the others.
A ZOOM is highly recommended.
Ciao, and have a nice day.
Comments (7)
magnus073
Cool capture Harry, we call the stuff tread plate in my area
morningglory
Reminds me of pills in the foil pop-out packets. A LOT of pills. Neat image.
Hendesse
I think these are so-called anti-skid (or slip) plates. Excellent shot, fantastic textures and shadow play.
durleybeachbum
Brilliant, Harry! We have these but I have yet to get on in the right lighting.
MrsRatbag
Wow, what a great find! We have these too, but I thought they were for the blind, so they'd know they were about to enter the street. Not sure where I heard that, though. Excellent to see it from this low angle, I hope you weren't lying down on the job to get this? Great capture, Harry!
Rainastorm
VERY cool whatever it is...dont see this much around here, everyone has diamond plate.
anahata.c
Ok, now this shot takes guts. Why? Because it's nothing but an anti-skid grid, as if you took a shot of a single tile. And how did you manage to make it 'brilliant', as Andrea says? Because of this deep yellow---it's a really rich yellow, which may be the original hue, but which I suspect is a combo of the hue and the wonderful early morning light. You got them combined to make a deep color: Love it. And because of the clarity of the tiny bumps (not the big ones, but the tiny ones all across the surface). Because of the strong light on the backs of the big bumps---that really sets these off. And because of the rich repeated shadows. In minimalist art---this is prime minimalism---the smallest entities become major: And those rich bright highlights on the left of every one of those raised-bumps is really strong. And it's just what you need to make this sing, rather than be a big yawn. It's not easy to say "brilliant" to a chunk of repeated bumps, but Sir? This is brilliant minimalism. You got all the elements right, and the light pops right off the page. Move over, New York Minimalists, this thing is movin' into town. Love it.