Making tracks #7 by goodoleboy
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More evidence of the ongoing widening of our local I-5 freeway using heavy equipment, captured 11/8/14, in the very early sunny morning, not too far from my antiquated abode.
This pic was taken in a different section of the freeway construction area than that of yesterday's posting.
The soil was hard solid dry, which should give an indication as to the heavy weight of the vehicles which crisscross over it.
Incidentally, in order to shoot these tracks, I usually go on a Saturday morning, when there is no work being done, leaving no one around to challenge me. I then trespass in my own patented ninja way, which includes gingerly scrambling on and around rocks, holes, debris, equipment, broken concrete slabs, rods, poles, boards, huge pipes, ad infinitum. It's tenterhooks 80% of the time. So much for photography being mostly a walk in the park.
Adieu.
Comments (7)
MrsRatbag
I know there are people who could tell you the make and model of the tire that left those treads, but I'm not one of them. Superb angle on this capture, Harry, to get the sense of depth of these tracks. You need to be careful hiking around the construction sites, though, it would be all too easy to do yourself a damage! Excellent shot!!
claude19
some wonderful UFO left traces compacted soil ... the Martians have landed !!! Run for your lives !!! superb capture !!!
magnus073
Those are some heavy duty tracks, Harry.
prutzworks
well seen looks almost like ancient alien ruins
Cyve
Great shot !!!
anahata.c
terrific companion to the last tracks shot. This one has more unanimity in the tracks and in their direction. And a darker hue to the soil. Fine detail and hard shadows. And even that white splotch in the right half of the image has character. This feels like the footsteps of some gods, unlike the "multiple runway" feeling of the previous one. A fine study of sheer pattern, light and shadow. And I'm happy you told us what you risked by taking these shots: Not only the risk of being booted off the grounds, by workers; but of falling, tripping, slipping, and even plunging. Kudos! Don't be alarmed by this story, but a famous architectural photographer in Chicago used to take shots of Chicago landmarks; and one day he went into the rubble of a great landmark that had just been torn down. (It was by the great Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright's teacher.) And he took lots of shots, when a wall fall on him---or something like that---and he was killed. Now before you say, "gee, THANKS Mark! How encouraging!" No---I wasn't suggesting that would happen to you! This guy had a fanatical drive, and if someone stands in building rubble, they have to know a wall could fall...But it tells people that the photographs they love may have demanded a lot of effort and risk on the part of their creators. I'm grateful you're willing to go through all that for the pics you take. It's not just pointing and shooting...A very vital shot, Harry.
photosynthesis
Fascinating patterns that are greatly enhanced by the dramatic early morning shadows. But I would have been unable to resist the temptation to Photoshop out the white splotch - despite Mark's feeling that it has character, it detracts from the beauty of the image for me...
goodoleboy
Okay, next time no splotch or other distracting elements.