A Texture Piece

[jbtaylor]

Stopped by the railway station last week.



A bonus shot (sorry for the religious implication).

[Dr. Harout]

Can we call this a texture?

[jbtaylor]

Absolutely Doc.
I am guessing that you would see CA's all over the place if I have taken that with my 85mm.

[Greg Beetham]

I quite like the B&W of the sleeper and ballast, and those garish one's of Don's would make good desktops I reckon, (for a while), and Docs one actually reminds me of a MS desktop theme I've seen in the past, quite striking how you managed to get such depth of focus there Doc.
Greg

[jbtaylor]

Thanks Greg. I just looked down and there it was.
Don, keep posting images. I like them all.

[jbtaylor]

Spectacular. I feel my own taste moving in the direction of the more abstract or even psychedelic. The question I wrestle with is "reality or subconscious?"
I prefer the image that only I could have taken.

[Dr. Harout]

Didn't I tell everyone that Don is the "Impressionist" of this forum

[Greg Beetham]

Ah so, that's where you got those from Don, those graffiti varmints actually are useful for something after all, I was thinking that you knew a mad painter and stole his dropsheet.
Greg
ps It could almost have been an known unknown.

[Dr. Harout]

OK, let's make it 'Colorking'

[David Kilpatrick]

Ok, here's one from the A900/28-105mm - corrected for pincushion and for angle of view (not straight on) and cropped:



Sic transit gloria mundi!

David

[Greg Beetham]

Interesting shot of advanced decrepitude there David, sortof reminds me of a book I was reading once, had to do with the passage of time, or the longterm changes that we never get to see because of our short lifespan and our short recorded history (the more accurate section at least). I remember thinking how long would it take for most if not all evidence of our existence to be rendered into obscurity should we all disappear or go extinct. My guess is not long when you take into account the influence of tidal waves, ice ages, tornadoes, typhoons, earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, revegitation, fires etc. I reckon a paltry two hundred thousand years would just about do it. A "visitor" would probably still find evidence of a long lost civilization but would most likely have to look hard and long too assess just what it was and how it functioned.
Sorry just having a morbid moment.
Greg