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Random Photo thread

Been several weeks since I posted a pier/beach pic.

Here is a shot from an early morning photo outing.
A little foggy and was snowing some too.

Untitled by Dave Redman, on Flickr
 
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I agree with DB and Steve. Camera positioned in exactly the right spot with the settings perfectly correct. Most important was the eye was tuned to the scene. Well done Redman.
 
Had some sun this morning, and noticed sun directly on this……


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it stopped me in my tracks.
but then I went and parked in parking lot, and walked back with camera. There is a little hill nearby to give me a view from about same elevation as the upper windows. The engine (birkshire) and other cars were in shadow of the coal tipple there, so keept my attention on the caboose. Is Grand Trunk Western caboose. Has plywood on the rung ladder.
 
A subject that has caught my attention in recent months.
THese phone cable junction boxes that are around in some places (and not others). Some are close to road and get knocked open, maybe by cars that run off road, or maybe by force of snow from snow plows.
I have difficulty explaining the reason for my interest.
Untitled by Dave Redman, on Flickr
Maybe Mr Glen Dorkburger might say that could be more interesting if the boxes were numbered.
 
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dorkburger said:
Dave, I understand the attraction to odd subjects………
…….Flickr
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Odd ?
Mine not odd. Yours not odd, I find it interesting.

Odd? Naw, just not what most people would be interested in.

oh, wait….. that is a definition of odd… hum….

I found others




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Like everything, I suppose odd, beauty, and whatever else, is in the eye of the beholder. Since we've gone down this wonderful photography rathole, I've found myself looking at things with a different view, and observing the outwardly mundane and overlooked things has revealed much.
Your colorful shots of phone junctions are interesting. Color, form, and function. Having done some work in tel-com closets and at our shop, I can appreciate these. As far as I know all, of the colored wires are landed in pairs and seeing the spaghetti like pics you've shared give me mixed feelings. I hate messy wiring, but at the same time someone sat there and made multiple connections so the locals can communicate. Then the boxes got damaged and opened up... job security I guess...
 
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