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[Torgo]

Coney Island, March 2023

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Oh man :|

[blocho]

Bushwick, May 2023

[blocho]

Central Park, May 2023



And a little theme music to accompany the picture:

[blocho]

Death Valley National Park, California, March 2022

[blocho]

Brooklyn Heights, January 2022

[yllow]

That graffiti building looks amazing

[blocho]

That graffiti building looks amazing

Yes, quite eye-catching. Here's another pic. I went back and forth a lot debating which I liked more, this image or the one previously posted.

[yllow]

The other image is more striking due to the contrast between the intended and unintended graffiti I think

[blocho]

The other image is more striking due to the contrast between the intended and unintended graffiti I think

That's what I thought as well.

[blocho]

Gljúfrafoss, Iceland, August 2021

[blocho]

East Williamsburg, June 2023

[Torgo]

What the?

[yllow]

Green hazard cones in a weird alien landscape?

[blocho]

Green hazard cones in a weird alien landscape?

Perhaps the mystery should be preserved. But for folks who actually want to know ...

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It's a Department of Sanitation shed. There are a few of these spread around the city that are often used for storing road salt. New York has a particularly large amount of road salt at the moment because there was so little snow this past winter.

[blocho]

Crown Heights, April 2022

[blocho]

Shoshone Falls Park, Twin Falls County, Idaho, June 2022

[blocho]

Jamaica Bay, June 2023

[Onderhond]

Yes, quite eye-catching. Here's another pic. I went back and forth a lot debating which I liked more, this image or the one previously posted.

Definitely the second one (with the yellow curb at the bottom).

[blocho]

Yes, quite eye-catching. Here's another pic. I went back and forth a lot debating which I liked more, this image or the one previously posted.

Definitely the second one (with they yellow curb at the bottom).

What did you like better about the second one? Was it the curb? I think the yellow provides a nice contrast with the blue.

[Onderhond]

What did you like better about the second one? Was it the curb? I think the yellow provides a nice contrast with the blue.

Yup, I think the top one would've been better without the sidewalk at the bottom. It serves no purpose now and takes away from the overwhelming blueness of the image.
The bottom one ... the yellow at the bottom gives it a nice contrast and a more abstract feel. I also love that it's not a straight line (the curb) and that the sidewalk has a darker side (near the blue) and a lighter side (near the yellow). Colorwise just a much nicer image I think.

[prodigalgodson]

Perhaps the mystery should be preserved. But for folks who actually want to know ...

Spoiler

It's a Department of Sanitation shed. There are a few of these spread around the city that are often used for storing road salt. New York has a particularly large amount of road salt at the moment because there was so little snow this past winter.

When I was in highschool I used to go down to the Port of LA and sneak into these enormous concrete bunkers where they'd store mountains of coal, with dripping access tunnels running underground beneath them, and it looked a lot like a less colorful version of this...brings back memories.

What did you like better about the second one? Was it the curb? I think the yellow provides a nice contrast with the blue.

Yup, I think the top one would've been better without the sidewalk at the bottom. It serves no purpose now and takes away from the overwhelming blueness of the image.
The bottom one ... the yellow at the bottom gives it a nice contrast and a more abstract feel. I also love that it's not a straight line (the curb) and that the sidewalk has a darker side (near the blue) and a lighter side (near the yellow). Colorwise just a much nicer image I think.

100%. Who knew onderhond and I had such common aesthetic sensibilities?

[blocho]

When I was in highschool I used to go down to the Port of LA and sneak into these enormous concrete bunkers where they'd store mountains of coal, with dripping access tunnels running underground beneath them, and it looked a lot like a less colorful version of this...brings back memories.

That sounds amazing. I have a deep desire to photograph weird industrial cityscapes. Unfortunately, that desire runs right into a wall of hesitation about sneaking into places that are not open to the public.

For example, the picture of the sanitation shed above was taken through a gap in a fence (that had a large "No Trespassing" sign affixed). The gap was big enough that I could have easily gotten through. But I didn't. On one hand, I almost certainly wouldn't get caught. On the other, a trespassing charge would be a real downer. I think the biggest reason is that it just feels impolite. I know that sounds ridiculous.

In any case, I managed to get over my hesitation last month when I snuck onto the tracks of the Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad, abandoned since the 1960s. It was worth it. The picture below is what I found.



I've also recently been perusing this web site, which features photography of mostly abandoned buildings and industrial places around NYC. The photographer definitely had to jump fences to get into some of these places. The pictures are mostly a decade old, and unfortunately a lot of the places he depicted have been torn down. Still, it has given me ideas of a few places to visit.

[Onderhond]

100%. Who knew onderhond and I had such common aesthetic sensibilities?

Well, I have several ones, the common thread being that I like specifically stylized/non-natural things

[Torgo]

Shoshone Falls Park, Twin Falls County, Idaho, June 2022

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Slow down man, there's only so much beauty in the world

:')

[prodigalgodson]

That sounds amazing. I have a deep desire to photograph weird industrial cityscapes. Unfortunately, that desire runs right into a wall of hesitation about sneaking into places that are not open to the public.

For example, the picture of the sanitation shed above was taken through a gap in a fence (that had a large "No Trespassing" sign affixed). The gap was big enough that I could have easily gotten through. But I didn't. On one hand, I almost certainly wouldn't get caught. On the other, a trespassing charge would be a real downer. I think the biggest reason is that it just feels impolite. I know that sounds ridiculous.

Not ridiculous at all! For the most part, I've outgrown that kind of thing myself, and more out of a sense of awkwardness at potentially being confronted then a fear of being arrested or fined. Although in these trigger-happy times you can't be too careful. Anyhow it's the kind of thing it's a lot easier to get away with as a teenager.

Hope you're able to find some opportunities for cool industrial spaces accessible to the public.

[blocho]

a sense of awkwardness at potentially being confronted then a fear of being arrested or fined.

Yes, that's it exactly for me.

Unfortunately, NYC has gotten a lot better during my life at putting up fences and locking doors around industrial sites. I'd love to get into the place below, but there's no way without climbing a tall fence or kayaking in.

[The image below is not my photo]

[prodigalgodson]

Ayyy sounds like time to rent a kayak!

[blocho]

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, April 2023

[blocho]

Fort Greene, December 2020

This was the picture that convinced me to pursue this whole photography hobby.

[blocho]

Manhattan and Brooklyn, February 2022

[blocho]

Fort Greene, February 2021

[blocho]

Riverside Park South, October 2022

[blocho]

Death Valley National Park, California, March 2022

[yllow]

The photographer photographing the photographers…

[blocho]

The photographer photographing the photographers…

We live inside a dream.

[blocho]

Floyd Bennett Field, June 2023

[mightysparks]

Haven't visited this thread in a few months but damn blocho, you get to see some awesome places (and take awesome photos).


All I got is this kinda neat pic I took of the city the other night:

[blocho]

Whoa, those colors on the shrubbery! It's a great pic.

[prodigalgodson]

Love that mighty! What's the deal with the purple?

[mightysparks]

There's this Lightscape show thing on at King's Park and the area I was in had purple light stuff happening.