Friday, March 19, 2010

Important Sticks

Without these we wouldn't have the railroad system. This image was taken yesterday outside of a paper mill. Their first life involved transportation. Their second life will be related to communication.

8 comments:

  1. Hi Mike,
    What is it about a stack of sticks (or bricks or anything) that makes such an interesting picture? I guess it's the wonderful texture/patterns that are created. Makes it hard to pass up a stack of anything without bringing out the camera. This one works well in black and white.

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  2. Hi Kari,
    You've stated it well... the random shadows and highlights caught my attention. I thought it might work in B&W. Thanks for your comment!

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  3. The amazing part is that you found an active paper mill!
    very interesting photo. Makes me want to get back to playing with black and white.

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  4. Wow - just seeing them reminds me of days I used to walk along the tracks in eastern washington - smelling the hot tar along them burning in the sun.

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  5. Thanks Dan - Newberg. B&W is way fun, especially when you start seeing things in B&W.

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  6. Stacey,
    You squeaked in while I was making the last comment. I forgot about the smell they have in the summer. Good point!

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  7. Hi Mike, and I guess one day the paper will get recycled.

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  8. Roy,
    It's interesting that it keeps recycling.

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