August Photo Challenge - Concrete

[shaveitoff]

That is a lovely building!

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

Pretty impressive so far!

 

[sarimento1]

This building was designed by the Tokyo based architect firm SANAA and houses an arts academy.
The perfectly cubic building is entirely made from fair-faced concrete, inside and outside.​

cool shot and framing!

 

[MarkM10431]

question for clarification.. is the subject matter limited to "modern" concrete? or sedimentary concrete-like formations like coquina?

 

[shaveitoff]

question for clarification.. is the subject matter limited to "modern" concrete? or sedimentary concrete-like formations like coquina?

For sure! The photo could be anything that is man-made concrete, or anything rocky or stony that you would find in nature. I did a google search of coquina, and it sure sounds like it fits the bill for a rocky/stony material. It is really however you interpret the word "concrete". For example, if someone wanted to arrange pebbles in a heart shape on a bikini model that would work too.

Looking forward to your entry!

 

[Bob L.]

Here's a mural that's painted on the side of a derelict brick building.

This is definitely a concrete image. It was post processed using Gimp. That's about as concrete as it gets.

 

[shaveitoff]

Thanks Bob, those colors really pop!

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

Very Cool!
So, Nicholas Cage is an orphan band conductor?

 

[MarkM10431]

that looks like LT Sulu in a tux...

 

[Bob L.]

It's painted on the back of an old movie theater in Springfield, Ohio

"Orphans of the Storm", starring Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish, is a 1921 drama set before and during the French Revolution.

Here's more of the mural...

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

That is one massive and fine mural indeed!

 

[cleanshaved]

Great photos gents.

Here's mine. Reclaimed land.

This is the highway and rail connection between Wellington and the Hutt Valley. I think all the south bond lanes and rail track are reclaimed land from looking at very old photos of the area.
Rocks and old concrete have been used to reclaim the land from the harbour. The road in the background going up the hill goes to a quarry.

 

[shaveitoff]

Good photo, cleanshaved. It is great how old concrete and stone can be turned into something useful.

 

[Snargle]

This leaf is laying on a concrete sidewalk. The light colored halo around the leaf is salt residue, from rock salt dumped on the sidewalk to melt ice. (iPhone 4S photo)

 

[shaveitoff]

Nice one, Snargle!

 

[shaveitoff]

I'll put this one in for the August challenge:

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

You people are making it harder and harder for me to decide what to shoot!

 

[TrimBeard]

Yes, this is ridiculous, all these great shots! What happened to the blurry photos of my youth?

 

[sfeile]

Here's my attempt for this month.

ISO 100, F/4, 1/80s, 24-105L @ 50mm

 

[shaveitoff]

Nice one, sfeile!