Back of the mall

Magnificent capture and clouds! Stay well!

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Thanks, William.

Great perspective, great different shades od grey. A beautiful view, John !

Thanks, Ulrich.

I like the solitary figure...........and there's a lovely feeling of space and emptiness, The stark contrast of the light and shadows works very well.

Thanks, Keith. The figure added some mystery for me. Maybe I should try for more of that stark contrast, too, in my other photos.

Spaces like this tend to bother me. I have a very low boredom threshold, and there is NOTHING for me to do or look at in a place like this. It's like somebody tied me up and left me in an empty warehouse.

If you're dumpster diving this will inspire you, though, Bob. However, I too am easily bored and often have the same problem as you. I had hoped during my year spent in suburbia to get some good views of a world I was unused to, but I found very few. Finding visual interest is difficult when everything is beige. Even the advertising is bland because the shopping centres are full of chains, who have already attracted attention with their advertising and want to look respectable.

My new neighbourhood is better. I was looking out my window the other day and saw a pair of giant wings flapping at the top of a five-storey-tall tree. I thought it might be a big vulture, so I waited a bit, and then off flew a great white heron. I hadn't known that the top branches of a tree would support them. Lots of trees in my previous neighbourhood, but none anywhere near as tall, and no herons. One up for the new neighbourhood.

Beyond the Mall? Or: After the Goldrush? Or: Reality behind Illusions - anyway: you hit the mood of these places perfectly and b/w fits very well.

Thanks, Leon. I don't know if you've noticed this photo -- different alley, similar reality:

A good spot for an emergency pee time.

You should always have a list of those in your head.

I do as far as I am concerned since I am a former mailman John.

A trick of the trade.

:-D

A great composition, the wide shadow and single figure really make it work well.

Thanks, George.

Wow, this is a great black and white! Dramatic, severe, lonely.

Thank you very much, Diane.

Looking at this again, I am still liking it very much. How often do we look at the backside of buildings? And yet, that's often where the most interesting parts are hiding.

As far back as I can remember, Sarah, I've been interested int things that we don't usually look at. When I was a kid they were a refreshing alternative to the mythical world of TV and advertising. And to the myths we were taught in school. I could go on and on, so I won't.

Oh, and you caught that lone human in the perfect spot between shadow and sunlight.

The credit goes to Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sarah. It's a long, boring story, but I copied -- I mean I was inspired by -- this type of composition in his photos. He usually had the person nearer, though.

Excellent work with that older Kodak digital point and shoot camera! I've been going through some of my older pictures taken with early digital cameras, and this inspires me to dig mine out and shoot with them again. Thanks for the memories!