I spent the day with a Safety Specialist today and as a result had no time for a photo, so this is a filler. It also sums up the state of my mind after a day spent with said Safety Specialist who insisted on talking at me passionately about ear plugs, dust masks, boots and overalls...a near desolate wasteland. There was a point in the day when I briefly considered sitting on a rusty garden implement just to liven things up somewhat.
I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
holy crap - I am a tad tired - had infants children today - and I saw your name and a sunflower taking up my screen - I slid from the lounge concerned you may have had an episode - imagine my relief when I realised I need to look above for your image - and there it was in all its desolation - phew!
@annied So...I now have the ability disturb people through photos that aren't even mine. Do you know, I never fail to impress myself...I'm pleased you recovered so quickly though and glad you like it.
Health & Safety...the bane of most peoples lives!! We always laugh when we see TV reporters interviewing people wearing hard hats.....I think your photo sums your day up pretty well!
@dide Thanks very much...it was definitely at me because my mind kept wandering off to its happy place. @happypat You're not wrong there, they take the fun out of everything! And thanks very much.
hi Graeme...enjoying your photos and find you sure have a remarkable style...your.desolation panorama is a ripper....thanks again for your follow....cheers john
Your image sums up the desolation. Health ans Safety drives me bonkers. Now children can't play 'conkers' in less they wear safety goggles; or make a slide on a frosty morning in case they fall, how limiting, but then I'm on my high horse
That does look desolate, like a fire went through or something. Amazing what some people can be expert on...in my Air Force days as a young airman, I was given hangar cleanup duty once. The in-charge guy walked me around the hangar for a good thirty minutes schooling me on the differences between pigeon and owl droppings. I'm like, who cares, don't I have to pick them both up?
@annied I know, they suck all the fun out of life then spend the day pointing fingers...sigh. Maybe they need more booze! @hermann Thanks very much :) @tellefella Thanks very much, much appreciated! @davie Thanks very much - I have to spend today with him as well!!! @andy3168 thanks very much @pittcj17 Wow, thanks a lot! @lynnilou Thanks very much - I do to, but I have today with him too! @ceilidh I agree completely - never had it when I was growing up and I'm quite normal... ;)
Thanks very much :) @bigugly Oh. A poo specialist...sometimes I think people spend the day thinking up job titles and specialities just for the sake of getting a bigger business card! This was taken near the tree line on Mount Egmont where everything struggles to grow, so no fire...but maybe that's a good idea for a shot! ;)
I find repeatedly bashing my forehead against a wall more satisfying than trying to talk to safety types. Of course I would be equipped with a bump hat, safety glasses, gloves and would have carried out the risk assessment and method statement first.
@chippy1402 That could work just as well - the paperwork we have to fill out for something as simple as a broken nail at work is incredible. It's slowly driving me (more) insane @livvy Thanks very much - and you're right, but it would certainly wake me up! @roseolivia Thanks very much, it was freezing cold the day I took this as well, which just added to the feeling
Love the composition and thanks for the safety specialist to expose this shot rather than let it forgotten in the dark space somewhere in the hard drive
My year is one great big filler. I shoot a few times a week and filler up the rest of the time. Even when I shoot, I usually don't post the day of. Love the grittiness and overall mood here. Fab shot!
I hear you, we have our very own safety specialist who's agenda is making our procedures so onerous and cumbersome, our customer service is suffering. We will certainly be safe if we go broke. He might not be though! :)
The desolation in your image makes it very intriguing.
I've never dealt with a Safety Specialist before but I can only assume that I would fail every process that I was supposed to follow. I'm not good with OH&S!
Lovely shot - the presentation suits the theme of your day.
@happypat You're not wrong there, they take the fun out of everything! And thanks very much.
@hermann Thanks very much :)
@tellefella Thanks very much, much appreciated!
@davie Thanks very much - I have to spend today with him as well!!!
@andy3168 thanks very much
@pittcj17 Wow, thanks a lot!
@lynnilou Thanks very much - I do to, but I have today with him too!
@ceilidh I agree completely - never had it when I was growing up and I'm quite normal... ;)
Thanks very much :)
@bigugly Oh. A poo specialist...sometimes I think people spend the day thinking up job titles and specialities just for the sake of getting a bigger business card! This was taken near the tree line on Mount Egmont where everything struggles to grow, so no fire...but maybe that's a good idea for a shot! ;)
and sitting on a rusty garden implement is not a very safe thing to do.
@livvy Thanks very much - and you're right, but it would certainly wake me up!
@roseolivia Thanks very much, it was freezing cold the day I took this as well, which just added to the feeling
@tracelee Thanks very much
The desolation in your image makes it very intriguing.