I had to meet a client in the middle of nowhere today, so far from civilisation that you could almost see the edge of the world from where I was standing. This is the Douglas Railway Station. I don't know who Douglas was but he was obviously important enough to justify naming a small backwater rife with redneckery after him.
Things to be concerned about:
1. There was no cafe - my latte deprived brain is starting to have hallucinations
2. There were no toilet facilities - I now have a warm feeling in my strides/slacks/breeches/trouser area.
3. Bloody colour!
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...
It's rather pretty in a desaturated dilapidated falling down way... So glad you didn't fall off the edge.... But dang! Place has got to be small if no coffee!
@northy I just desaturated the green, it was far too...green. There used to be an old brickworks here as well but it's disappeared without a trace. When I was the ripe old age of 12 I took a photo here and got commended at a national competition but now that I'm old and feeble I really couldn't be arsed expending the energy to climb the fence.
@bigugly Thank you sir. I was certainly pleased to leave and head back to civilisation. Unfortunately the nearest town is Stratford, another rural backwater. They welcomed me as a hero and have now enshrined me in local folklore as some sort of god. I believe this happened because I was carrying a "phone". They're a strange people.
Oh your comments :) :) This is quite nice on black indeed - and not too much color! The little bit there is... works very well with this shot. Which in itself is a great one.
@juliedduncan Just a magpie, I tried to get closer but he wasn't have a bar of it. Bastard. @kerosene Thank you kindly - I don't think there's ever any danger of me going overboard with colour ;) @bigugly I'd rather not - I dare say buggery would abound.
I like the desaturated look... makes the place look washed out and sad, which it well might be. The car, facing you, is very cool. Too bad the bird wouldn't let you get any nearer. The extremely level lines of the rail contrast really well with the sags, tilts and rolling hills. The idea of you there, with your corset, is... well, complex. ;)
@julzmaioro Thanks very much - it is indeed, turn left at the Douglas "town ship" and there you are. And then you leave. Quickly. @joemuli Thanks very much :)
@salza I didn't want to overdo the colour, people always think I'm ill when I do...can't think why... @mikegifford That sounds about right for Auckland as well... @dibzgreasley Thanks very much - I wouldn't want too much colour...
@hermann It was, it was...horrifically so @vignouse We're not in Wales you know... @pistache Thank you very much :) @alinz She'll be right ;) @mastermek 1. In a field 2. I pee'd in an empty cup 3. Shocking isn't it? @annied I'm so sorry for your anguish @dide I think it might have, I know the one remaining local gathered on the road side to watch
@jack4john It's buried in the garden...I've always wanted a human skull. @happypat I dread to think what happens to them once the disappear over that hill @blueberry1222 Thanks very much @soboy5 Thank you very much :)
Love the composition and the slight hint of color! Working with that paint company is letting strange things seep into your photographs! All that rust is fabulous! I bet one of the neighbors would have provided you with a rusty tin cup of coffee if you had asked! FAV!
@kerosene Thank you kindly - I don't think there's ever any danger of me going overboard with colour ;)
@bigugly I'd rather not - I dare say buggery would abound.
@joemuli Thanks very much :)
@salza Haha, very well put!
@mikegifford That sounds about right for Auckland as well...
@dibzgreasley Thanks very much - I wouldn't want too much colour...
2. No toilet? I suppose Mr. Douglas doesn't mind...
3. Colour you say?
@vignouse We're not in Wales you know...
@pistache Thank you very much :)
@alinz She'll be right ;)
@mastermek 1. In a field 2. I pee'd in an empty cup 3. Shocking isn't it?
@annied I'm so sorry for your anguish
@dide I think it might have, I know the one remaining local gathered on the road side to watch
@happypat I dread to think what happens to them once the disappear over that hill
@blueberry1222 Thanks very much
@soboy5 Thank you very much :)
@taffy Thanks very much - I dread to think what that story may be
@yeshanghai Thank you very much :)
@harbie Thanks very much :)