Tin Can Alley

I'm not sure if it's possible for the eye or brain to make sense of this shot... it's another one from Sunday's Toronto meet-up...

imagine two buildings built beside one another with the intention of having a slim walkway in between... now imagine something went wrong between the planning stage and the building stage such that there is an opening at one end, but the buildings are too close together at the other end for anyone or anything to squeeze thru... THAT is what you are looking at here...

and despite the tight quarters, someone snuck in and did a major paint job... also, many someones have snuck in and left piles of garbage behind... including many tin cans that at this point may well have earned the title of "vintage"...

View large to enhance the colourful, if rather smelly, experience ;p

Click on the tag "TO-United" to see all the shots from the meet-up posted by @russianblue @shutterbugger @slang and @summerfield and me :)

Tx so much for the comments and favs on yesterday's group portrait! The other shot I posted today from the meet up is here:
http://365project.org/northy/just-because/2013-03-11

[Rach_who]

You have captured the location perfectly.

[Jake]

Great capture Northy, Love urban decay type shots

[Angela]

Wow! This is really outstanding. Love it.

[Sharyn's Shots シ]

Great capture of the narrow space. Men must have played a large role in this construction, lol.

[Laurie]

I LOVE this shot, but the thought of it getting more narrow as you walk along makes me a bit claustrophobic!

[Kym Heaton]

I can 'smell' it! Great shot!

[☠northy]

@luvmynynix i have to confess i did NOT enter that alley... the ground was disgusting! who-all knows WHAT i'd be walking on ;p

[Jenn]

I DID!! Just beyond the skid there, but ran out when it got squishy! Awesome! I can see we're going to have a lot of duplicate shots posted. Going to be interesting to see everyone's perspective!

[Laurie]

@northy Good point! Still...a great shot!!

[❀ Lynn]

haha...can the planners/builders say "oops"? Cool find, if somewhat smelly...wonder if a street person has claimed that area.

[Caroline]

Fave. Amazing shot and story.

[Kerri]

Awesome

[☠northy]

@shutterbugger yes - i'm looking forward to yours... i can't edit in colour worth a damn and this place is in dire need of some TLC!

[joey d.Muli]

Coolness :)

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Nicely done. Great entry for the EOTB!

[Laurie Higgins]

Very cool capture! And in color!

[Paula]

Fav. How I wish I could shoot this baby.

[KWind]

Cool! I wonder if the builder got in trouble???

[Carla]

fabulous capture of urban decay porn, which I love.

[Stacey]

Wow, you can really see all the detail when viewed large. This is a great colorful shot. What an odd place!

[Maggiemae]

At first I thought this was a picture of the scene after you lot had left it! Haha! Miserable sort of place but a good PO!

[Lyn]

this is just amazing! Hope you had a really grand meeting with everyone!

[Jeff Walker]

I think its a cool shot

[Grant Davidson]

I see the shot here - neat.

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Cool shot, love your pov :)

[amy spada]

You've managed to make me feel claustrophobic and I don't even suffer from claustrophobia!

[Mistie]

I hope you didn't venture down there...looks really scary! Great capture!!

[Richard]

brilliant shot

[mizhayz]

so much color in such a dank place.. very cool indeed..
i see someone lost their sneaker :-)

[Leonie Mogridge]

Looks very damp and unhealthy, but very colourful as well!

[Katia]

wow! terrific shot northy! :) kind of oppressive!

[Amy]

Very cool shot Northy

[Humphrey Hippo]

What a lovely location! ;)
Very gritty! Nice shot.

[Gail]

Fab find! Fav

[Nicole]

very awesome from that pov!! fav!

[Linda]

A really great shot! So much detail. A really strange alleyway though ;-)

[Claire]

LOVE the lighting in the photo. FAV. inspiring

[Andreas]

Really like the PoV and the colours. Fav

[Meghan Laverty]

Wow, love this! The perspective, colors, and lighting are all marvelous!

[Gloria]

Lovelovelove

[Katie]

Major optical illusion feel, even though it really exists! Cool.

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Very cool., at the end, there is a mountain of colorful trash. I wold not have fine in there either!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Ooops! Gone in....

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Funny tags!

[Beau]

Brilliant capture. Great pov and color. Amazing they were able to get in there to paint

[Kelly]

grungalicious !

[Kate Klinck]

fav!! I can smell it!!!

[summerfield]

colour is the best way to go on this one, even though you can see how disgusting it is at least the colours are, well, colourful!

[Peter de Graaff]

Ugly and colourful

[Kathy Burzynski]

Oh all these alley shots - I love looking at them but would be afraid to take them

[Sheila]

FAV for very gritty alley photo!

[Lisa Pouncy]

How strange! Very gritty urban shot and in colour! xx

[Kimberly Balychev]

SUPER Fav for me! I love street art and this is an incredible capture and POV! :) Love it!

[Lisa A Wood]

This is a great shot! I wonder what it would look like in b&w .. you are so good with your b&w processing!

[Michael Elliott]

Love the name and shot! Funny knowing you look for alleys sometimes - I do too. I'll have to shoot one next week for you.

[☠northy]

@michaelelliott well - i find that no one ever really looks at them... so inevitably you are going to see something that most people don't :)

tag me when you find your next alley!

[Simply Amanda]

Wow, love this! So colorful and wonderful in its grittiness!! Fav!

[Dawn Reilly]

I can smell it over here! brave girl to get that close I would be afraid of something crawling out of the mess

[Steve Angell]

Awesome shot!

[Jan Hall]

Lovely rich colours

[☠northy]

@sistawood tx Lisa... i did do a couple of black and white versions - but i found that it just makes it harder for the brain to see... too much stuff blending into one another and nothing really to stick out, y'know?