Shapes and finishes

Another better on large view one if you have a moment.
Ramble alert. :-)
Lester and I went to Coventry on Friday. There's a cathedral there. Actually there's two cathedrals there: there's the shell of the earlier one which was bombed in World War II during a massive air raid on the city and there's the new one which was consecrated in 1962.
This history and the interior design of the new cathedral lend it an atmosphere quite unlike anything I've ever come across anywhere else.
Now, if I'd have been thinking straight , there'd be a small series of photos over the next few days that would be attempts to give a flavour of that atmosphere. I wasn't thinking properly, so no shot I took was made with that in mind.
Mistake? Yes. Failure? No, because I've learned something. So this is in my album to remind me to think things through more thoroughly.
It's a detail of a sculpture in the cathedral. It's called The Plumb-line And The City and it's by Clarke Fitzgerald. I loved it for the shapes and different finishes on the metals, although I do think Lady Godiva* could have been modelled in a more decorous pose!

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Godiva
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[Jen Hudson]

This is even more interesting on close up and shows the textures even more. Such an unusual sculpture. There's always time to go back again, may we request a series of your great shots!

[Lee]

Good shot Alison, your comment on Lady Godiva made me smile.

[Shelley]

Very interesting capture. The lines and textures are great!

[carol white]

A great capture,Alison,super textures!! I only live an hour away from Coventry,but haven't been there for many years.Keep promising myself to go sometime.

[Celia Leaberry Gould]

This is such an interesting picture, full of texture and reflection.

[Sharon Lee]

Such an interesting composition, lots to see... Nicely done

[Milanie]

Love the great cropping to accent the details of shapes and textures, Alison. Tickled with your comment about Lady Godiva - is quite a neat sculpture though. Love the light/dark, shiny/rough, detail/open - you got quite a bit in this one shot.

[Rachel Withey]

Fantastic shapes and great textures

[elkehochban]

Fabulous shot! Love all the textures and colours of materials. Lady Godiva must have seen one too many pop videos! ;-)

[Taffy]

Wonderful! The close crop works so well and the details are fascinating!

[Jo Ann Bellone]

love it

[Claire]

Fabulous crop, that sculpture does make me smile. Hope there is an opportunity for you to revisit and get further shots as you wished.

[Suse♡]

Great collection of different shapes, well seen!

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautifully arranged and very well taken.

[Margaret Brown]

Great shapes and textures, great capture

[Paul "Snapchap" Everest]

Oh wow! So many things to see here. What a great shot.

[Lisa Stein]

What an amazing patchwork of shapes, colors, and textures. Lovely capture of it. So nice to see what you have been up to this month.

[Carole Imes]

Wow, Alison you have certainly captured quite a variety of shapes, textures and designs all in one photo! Impressive fav!

[8yearson]

That Lady Godiva is a right lush!

[Frank Hymus]

For me this works nicely, even with all the stuff going on. I don't think I could have shot this at all well.

[Sean O'Neill]

This is a great shot Alison, full of interest and very well composed indeed.

[👑 AnaZad]

Wonderful find and capture of shapes and finishes.

[Hamble]

My home town - but I cant say I've seen this sculpture, or ever seen Lady Godiver in that pose! But then I haven't been back in 40 years. Times change!

[Netkonnexion]

Excellent.

[Gareth]

I remember about my grandparents being in the war and my grandma taking down morse code from the enemy Very nice work indeed well done mum.