* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #787 / Revived #007 on 2023 05 17 *

Linda, Minniev and Mike. Thanks for the comments. I liked the hard lines, the planes and the color of the building. That alone was enough and I would have been done. But the curved pipe just set all that up and looked so intriguing.

Then a seagull landed where the small birds are, looking off to the right (out to sea, actually). That was the shot. But I missed it. The two birds landed and I loved the composition. The organic forms of the birds and the pipe against the rectalinear shapes. Click.

This is a small crop of the GFX100s frame.

Rich

Thanks Lou,
I spent some time removing a heap of old Lantana branches front and back. I should have noticed what you did. Maybe it's a bit further back and blended with other in the VF.

Thanks Paula,
As I mentioned to Linda, Eucalypts can sprout new growth under their bark. There is a group we call stringy bark that has a coarse fibrous bark. After a bush fire most that survive will sprout plenty of nice new bright green shoots. When I was at that age, I remember thinking they looked like Buddha sticks - another plant but which came wrapped in foil...

I think that's the best description. I see many eyes from the knots leading to different horned animals. The slanted one on the right has a mirror on the other side - something for next week...

Which is good to hear bcoz they have been mistakenly introduced to quite a few places around the world. As is the case with so many different plants and animals.

I hear you. Years ago I saw many pine plantations further south (southern hemisphere south) and up close they were an ugly sight. The only thing that would grow underneath them were blackberries, and even they struggled. These ones here are smaller stands but yes, still introduced and very little undergrowth of other species..

Fair enough. The 'am I spamming' thought had crossed my mind...

Haha thanks. What I meant before was I had physically removed. You've done the digital job and very well.

*NSFW hadn't crossed my mind. On reflection, I am confident this image could be shown anywhere in the civilized world. That shouldn't exclude Florida but Florida seems to be excluding itself. *

That doesn't surprise me. Any way it can be downloaded here so we can click on it to see it bigger?

* Big Eucalypts like this drop off their lower branches as they grow. Note the gig one up high on the right. They also drop branches to conserve life in times of severe drought or just because the fancy takes them. I don't pitch my tent under eucalypts.
single big eucalypts like this rarely survive. Once there would have been a forest of these around it. When isolated they get hit by lightning and that takes the tops out. It looks like this has happened here. After a strike the top dies and new branches start shooting out up the trunk.*

Simply superb. The sheen on the torso and the pink nail polish are fab!

Love the pp.

Great panorama.

Idea is great, though. The light capture and the shadow are spot on.

* Agreed. I also like the positioning of the arms and hands below. They give a triangular base to the torso. The disconnected hands are noteworthy and each adds to our response. One confidently supports an arm and the red nail polish demands attention. The other, palm up, is requesting. Together that add complexity to what we feel about the torso.
An aside. At the moment in Sicily I am seeing far too many armless naked female torso statues. They could learn a lot from Lou. *