Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

In after Baud. Damn.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

You cannot shame the shameless.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

People are complicated. Love is not.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

The arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend itself. it’s up to us.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

You are here: Home / Photo Blogging / On The Road / On The Road – Mike in Oly – Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal

On The Road – Mike in Oly – Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal

by | 16 Comments

This post is in: , ,

On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

Submit Your Photos

Mike in Oly

In my wanderings about western Washington and other nearby areas I am always taking photos of the things I find. One of my favorites types of photos to create are what I call texturals, for lack of a better term. They are often macros, but not always. They highlight color, texture and/or pattern over scenery or narrative. I find them fascinating and beautiful. I hope you will to. Tonight’s theme is metal, featuring the many ways nature acts on the metal man forges to create unique imagery.

On The Road - Mike in Oly - Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal 7
Olympia, WA

I am fascinated by rusting metal and old cement. This piece from an old fort on the WA coast is a work of art. Still solid and sturdy, with beautiful geometry.

On The Road - Mike in Oly - Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal 8
Olympia, WA

Metal oxidizes and deteriorates in the most interesting patterns. Add in paint slowly degrading and the shapes and patterns are endless.

On The Road - Mike in Oly - Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal 9

Along with rust, lichen and moss add their colors and textures to the patterns in progress.

On The Road - Mike in Oly - Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal 6
Olympia, WA

Light and shadow highlight textures and also create negative spaces to bring out pleasing patterns.

On The Road - Mike in Oly - Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal 4

What once was so solid is delicate now, fragile, or so it appears.

On The Road - Mike in Oly - Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal 5

Metals that used to be separate slowly bleed into a single mass on a surface that might pass for Mars.

On The Road - Mike in Oly - Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal 2
Olympia, WA

The need for its strength long past, the metal slowly fades.

On The Road - Mike in Oly - Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal 3
Olympia, WA

I love how all the different finishes come out with time and weather. This slick shine is a marked contrast t the roughness of rust.

On The Road - Mike in Oly - Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal
Olympia, WA

A patina of faded rivets and rust combine with negative space to make a lacework that pleases the eye.

On The Road - Mike in Oly - Texture & Pattern in Nature: Metal 1
Olympia, WA

There’s more to metallic beauty than decay. The stark angles and lines of this tower against the sky showcase the geometry and strength metal can bring. A fitting finish for this set.

Reader Interactions

16Comments

  3. 3.

    OGLiberal

    There seems to be outrage regarding how the National Guard troops are being quartered in DC.  Is this already Biden’s fault?  Has he already fucked the troops?

  8. 8.

    JanieM

    Thanks for the reminder that there’s beauty to be found in the most overlooked and everyday bits of our surroundings.

  9. 9.

    Comrade Colette

    @Benw:

    I see a face in the rusty old door of image 2

    I can’t, but that does remind me of this classic.

    Mike, I absolutely love this series, and I think today’s is the best so far. Thanks!

  11. 11.

    Peale

    I do something similar on trips. I’ll find one detail that inspires me for a day, then repeatedly photograph it wherever I find it. Usually it’s bleeding colors, or how the sun and clouds play with windows, and lots and lots of lichens. When I used to use film and lived at home, my dad would pick up the prints and ask what I was taking pictures of, since they are devoid of a central subject. I guess that series on the bricks of the City of Exeter or the close ups of faces of religious statues only had meaning to me and I probably should have focused on something less idiosyncratic, like the famous cathedral, or the people I was with. But I find I remember the feelings of the pictures taken on those days more than the days when I just snap the landmark. I remember the emotions of being there.

  14. 14.

    Denali

    You really do have the eye necesssary for finding and taking great photos. Thanks for sharing!  And your subjects don’t fly away or get caught by the wind!

  15. 15.

    hw3

    Fort Flagler is another gem in the gate to the Puget Sound Worden/Casey/Flagler triangle. A lot of remaining embankments and tunnels to explore.

Comments are closed.