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Toothpicks

April 12, 2007

These structures designed by John Denton greet drivers heading south towards Melbourne via the Tullamarine Freeway or going north via the Bolte bridge out of the city towards Melbourne's primary airport. Some call them the "Cheesesticks" but being red, I would liken them to toothpicks or those skinny salami sticks you sometimes get with your cheese squares and and so forth for nibbles at a party.
I've wanted to capture them with plastic for a while and today I found one of the best vantage points to do so for my purpose. Being from the completely other side of town, I wasn't sure where best to go, but it's amazing what you can do if you study a street map!
Anyway, I just wanted to capture an impression of this sculptures geometric regularity against the clear blue sky. I think it's safe to say I'm fairly happy with this shot.
Diana 151 loaded with Kodak Portra 160 VC

Filed under: Colour Diana

7 Responses to “Toothpicks”

angie
April 12, 2007 07:25

ah...the old street map strategy! i carry one in my car but do i ever use it? you know the answer to that one, cameron. the day looked perfect when you shot this. how can you go wrong with strong red and blue together, though?! now pass me a toothpick, please :-)

Jason
April 12, 2007 16:43

Wow. Strangely impactful and quite graphic. It's really appealing to me!

Cameron
April 13, 2007 00:31

Thanks Angie and Jason, yep, it was another beautiful day in downtown Melbourne. I'm not sure when it's going to rain, heaven knows the land needs it, but until then I'll take advantage of my stock of 160 ISO film and blue skies to shoot stuff against!
:-)>

plasticfantastic
April 17, 2007 02:34

super shapes Cameron. great colours too.

Cameron
April 17, 2007 07:06

Thanks James. I shot some different perspectives on a roll I haven't developed yet, I may post one of them (if they're any good)
;-)>

[terrorkitten]
April 18, 2007 20:33

YOu nailed this one Cameron....spot on!

Cameron
April 19, 2007 16:26

Ta Phil, I love Melbourne's "special" photo opportunities, if I didn't live here already I'd be tempted to move here!
;-)>

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