Seattle Landmark - obsolete oil plant at Gas Works Park
They have managed to make a former disgusting plant a somewhat popular, even celebrated sight in Seattle! This place packs people for the July 4th fireworks which shows across the water. Other days, you may find of picnickers and kids and kite-flyers and bikers/runners taking rests.. Time heals all wounds they say?
There are a lot of pipes and equipment and large storage facilities in the park. I tried to get a few shots from different angles to include most of it. I love the contrast between "nice park" and "horrible pollutant". The best part being that the horrible pollutant is also obsolete!
Labels: Project Feb. 2010
posted by Lea at 8:20 PM
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(also used a handy point & shoot :) Canon PowerShot SD 750
Great subject Lea, I especially like the contrast of the spring blooms/turf contrasted with the stark industrial, very compelling.
Also the last image uses shadow and light effectively.
Dan
This was definitely rich ground for some shots. I really like the one at the top left. It looks like something I would imagine when reading a science fiction book. Looks like maybe something out of Dune or on some far flung mining planet. The wsy that the branches contrast the hardness/coldness of the structure is good, too. This would make a cool study in black & white.
This is a very interesting place to shoot pictures :).
I also really like the first shot with the spring blossoms...nature reclaiming her space after the monstrous intrusion of the gas plant.
--Warren
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