Sunday, 15th August 2010
Outfall Fallout
by Jon Doe
Just to explain the title quickly. The point in the image where the tunnel shape changes, the flat sided arch topped section was originally a culvert under the Grand Junction canal. The change point would have been where the culvert came back aboveground. The fallout over this culvert outfall was that it was built too small, causing flooding at the infall end. To be more accurate the entire length of the culvert had been built too small. The builders had based the dimensions on those of a bridge over the Westbourne a little further downstream, but not accounted for the fact that the bridge was a mere roads width across, whereas the culvert was of a considerably greater length. The fallout also focussed on the fact that the Grand Junction Canal company built the culvert (in 1800) without consulting the commission of sewers. Naughty.
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Outfall Fallout by Jon Doe was photo of the day on Sunday, 15th August 2010. It is tagged City, People. You can leave a comment below.
18 Comments
Su
Certainly different, like the wall texture and the lighting and another different earthshot. congrats
ziggy
An inspiring image for a writer. The fall of light and shadows, the texture of the old brick walls, that lone dark figure, with only the shape to define it as human, the lines of light overlapping and circling and circling and the photographer’s name itself call out narratives of mystery and mischief. Thanks for the Sunday morning inspiration John Doe, whoever you are!
Pauline Jones
This is different; very interesting story; as a set it would do nicely in a James Bond film.
KeithT
Cracking shot and not one to be expected in Earthshots gallery. But then life on earth isn’t always about pretty country walks and scenic views is it? Whilst the photographer’s explanation is interesting and explicit indeed, it is what the viewer’s imagination makes of it that counts. For me the image speaks of being lost and separated from reality without a way back to what I would consider to be normality.
Rosita
Great use of the shadow within, I like the light in the whole picture!
Grtz R.
Michael
Excellent, I really do like the lighting.
Great Work !
Dennis
Very interesting, both the story and the picture itself!
PlanetLover
I love how the light whirls on the brick walls, creating shadows full of uncertainties and expectation. Great for a mystery book cover.
Helen Hart
Awesome picture and the story is fascinating!
John Ruest
Good photography! Reminds me of a scene in a mystery movie where something unexpected is about to happen. Good work.
renee
Excellent shot, very different shot indeed! Congrats
Immanuel
Awesome….. Love the guy in black. It makes the photo look like it’s from a movie or something…
Diane
I love this shot! Am I the only one that sees it as a giant eye, e.g., perhaps a fish eye with the man standing in the iris? And the bricks are like scales of a sort. A great picture draws you in and fascinates you. That’s what this one does for me.
Nikki
great shot, I thought the Fallout in the title was a reference to Fallout, the post-apocolyptic computer game which your image does remind me of!
Marie Dunphy Harding
An expensive piece of failure for sure!
Rajib Singha
An interesting shot with a story.
Andrew
FALLOUT!
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Surreal–this would be perfect location for a science-fiction flick!