Quick burst

Continuing the trend: a couple more for you from tonight, at the wooden sculptures on the site of the old colliery.

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2:

Nice sunbursts and clouds in the first shot. It goes dark quick now.

The first one works best for me, I left Astley Green in 1962,and have never seen the pit since.

Two good pics. Love the light and long shadows in number 1.

I like these. Number one edges it

Great. The first one does it for me

The shadows and flare work well in No1 - fab shot.

No.1 for me. Really well togged.

I'm struggling to understand the sculptures, but nevertheless two enjoyable shots - another shout for number 1

Really nice - wondering if the timber was part of the colliery

#1 for me too, nicely lined up

Thank you all.

The council's site helpfully mentions the guy who seems to do a lot of the same sort of thing, including in Grizedale:

Richard Caink's fascinating sculptures provide a welcome place to rest and remember the woodland's past as a coalmine.​

Not sure quite how, having walked past them again this evening.

But Mr Caink is quoted here as saying:

"My work explores our relationship with the natural world. The result, whether abstract or representational, celebrates the creative possibilities of the wood, which as a material is so fundamental to civilisation by extension or metaphor."

Dv here has degrees in poetry, literature and now has a senior role in public relations, so I've a strong view on the meaning of that sentence.

I'd have preferred some benches.

Interesting, I'd have preferred a bench too !!!

Nice timing and compositions. No1 for me.
I find the strong prismatic flare on the lower right in #2 a little distracting.

Thanks - that flare was exactly what I was after else for me it's just a shot of a wooden rectangle.

This post could be a bench mark in literature.

No2 for me, i have cycled passed many times and dont find them that interesting.

Love me a bit of lens flare.

That's a fascinating place