What on earth is the little cream coloured frame for? It almost looks as if it's been Photoshopped in with wonky perspective.

There are several of them in this neighbourhood, Phil. They seem to be bike stands but I've never seen a bike attached to one. I have never seen them except in this neighbourhood. They're all the same colour, too. Something livelier would be a nice change.

I was wrong, Phil. They are of three colours -- cream, blue, and rust. They are also variations on a theme; they are more or less complicated diagrams like those in an introductory geometry textbook. Oh, well, I have a project now -- go photograph them all. I gave been able to find nothing about who designed them.

Wonderful shot.

Thanks, Don.

Superb shot! Stay well!

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Thanks, William.

A lot to discover, John ! A very nice street-scene !

Thanks, Ulrich.

An earthy scene - worn wood, stained brick wall, a tired shopwindow - and that whatsis landed from some strange modern art museum. Even the mailbox in the shadow is staring at it. .

Another way to look at it is that the arrow on the pole tells us to look at the air conditioner on the wall, and then and then we see the badly-drawn echo of it on the ground below. Never thought I'd appreciate the form and color of an air conditioner before.

As you can tell, I do not like the bicycle stand. It has no virtu.

I hadn't thought of the bike stand as an echo of the air conditioner, so thanks for pointing that out, Bob. The bike stands seem to be variations on a theme -- the illustrations in introductory geometry textbooks. I was wrong to tell Phil they are all the same colour; they are cream, blue, and rust. Anyway, a project to photograph them all is in order. The one here is the si,plest of the lot.

I like juxtaposition of light and shadow in this street scene John.............and especially that vibrant red shop front and the beautiful green of the tree.

I'm intrigued by the name of the shop "A Village Tail"......it's a nice play on words, but gives no indication of what the business is........a dog groomers perhaps?

A nicely clean and detailed image which I like very much, but as usual I don't have the words to explain why.

Thanks, Keith. I've been going by this place for some time but shuddered to think what might be going on there. Anyway, it seems to be a pet supply store -- a pet shop without pets.

You've touched on issue dear to my heart -- the popular idea that pictures can be reduced to text. John Berger, for example, says explicitly that any photograph can be reduced to a message. That's a fine idea for an instructional manual, but some of us have the wacky idea that a photograph's visual characteristics play a role in our enjoyment of it. Whether there are words to describe our appreciation of visual characteristics is a crucial question that I hadn't thought about, so thanks for bringing up the question,

Until recently we were told to admire images because they showed us how to be like the people selling or using it -- more sophisticated or more moral (supposedly). All of a sudden anyone can display images and people are actually paying attention to what they look like. Maybe we don't have the words because we've never been allowed to come up with any.

Thanks for putting up with my pseud analysis here. I have the same problem with finding words, though. I often don't comment about a photo because I don't know why I like it.

Goed gedaan John