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Piling Piles
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Point Richmond sits across the Bay from San Francisco, offering some of the most dramatic views of the city. At the same time, it is nestled up against a freeway, an oil refinery and extensive industrial port development. For years the community, which is ostensibly part of the CIty of Richmond has been little more than an after-thought as a place to live, despite reasonable housing and apartment rental costs. Richmond is one of the racially integrated communities in the region and as such has had a variety of social problems over the years, including drugs and violence. Richmond as a whole has been deemed by many to be a less desirable place to live, leaving Point Richmond a sort of poor, unwanted step-child. All of that is changing and the image I post, believe it or not is evidence of the change. These piles of dirt were placed on vacant land adjacent to San Francisco Bay, after having been removed from a nearby hillside that was excavated to prepare for construction of homes that will no doubt be very expensive. And the land covered with piles of dirt, will become the next area to be developed with homes. Point Richmond is becoming a favorite destination of those wishing to be close to the water.
As I was preparing this image in Photoshop, the inspiration came to create a border by copying the original image at a slightly larger size. When I saw the result I liked it so much that I added a couple of other layers, each 3 percent smaller than the last. I ended up with what I called piles on piles, which is, of course, exactly how this dirt was placed. I like the abstract pattern of the piles and hope you do as well. |
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- manny
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I like the patterns. This is more of an artistic composition than a picture. However, I really don't mind as the overall effect is stunning. I like the framing too. And the frame rocks.
I really like this picture. But the only thing that I'm missing is a point of reference to see exactly the size of those moles to truly understand the magnitude of this scene.
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