Sharon, this one’s for you:
Rain? Great opportunity to take pictures!
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Cardinal Guzman
Encyclopedia Miscellaneous – 'quality' blogging since August 2011
Sharon, this one’s for you:
Rain? Great opportunity to take pictures!
Related posts:
Cardinal Guzman 
Mystical beautiful. 🙂
Thank you Inge
I like the use of darkness.
Thanks. I added some extra darkness to the walls & the ceiling just to emphasize the main subjects and to lead the eye.
Suggestive!
Some might even say connotative.
Lovely! Why is it wet inside the tunnel; does the roof leak? 🙂
The leak has been located to the opening in both ends of the tunnel: it turns out that when it rains the water chooses the path of least resistance, but don’t worry: the Norwegian government has already put together a commitee that will look into solutions on how they can seal the leaks.
A team of geologists and bureaucrats from the National Transportation Authorities have joined forces with some high-end marketers to come up with a solution and present the case for the public via the state sponsored media that we have here in Norway.
A possible solution could be to drain the entrances or to close off both ends of the tunnel with bricks and/or concrete (alternatively fill the whole tunnel with concrete), but they will probably come up with a more fancy and costly proposal for a solution. The case will then be transferred to a team of sociologist, economists, psychologists and social scientists, that will look into the socio-political impact the proposal will have on the local community and wether or not the solution will make immigrants feel stigmatized.
Then the matter will be referred to environmental organizations for their input – which will not be heard. The next step is to send the case to Brussels where the lawyers in the EEA will decide that this solution – wether it’s positive for the local community or not – is contrary to international legal regulations.
(We actually used to have a clausul in our Constitution that specifically mentioned that people that let foreign powers get control over our nation, should be sentenced to death. Our politicians wisely decided to liquidate this clausul – after they had let foreign interests get control over our democracy).
We, the people, are definitely almost a little bit certain that we might have some hope to stop the leak in the tunnels: approximately somewhere between 11-28 years from now. In the meantime the leak will continue during heavy rain, but on sunny days it won’t be a problem. People still won’t mind the leak, because it will keep people employed in public positions and make them feel like they are doing something important.
Since we most likely won’t come up with a solution that won’t offend anyone, another comittee will, several years after the project was supposed to be finished, be put together to look into how this simple project could fail and take so long.
The public will demand an answer to what their tax-money have been wasted on. Some activists will probably start a group on Facebook where they complain and cry out their frustrations: the most extreme among them will threaten to vote on another political party in the next election.
Finally the Public Comittee that’s looking into the failure, will come to the conclusion that no one is to be blamed and that it was all a matter of a series of unfortunate circumstances. Then, in the end, the public departments that were involved in the project will promise to improve their procedures in the future.
That’s how we solve problems in Norway.
😆 Well I’m so glad I asked, CG. Thank you for your brief and concise reply. 🙂 It would be such a shame to do anything about the leaks, because it makes for such a great photo opportunity, when it’s all wet in there. Will you please lodge my request with the powers that be.
Thanks for asking. Your question inspired me to come up with the brief and consise reply 😀
Obviously. 😆
Regarding your point of voting for another political party; this has one flaw – they are all the same when it comes to important matters like this!
You’re absolutely right Rose: it doesn’t matter which puppets we will give our votes.
Love this. Have been fascinated with tunnels and arches lately myself. 🙂
Tunnels and arches are great, especially to seek cover for a rain shoot.
Dear Cardinal….
Did you have a bad day today???
I wanted to say I liked the pic but…now…I do not dare!!!
Not sure if I should call it good or bad, but I’ve had a normal day. This basically means that I’m spending my time doing something pointless, so that I can be rewarded with some electronic digits transferred to my bankaccount.
Good, good!!!
😉
Anyway..Loved the pic!!! And the rain inside of the tunnel gives it a lot of special atmosphere! 😉
Hello Cardinal!! Long time no see!! You’ve made some big changes around here since my last visit. Your gravatar is pretty creepy, but perfect for October with Halloween coming soon. Nice black and white. I really like it! Take care, Margie
Welcome back Margie! I hope you’ve had a great summer and that you’ve shot a lot of photos.
Superb composition.
Thanks Richard!
fab noir shot.
Thanks Gav, I appreciate your feedback.
Fantastic! All darkness leading into that light! Lovely tones!
Thank you very much Sonali. I worked on the photo in my digital darkroom to lead the eye and to enhance the ‘tunnel-feeling’.
Do most people walk through the tunnel with thier umbrellas up?
It’s a short tunnel so I guess most people do.
That’s an awesome pic you posted there!
Thank you Marco and thanks for stopping by & commenting.
You’re welcome!
Nicely composed. One can’t help but be drawn in.
Thanks Suburbia! I guess I can claim that the composition and post-processing worked well.
Agree rainy days and nights really can give some good shots – as one above mentioning “mystical beautiful” – great… 🙂
Takker så meget Le Drake.
Another WOW shot GG (and an entertaining comments discussion) 🙂
Thanks Wanderlust. Glad you like both the discussions and the photo.
Wow, very good!!!
Thank you so much Amber. You have a lot of great photos in your blog: I discovered it yesterday and love it already!
And the same can be said for you 🙂 Thanks you very kind, many greeting from a hot South-Africa, Shari .
Beauty shot. That’s how I like it.
A handful of rain & darkness, mixed with a small dash of street photography.
I wonder why they didn’t put down the umbrellas entering the tunnel ????????
Probably because it’s a short tunnel.
Much agreed – rain/over cast skies makes the best lighting for shooting in my opinion! I have shot some of my absolute favourites in that sort of a setting 🙂
I like rain photos too. My ‘Google+ friend’ Sharon kindly asked me to post some more rain shots (after i posted one earlier) and after that I’ve been more active than before when it comes to rain photography.