Kenley Aerodrome

[Tom Dunne]

Played a very important part in the wars I'm told. I took this one snowy winter.




PS; If you don't mind everybody, could I point you all to a post I put on the Forum Comment board situated at the very bottom of the home page where things can easily get lost. Would be interested in hearing other views.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

You mean this one? http://realphotographersforum.com/forum/threads/cause-for-concern.19352/

Nice image, Tom. Cold and bleak. Cold-war related feel about it. I like how I can just about see the thin line connecting the pole to the wind sock. I wondered what that sock was at first - looks like it is passing through the tower. In fact, the angle of the sock really makes the picture, cutting as it does across the verticals.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Excellent Tom. I like how the focal point of the shot...the fence stands out loud and clear.

 

[Tom Dunne]

Thanks Rob and Glenn.

 

[Brian Moore]

If Rob hadn't called that diagonal thing a wind sock I'm not sure I would have recognized it as such. (At that angle I would have expected it to be partially deflated, that's why.) I like this image, Tom. The blacks, whites and grays have lovely tones.

 

[Tom Dunne]

Many thanks Brian.
In some ways I would prefer if the sock was not there at all or at least if it was blowing in the opposite direction it would have been better.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

You mean you don't control the wind, Tom? I thought the Irish were all masters of the wind...

 

[Pete Askew]

The other direction was exactly what I was thinking but that is minor compared with the image overall which I like very much. The starkness works very well as does the choice of framing. It brings up thoughts of the Cold War.

 

[Beth Carter]

could be a shot straight out of ww2. or one of @Kev Pugh's play sets.

 

[Kev Pugh]

I like Bleak Airfields and this shows just how bleak they can be....as for a could be shot from one of my playsets, I'm humbled @Beth Anthony that you think it could be so...

There is an airfield just out the back of where I live, getting on it is....a bit risky, still some covert stuff going on there, and surprisingly enough I have been approached even when outside the wire....
I too like the thought that this could be from another era and the also like the B&W and in the bleakness it would not be right any other way IMO..

On the other point @Tom Dunne I have read with interest but refrained from comment as I feel that that I have little to contribute to the thread that hasn't already been written but I like to think I contribute on both sides when I feel I have something worthy of the image I'm viewing...for me often silence doesn't mean non-participation and if I am perfectly honest I find it hard to keep up at times .