“I read the news today oh, boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes
it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you on” - Lyrics from “A Day In The Life” by The Beatles

There is some major construction in progress at the edge of our subdivision as Hoover adds yet another shopping area. I grabbed my camera after work and walked over intending to get a photograph of some large concrete pipes that had been unloaded and were lined up side by side. I can’t speak for others, but many times, what I am intending to shoot and what I choose once I am in an area can vary. As I looked for a vantage point to get the angle for the shot I wanted of the concrete pipes, I noticed a big hose with an attachment on the end. The hose was being used to drain a wooded area near the site that had filled with water in some recent rain, which we have desperately needed after a year of severe drought conditions. I liked the texture of the surface and the pattern of holes on the attachment.

The song lyrics were chosen because of the use of “holes” and because the song title was consistent with the gallery concept.

This was shot this at ISO 100 and an aperture of 5.6 to give me a shallow depth of field. Other than some cropping, sharpening and minor color and contrast correction, post production was minimal. I applied a black and white layer, used the tint but went with a blue area of the spectrum and reduced the opacity to 50% to let some of the rust color from the image show through.

“I read the news today oh, boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes
it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you on” - Lyrics from “A Day In The Life” by The Beatles

There is some major construction in progress at the edge of our subdivision as Hoover adds yet another shopping area. I grabbed my camera after work and walked over intending to get a photograph of some large concrete pipes that had been unloaded and were lined up side by side. I can’t speak for others, but many times, what I am intending to shoot and what I choose once I am in an area can vary. As I looked for a vantage point to get the angle for the shot I wanted of the concrete pipes, I noticed a big hose with an attachment on the end. The hose was being used to drain a wooded area near the site that had filled with water in some recent rain, which we have desperately needed after a year of severe drought conditions. I liked the texture of the surface and the pattern of holes on the attachment.

The song lyrics were chosen because of the use of “holes” and because the song title was consistent with the gallery concept.

This was shot this at ISO 100 and an aperture of 5.6 to give me a shallow depth of field. Other than some cropping, sharpening and minor color and contrast correction, post production was minimal. I applied a black and white layer, used the tint but went with a blue area of the spectrum and reduced the opacity to 50% to let some of the rust color from the image show through.