Slippery Slide by David McMahon
Mammoth slide at Moomba fairground, Melbourne 2007. (407 views on 15 July 2011.)
This was taken the day after Moomba had closed and a team of workmen were dismantling everything in the Alexandra Gardens. I was lucky that this was untouched, because I guess they were leaving the huge slide until the end.
The midday sunlight was very strong, as you can see from the sharp shadow in the red ’’lane’’. I shot this tight frame because of the impression of motion.
I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D with a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F11, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, focal length 125mm.
Featured in NUMBERS ONE TO A TRILLION, May 2009.
Featured in JUST LINES, July 2009.
Featured in ALRIGHT, WHAT IS IT, August 2009.
Featured in IMAGES AND IDEAS, August 2009.
Featured in CREATIVE SPIRITS OF QUEENSLAND, August 09.
Featured in METALLIC JUNCTION, November 2009.
Featured in UNITED: UK, AUSTRALIA AND THE USA, January 2010.
Featured in COMPLEX SIMPLICITY OF ART, April 2010.
Featured in EXTRA ORDINARY PHOTOGRAPHY, August 2010.
Top 10, CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS Challenge, April 2011.
Featured in SNAPTACULAR, May 2011.
Featured in RAINBOW, July 2011.
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alexandra gardens, david mcmahon, dismantled, fairground, lanes, mammoth, melbourne, moomba, numbers, slide
Comments
Your whole portfolio shows a beautiful sensitivity to colour, light and form. I look forward to what we will see from you next David :)
Thank you, Rhana. My camera is drawn magnetically to these sights!
– David McMahon
Wow, what a great start to my weekend, Marion. (Yes, it’s Saturday morning here in Melbourne!)
Thank you very much for your kind support.
– David McMahon
Great shot!
Thank you very much. From memory, this is the Euroslide, which is the highest slippery slide in the southern hemisphere!
– David McMahon
Great perspective shot David! :O)
Way-hay! Thanks very much, Vanessa. That slide just HAD to be photographed – and being featured is a great bonus.
– David McMahon
cool!!!!!!!!
Thanks very much, Isa. It’s a huge slide!
– David McMahon
That’s great news, Parmi. Thanks so much to you and your co-hosts.
– David McMahon
Awesome slide and I love the colors!!! :D
Thanks so much, Cee – the light was really strong that day, so it was perfect for what I was trying to frame!
– David McMahon
Your cohosts,
Cee and Chris
Thanks very much, Cee and Chris.
– David McMahon
This is excellent and very creative, great stuff.
Congrats this image has been featured in the United group. Well done.
Thank you very much for the honour. Sorry it’s taken me a week to reply, but we’ve been travelling in Asia, hence in unusual delay in responding.
– David McMahon
Gorgeous color in this…and it brings back so many childhood memories…may serve as inspiration for something I need to write ;-) Thanks!!! As always, I love your composition!
Thank you, Janine – if as you say it inspires you, that would be a great reward for me.
– David McMahon