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Beyond the paint chips
the splinters
the warn away corners
Beyond the ivy
that burrows
into deep crevasses

You will find me
Waiting

My sweetheart and I found this on a day trip to downtown Omaha, Nebraska. It was in a salvage yard waiting for someone to take it home. I wish that someone was me!


Kradam wrote a wonderful poem inspired by this photograph.
Read Portal to My Soul You’ll enjoy it!

Canon PowerShot G6

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Tags

door, exposed, handle, iron, ivy, salvage, weathered, wood, worn, passage

Comments

  • Farah McLennan
    Farah McLennanabout 4 years ago

    Love it !

  • Thanks! It was a great find, I lucked out.

    – Ebbers

  • BleuRaven
    BleuRavenabout 4 years ago

    oooooh this is wonderful !! incredibly beautiful and what a fantastic find

  • Thank you! It was lucky to come across it, I think.

    – Ebbers

  • Rebecca Cozart
    Rebecca Cozartabout 4 years ago

    Very nice…lovely textures color and composition…well done!

  • Thanks! Mom (back in Keizer) wants this photo,but with the peeling green paint as more of a barn red color. I’m trying to figure out how to manipulate it, without using all the remaining hours of the rest of my life to do it.

    I’m glad you like it!

    – Ebbers

  • Rebecca Cozart
    Rebecca Cozartabout 4 years ago

    I understand…thus my penchant for keeping Photoshop manipulation to a minimum! My motto is: “What I see is what you get”. :0)

  • I agree! Pushing too many buttons is a bit scary for me! I might set off the doomsday device. hee-hee.

    – Ebbers

  • Robin Brown
    Robin Brownabout 4 years ago

    I like the quality of this shot, the secret garden springs to mind. There’s a hint of diffused glow on the gate giving a dreamy ghostly feel to the image. The neglected paintwork & rust all add charm. I cant help wondering what lies at the other side.

  • What a well-thought comment! I have had many people tell me that this reminds them of the secret garden. The salvage area that I spotted this in was really covered in the ivy, so it might as well have been Omaha’s version of the garden! It’s a lovely area.

    Thanks again!

    – Ebbers

  • Ritva Ikonen
    Ritva Ikonenalmost 4 years ago

    Love your image! Composition, colors, structure, the combination of peeling paint, rust, ivy, mysterious feel… It all works so well together. Gets my vote and fav!

  • Thank you very much for the wonderful, well-thought comment and I’m honored for the favorite as well! :-) I’m so grateful.

    – Ebbers

  • Kimcalvert
    Kimcalvertalmost 4 years ago

    Lovely image..the composition is wonderful..love it..

  • Thank you so very much! It’s one of my personal favorites.

    – Ebbers

  • ozzzywoman
    ozzzywomanalmost 4 years ago

    I would love to see this (and you of course) added to Nature’s Reclamation

  • I’ll check that out, thanks! :D

    – Ebbers

  • Trish Woodford
    Trish Woodfordalmost 4 years ago

    Wonderful shot, love the framing by the leaves and all the lovely textures in the door :)

  • Thanks! I it was a wonderful find. I’m very lucky that I spotted it, to be sure.

    – Ebbers

  • Appel
    Appelalmost 4 years ago

    It is lovely!!! The texture, colors, framing – a wonderful shot!!! Well done! Congratulations on the feature!!

  • Thanks! I didn’t even know about the feature until you mentioned it!

    – Ebbers