The Allotment Project 1

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The Allotment Project 1
The Allotment Project 1

And now for something completely different (You've got to admit I have one of the most varied Photostreams out there....)

Anyway these are the allotments I passed on the way to get some light bulbs and a bottle of wine at Tesco at lunchtime today. Now, I wanted some 'candle' bulbs for the sitting room wall lights, but blow me you can't get bulbs with wire filaments anymore due to some EU law that says we must pay anything from £ 2.00 - £10.00 for some sort of energy efficient halogen or LED bulb instead...no, no that's another story, yet to come. Anyhow, having got the bulbs and a bottle of Fetzer Crimson Californian red and put back the bottles of Guinness Porter that fell into my hands, I endured the queues to pay at those stupid self dis-service checkouts where it seemed every mature person was buying something either alcoholic or something deemed dangerous and had to be verified as not being too young by a staff member who scurried non-stop from checkout to checkout as the queues got longer. So I barely had time as I drove back to work to pull up on the pavement by Altrincham Football Club and grab a shot of the allotments next door through the steel fence. It was grey, and there was no magic in the light, but I found something quaint and slightly peculiar in the tiny parcels of land. It fascinates me to think that this little bit of land ties so many individuals to share one piece of Earth. It's a scene of harmony or is it? Are there any turf wars? Are there any prize chumps among them? What really goes on on an allotment? Personally I have no idea, as I don't have an allotment. I have an estate. But looking at my picture, can you persuade yourself the land owner on the right isn't about to bury someone?

I've decided I'm going to make it a project to photograph allotments! Here's a bit of history about them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotment_%28gardening%29

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Taken on: February 13, 2015
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Camera: Nikon D610, f/8.0, 1/80 sec, 24mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D610
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length: 24mm
ISO: 100
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Scene Capture Type: Landscape
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Embettered by PicMonkey. http://www.picmonkey.com
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