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Into the jaws of Mammon 3

Posted by grouser (Ludlow, United Kingdom) on 17 May 2012 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Walking through we come to a view of the Olympic Park. Mammon's fingers stretch here too. £15 to enter the helta skelta/crashed crane sculpture. Myself I think we should go back to basics and all athletes should perform naked as they did in the original games, and on a level playing field so to speak. It would certainly do wonders for the TV ratings too.

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Comments (18)

Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Nice image, I love the light and tones here, great processing

17 May 2012 6:11am

Mhelene from Paris, France

Great composition .

17 May 2012 8:20am

Adela Fonts from Barcelona, Spain

... and there was light in the park and you you took her with your eyes! and your photography...

17 May 2012 8:20am

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

Is this the Anish Kapoor sculpture that I've been reading about?

17 May 2012 8:22am

@Curly: Yes another Arts Mafia production :)

L'angevine from Angers, France

intéressant graphisme

17 May 2012 8:24am

Benkirane Thami from Fès, Morocco

L'Homme a souvent horreur du vide...
Bonne journée lumineuse et bien remplie!

17 May 2012 8:51am

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

"Under the long-term plans, the Park site will be developed into two distinct areas: a vibrant, urban south plaza akin to London's South Bank and a green, scenic north park. . " - I cannot bring myself to read any more.

17 May 2012 9:03am

@Ronnie 2¢: :)

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Dramatic shot here, grouser. Yes, the Olympics should do away with the Disneyworld aspect and get back to track and field basics.

17 May 2012 9:28am

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

<Rant> I tried to get tickets for the Olympics during phase 1. As I'm not the CEO of Pepsi, an undernourished Romanian street urchin, an illegal immigrant or the guy with the negs of Boris shagging one of his tarts, I didn't get one. So, when the e-mail came round today saying "Look loser, we'll give you a second chance, wanna go to the events that no one else wants to go to?-I thought I would give it a go...but I thought that I would check the camera policy first. WHAT A MESS- a) They haven't fully published it b)the most definitive statement I could find was "The camera and lens must fit in a 20*20*30 cm box(Actually, that's quite sensible), BUT, then they go on to say that "Not all security personnel will allow all forms of cameras, regardless of size, and they may be seized -AND NOT ALWAYS RETURNED!!!! So, given the rules, am I likely to get a ticket? NO F'ING WAY! I truly hope that the cameras show empty row after empty row, maybe that will shame them, but, of course, they don't care, they won't be running another event...
</Rant>

17 May 2012 10:41am

@CElliottUK: Perhaps you should apply for a job on the security staff. It looks like a good way to get a new camera:)

Thea from Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Lol..the words you wrote..very true!
Atleast you could make a marvelous shot of this circuspark!

17 May 2012 11:47am

Anthony Morgan Lambert from Bielefeld(Old West Wales Boy), Germany

I think I´ll just watch it all on the telly !! I´m on holiday then so I´ll have time enough.As for the naked thing !! .. I reckon I´d give the wieght lifting a miss if that was the case and there would be some sore spots for the cycling competitors as well I reckon.

17 May 2012 12:13pm

Rick from Toronto, Canada

Dramatic sky dynamics to set this shot up nicely, and I love the text. These humungous Olympic summer games bring their fair share of headaches to the hosting cities, do they not? I enjoyed every syllable of the rant just above!

17 May 2012 12:26pm

Heinz from Hamm, Germany

Sehr gut in SW.

17 May 2012 12:42pm

@Heinz: No colour removed, it's just the light

Sue-Ann from Quebec, Canada

lot of lines and curvs in this picture, very graphic finally...

17 May 2012 1:51pm

ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States

I might watch naked Olympics, but...£15? best…jf

17 May 2012 2:32pm

@ordinaryimages: Especially the womens' volley ball :)

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Superbe ciompo e tiamge quel ciel et iamge sueprbe cvue et iamge.

bravo et amitié

NNicou

17 May 2012 2:35pm

Don from Spokane, United States

I like the light in this dramatic looking shot. Your comment is very good... I can see it now!

17 May 2012 3:07pm

@Don: :)

Universe from Tehran, Iran

Fantastic composition and framing !!
Good luck in shooting more and more wonderful shots.

17 May 2012 4:33pm

Nikon COOLPIX P7000
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