230318_062203_0812 Industrial Noir / Local Places - Baines Concrete (Early, Sat 18 Mar 23)

            Baines Concrete, York Place, Woonona

Regular viewers with really long memories may recall that I periodically take shots as part of a series that I originally called "Little Shops". These are usually small retail establishments which form part of the urban landscape, and which, if they close, will result in people wondering "hey, what used to be there?" In other words, the intention is to document the local environment as it is at a particular point of time, which will eventually become "as it was".

I changed the name of that to "Local Places" because I want to expand beyond just stores, and to places that aren't necessarily little. Places of work and places of industry are also part of the local environment, and deserve to be documented as well. I've lost track of exactly how many of those shots I have done since not all of the ones that had been tagged with the "Little Shops" keyword have been posted. In the end I stopped numbering them. (On Flickr the shots of this theme are copied into an album of that name as well.)

However I want to start doing some other series as well, one of which is called "Industrial Noir". This is the first official example of it. There's something appealing (to me) about places that exist and operate outside normal working hours, when decent citizens are tucked up in their beds. (Yes, that last part was a form of poetic license. Obviously many decent citizens work in places like this outside of working hours to ensure that the rest of us have goods and services to enjoy.)

It's like LA Noire, but without all the dead bodies.

Actually, I'm not sure whether this concrete supplier is operating overnight. While the lights are on, that doesn't necessarily imply that anyone is at home. Or, in this case, at work. It does look impressive against the sunrise, however.

(Temporary note for Flickr: Why was this randomly added to my "2017 to 2024 Visual Diary" album when there are so many shots still missing before or after it? Because I need this shot as context for a shot that I took for my 2025 gallery. The absence of it caused that gallery to come to a shuddering halt.)

Taken on: March 18, 2023

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Illawarra

Australia

Woonona

15 York Place

Baines Concrete

Sunrise

Cement Mixers

Red and purple sky

Scattered Clouds

Industrial Noir

Local Places Theme

New South Wales (NSW) « less

Sets appears in: • Local Places • For A Few PESOs More; 2017 to 2024 Visual Diary

Groups appears in: • Industry • Wollongong more » • OM Digital Solutions OM-5 « less

Camera: OM Digital Solutions OM-5, f/2.8, 1/500 sec, 14mm (=28mm), ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	OM Digital Solutions OM-5
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.7-14mm F2.8
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	14mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	-3.7 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 25.9 (Windows)
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