Stacked
Shanghai, China, May 2007 [Click to enlarge]
My eye is drawn to patterns like a child is drawn to a bowl of fudge-topped ice cream. When I saw these pristine plates in the restaurant of our hotel, I had to take a closer look. What really got me was how they were lit. The countertops were made of a translucent, brightly-backlit surface. I liked the resulting glow from below.
Your turn: Look really closely at these plates. Is all as it seemed when you first saw the image?
Until you said that they were plates, I thought (briefly of course) they were a pile of old vinyl records!!!
ReplyDeleteHere from Michele's this afternoon, she say's hello from her holiday destination, I am sure you appreciate that she is thinking of you whilst away...
greetings from michele! i am so glad to be back blogging in our new place... the internet is faster here! i am also glad michele refered me to you as i can always find beauty in words and or pictures here.
ReplyDeletei love that you can find beauty, harmony, and symetry in the most simple things, and it is a true gift to be able to share it with others.
hi Carmi....
ReplyDeletei love the colour of the plates and how they seem to capture the light between them
The last time I saw stacks like that they were gold charger plates belonging to my boss. We had used them for a banquet of about 900 people and the wait staff was supposed to remove them after the salad course. They forgot, and when we had to pack them up and take them back to the shop, they were covered in food residue and rapidly beginning to smell or mold. It was awful! So, this is not exactly a good image for me...LOL
ReplyDeleteThe first thing that came to mind as the web page loaded was LP records. It wasn't until I looked at the picture for another second that I realized they are plates.
ReplyDeleteBack again, via Michele. Carmi, the Circle K is a convenience store, at least here, it is.
ReplyDeleteThey do look like records. Thanks for visiting me and if you really do want to vote in the next presidential election despite your Canadian citizenship, come down to Chicago. If dead relatives and pets can vote, so can you!
ReplyDeleteIs the mystery in the color of the plates? I was wondering... are they white? Are they black?
ReplyDeleteI love that they look so dark! Very different from the stacks of plates we used to have at school for dinner (shudder)! The lighting of the shot is cool. I love that you notice these things and capture them.
ReplyDeleteMichele sent me by this time and we posted at the same time! :)
The first thing that came to my mind was old chinese accordeons.
ReplyDeleteReally like your picture ; as always...
Have a great weekend !
It reminds me of the stacks of 45s you used to see in juke boxes. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteMichele (and Connie) sent me,
Mike
As I see these staked around like this at most places here, I could only see plates.
ReplyDeleteI love that shade of those plates.
As you did not revisit me michele sent me here instead...:D
They looked like old vinyl records to me too... I've worked in 3 music stores though.
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We posted at the same time but you just pipped me to the post so Michele sent me here again!
ReplyDeleteI love the shades in this photo. They do look a lot like vinyl records :)
Actually I looked at your photo before your title, and it looked like a stack of plates to me. When I saw the title and looked at it again, I thought.. hmm, it could also be an articulated robot arm...
ReplyDeleteHere from Michele's!
Carmi... I'll always agree with you on that... you can't beat the thrilling energy and the live humor of that stage-musical. That said, Hairspray (the movie) comes closer than I thought it would. The music! :) Great message. Hope you and your family enjoy. And Michele too.
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The color is what strikes me. Just looking at it makes me want a cup of hot chocolate...and it's 100 degrees outside!
ReplyDeleteI'm adding you to my favorites. I hope you don't mind. Here from Michele's again!
Looks like plates to me, Carmi.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment on my blog, even though my writing sucks.
:)
The longer I look at the plates, the more they look like giant springs or some weird auto part...
ReplyDeleteOh, and now I want ice cream. Dangit.
Here via Michele's tonight!
Hi, Carmi. Here from Michele's tonight. Interesting stacka plates. I was in the restaurant business for 17 years, so I've seen many a stack. I never would have thought to take a picture. You've got good eyes.
ReplyDeleteNice! I thought they were poker chips. ;)
ReplyDeleteIf you scroll down and don't look at the top of the plates, they definitely look like records.
ReplyDeleteAnd as for your reply on my blog. . . have you ever seen the Canadian movie WayDowntown? It's about a group of young professionals who make a bet to see who can go the longest without going outside, what with all the underground tunnels and such. But I think it took place in Calgary.
love the color of the plates or is the light making the color...like....chocolate brown.
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