Kirkcudbright Harbour

rust

noun
  1. a reddish- or yellowish-brown flaking coating of iron oxide that is formed on iron or steel by oxidation, especially in the presence of moisture.

    The fishing fleet in Kirkcudbright provided me with plenty of photos for this week’s word challenge, those ‘torture instruments’ are used for dredging scallops – I think!

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I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

33 thoughts on “Kirkcudbright Harbour”

  1. Superb photos, Jude! At first glance I thought it was another entry for ‘Orange’ but when I followed your link I had to conclude that your shots are better than Sue’s. (my name will be mud, never mind rust, if she sees this comment 😦 )

    1. Hah! I did think when I put it together that I could have used some of these for the orange challenge – in fact I was going to include the chains, but decided not to. Thank you for the compliment 😉

  2. I think they would have worked well for both challenges too Jude.
    I actually like the look of the rust on the metal. As long as it isn’t on any metal that I own, obviously!
    Regards as always, Pete. x

  5. I wrote in ATMLD that watching commercial shipping we both found far more fascinating than looking at pleasant sailing around the river that bounded the Island house we once lived in, Jude. So this post of your could be triple length and still have me rivetted ! 🙂

    1. As Pete says (above) I like rusty objects as long as they don’t belong to me. I still remember my ex’s old VW kombi with a piece of plywood on the passenger floor as the bottom had rusted through! I never felt safe sitting there. And would that be rusty rivets? M-R 😛

  7. Jude I spent some time really looking at these photos. At first glance one might just pass by these objects. With your creative perspective and angles you have turned them into art. I am trying to sponge up the learning on the is side of the screen.

    1. I find it hard to pass anything by Sue. Which is why my 5 minute strolls take 2 hours! I see something and take a photograph, and then I study it and take another, and then I walk around and consider it from a different side, or get out of the sun or move into the sun, then I zoom in and click away.

      I think I must have a magpie mentality – I don’t collect things in a material way, but I DO collect a whole load of images!! It is so lovely to hear that you actually scrutinise my photos and not just glance and tick ‘like’. It means a lot to me that people look at what I post. Thank you 🙂

      1. Jude it speaks to the quality of your work and the variety. This post is a great example. Thank you for taking the time for me to explain your ‘magpie’ approach. Good to remember to walk around, look from different angles and lighting.

  8. Raises the question again: why are less-than-perfect objects (rusted, frayed, dilapidated) far more aesthetically pleasing than “perfect” objects? I’ve long had an interest in the wear and tear on corrugated iron – after all my Broken Hill house was a tinny. I second the comment by Sue about your “creative perspective”. A lovely collection of the less-than-perfect.

    1. Is it because they show signs of life? Of a history? So we can conjure up stories? New things can be beautiful too, I’m trying to work out why I never seem to photograph any – other than my shop windows posts, but then I am looking at the overall window display not the individual items. A worthy question Meg.

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