A while back I started taking photos of rooftop antennas and street side lamp posts. I don't know what it is exactly, but there is just something about them that appeals to me. It's like doors and windows I guess. We all know that I have a "thing" for them - I've done a lot of posts on them over the years. I take photos of these sorts of things as whenever I see any that appeal to me and I save them until I have enough to showcase them in a post. I've been saving these ones for years now and I think I'm finally ready to share them with you; maybe it was the warning that I received on my phone indicating that I'm running out of memory...
Anyway, lets take a look at what I collected, starting with one I like to call "Dark silhouette with criss-crossed clouds." Okay I never said that I was great at coming up with titles.
Next is a curly-cue lamp post. Notice how the blue and green colors compliment each other.
Should I alternate between antenna and lamp? Let's see how long it lasts.
Oooo Black and white. So moody. So ominous.
Some of these I really had to zoom in to capture which blurred them a little.
I don't know how I feel about it.
Another lamp post, similar to the first one but with some added florish and some clouds in the sky for effect.
Something I've come to realize is that old antenna really go well with old rooftops. They seem to fit together nicely.
This next lamp was seen in Austria. It's the last I got of the lamp photos but it's one of the best in my opinion.
Here's a few from different sections of the same building.
Sometimes I like the messiness of the aerials. I like things to be a bit grungy at times.
There are different looks and different types of antenna, but I don't know what the difference is between them. Age, brand, function - who knows?
This next shot is from Paris. Lots of antenna all in one small space, as one would expect from such a large city.
I really like this one (below). It's like, slap the new outdated technology onto the really old outdated technology. There's a strange sort of beauty to that that I can't explain. It's like it represents the human condition in a way. If that makes any sense at all?
Look at this triumphant bastard. It looks high tech and futuristic to me. I saw it in Spain.
Here it is from another angle.
This shot is from the same location and shows a clustered mess of different aerials all over the rooftops
Well thats all of them. What do you think of aerials on rooftops? Are they an eye skre or is there a sort of beauty to them? Let me know in the comments if you'd like.