Dave, this shot is fantastic and probably would have worked even if rotated 90, 180, or 270 degrees. That said, I won't even attempt to guess what it is.

it seems a ceiling, maybe stadium's ceiling?

this looks brilliant with the white background in my opinion. as to what it is, I'm not sure. Reminds me of some sort of airport-based- structure...?

COuld it be the Imperial College buidling, London? Looking upwards at the blinds on the exterior windows..

This works so well, at first I thought it was sculpture,, then saw the reflections.

Dave, I was just wondering, have you changed your update time?

Very confusing, very cool. Sweet leading lines, and like Justin said, it would work at any angle. I like that we see the clouds in what I *think* is a reflection. It gives at least a hint of a pretense of direction. Great shot.

Regarding yesterday's discussion ... I wonder if anyone else read the Editor's Comments in the most recent issue of LENS WORK? I thought he did an excellent job moving the whole film purist / digital / manipulation etc. conversation beyond the typical arguments by reminding us that ultimately technical proficiency or ease has never been the meausre of ART. Art is something deeply human. And abstract art (such as Dave's posting yesterday -- call it what you will) is one of the ways of exploring the human condition ... at least insofar as it explores how we perceive and receive shape, form, color, etc. Some of it can even be downright mystical. Today's photo, for instance, borders on the abstract, and it really evokes a lot for me -- a sense of vast mechanical spaces, unoccupied, sterile in a way ... and yet not.

it looks like the ceiling of a greenhouse. i can see what looks like sprinklers and the brown panels rotate to let in different amounts of light (maybe? lol).

Looks kind of like window shutters to me. Storm shutters to be precise. Maybe from your China trip that are put up in storm season to protect against an approaching typhoon?

At first I thought this was one of those huge crane systems that spreads across the whole breadth of the factory floor but I think I can make out (knob-like) sprinkler systems, so it must be some kind of a roof?

Like the convergence-to-a-point perspective. Loooks like a shot from a modern remake of 2001 Space Odyssey!

is it the external windows of a building with the sky reflected?

Nice architecture shot. I should also try this kind of thing.

cool shot, confusing, up or down, who knows ;)

Easy...You bought the worlds most powerful macro lens and this is in fact Gillette's new 11 blade razor?

Hi, great shot, as usual ... At first I guessed this was some kind of super-structure ceiling in an unfinished building. But after reading previous comments I'm starting to feel this is a building with the sky relecting on its windows. You probably took the shot by looking up toward the sky and then rotated the shot 180 degrees. Anyway, great composition and colours. Thanks for the daily dose of creativity!

Interesting angle, I like the shapes, they are well defined.

I like steve's suggestion about the razor, but I think you've taken this whilst facing a tallish building, looking straight up, then rotated the image by 180 deg. The knobby bits I thought were sprinklers I'm now thinking are bolts holding up glass panels. Maybe you used a polariser to increase the reflectivity of the glass. As to where it is: Dahlian, China?

HI looks like its a fully automated fire retardation system typical of those used in large scale warehouses to prevent the spread of fire. the shutters are used to either vent ilate or enclose the are whichever is most appropriate for controlling the fire (this would be dependant upon what stage the fire was at, what was on fire etc) . I would like to suggest, due to the second canopy next to it housing a similar system, it might be in use somewhere like an airport where large volumes of material (ie our luggage) are stored in a transient fashion on the trolly trains - just guessing on the last bit though! judging by the size of the canopies the water tanks must have been pretty sizable too, unless it uses and AFFF system?
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im pretty sure it's a building but that's it.....great abstract....8/10

Very cool shot!
If I'm right... these structures are called sun shades. They allow enough sunlight through the windows to brighten the inside, but block enough to keep it cool.

Slightly revised view: you're standing at the bottom of a building about 11-12 stories high, and you're looking straight up. The image has been rotated by 180 deg. The brown slatted bits together with all the other bits and bobs, like the 'sprinkler' shapes and their loopy bits, and the vertical planks, are all just 'techno-adornments' and serve no obvious purpose. Looks like the building next door has a similar construction too. Still don't know where it is though, unless it's from your trip to Dalian, China.

really like this one - black and white with more contrast though maybe??!! what do i know! think you defo have the pattern to go b+w........

Ok, forget the Dalian, China suggestion. This was taken during your visit to London when you had a couple of photos in an exhibition at Westbourne Studios in Notting Hill, 40 mins before 'Mindless Repetition' which you put up on 19th Feb 2005. If you got the train to London and didn't do any sight-seeing before going to the exhibition, I'd hazard a guess that this is somewhere near a mainline station, perhaps Euston or Kings Cross. Hope you're going to let us know...

definitally interesting... reminded me of birminghams thinktank at first, they have weird blinds on the windows like this.... then is was more data servers (like "the matrix" thing, where they have all the ammo and what not)...

always interesting how a photography can produce trail of thoughts

Thanks everyone.

As for where/what this is: a lot of you were right, it's the outside of a building rotated by 180 degrees, and Steve and Roy were right that it was taken in London. But that's all I know. I was hoping that someone would recognise the building, though Roy did say that it might be Imperial College.