Singular Image: Pillbox

I've got quite lot of photographs that never see the light of day because they're single shots and don't fit into a theme. Most of my posts are about something in particular and have a few pics dotted around. I'm going to start posting these single photos from time to time under the title Singular Image.

Here's the first, a shot of the old WWII pillbox that's featured here before once or twice. This was a quick drive-by pic taken a month or so ago on Adox Silvermax with my OM2 and a 35mm Zuiko Konica Hexar AF and 35mm f2 Hexanon (just checked the negs and there's the little telltale peak extending beyond the 24mmx36mm boundary signifying the AF). I burned the sky in quite a bit to add some extra atmosphere.

I can't resist this pillbox and have various shots of it from different angles. I normally try to take a telephoto shot from the roadside looking slightly down on the building. This time I approached it from a different angle - through a gate and a path instead of yomping across a soaking wet field like I used to do before discovering there was an easier access…

The thing that appealed to me on this occasion was the cloud formation above the pillbox. It almost looks like it's smoke belching from the roof of the building as if it were a giant chimney.

Wonder how long it will be before the farmer decides that the building is in the way and the bulldozer makes an appearance…

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