Spent the day wandering around the docks down in Long Beach a few weeks back looking for inspiration on a project I have been thinking about doing.

The sky was dark and saturated that day and the buildings seemed to pop out in the viewfinder of my camera ( a polarizer emphasized the effect all the more). I wanted to catch that with the photographs. The water tower seemed to glow like a beacon in the sky. I thought this one was a strange composition, the way the telephone poles line up with the lit side of the building and divide it evenly in perspective. The building had interesting lion heads for decoration in rows on both fronts of the structure. Just realized I don't have a picture of them ready. I will have to search back through my photos and post one. : )

Even across the dock the water tower still caught my attention. Shot this one through a hole in a fence. The most interesting places were guarded by fences. Isn't that always the way.