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The Treadgold Fish

Taken on the Sea Front at Southsea, Hampshire on a pretty grotty afternoon. This "sculpture" is made from scrap metal and is used to collect plastic bottles in the fight against plastic waste. It moves around the city to wherever it's needed.

I've photographed this a few times over the years. There's a shot from 2019 in the link below:

www.ipernity.com/doc/keithburton/49238884
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34 comments

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Amazing work; well captured Keith.
Enjoy your weekend
19 months ago ( translate )

Keith Burton replied to Jaap van 't Veen:

Thank you so much Jaap......and have a good weekend yourself.
19 months ago

Jean-louis Thiaudier… said:

Beau rendu en noir et blanc**
Bon Week end Keith.
19 months ago ( translate )

Keith Burton replied to Jean-louis Thiaudier…:

Thank you Jean-louis.......and have a good weekend yourself.
19 months ago

Rosalyn Hilborne said:

It looks great in mono Keith. I think I have seen a colour photo of this lovely sculpture, filled with colourful plastic bottles. Would that have been in your gallery? A beautiful sculpture and a great idea. I have just seen your link and have given it a gold star, which it appears I left off!! I also see that the sculptor has a fish in his surname :-))

Have a good and hopefully warmer weekend Keith.
19 months ago

Keith Burton replied to Rosalyn Hilborne:

Thank you very much Rosa........and you're right I've been taking pics of this for a while. Glad you found the one in the link again.......and added a star for me.

You know I never noticed the "goldfish" either until you mentioned the "cod".........I can't believe I missed that :-)))

I hope you have a decent weekend too, Thanks again.
19 months ago

Günter Klaus said:

Es erfüllt auch einen sehr guten Zweck lieber Keith und ich erfreue mich über diene ganz tolle Aufnahme am Meer,mir gefällt auch sehr gut,das du SW gewählt hast für deine Darstellung,schön ist dieser Anblick :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))
19 months ago ( translate )

Keith Burton replied to Günter Klaus:

I'm really happy you like this image Güni.......the "fish" is one of my favourite things I see around this area and I always try and get some photos of it whenever I see it.

It was a colourless, miserable day, so I thought black and white would be appropriate.
19 months ago

J.Garcia said:

Great sculpture very well shown, Keith!
I prefer this one in B/W
19 months ago

Keith Burton replied to J.Garcia:

Thanks very much Judite......glad you approve!
19 months ago

Stephan Fey said:

A gorgeous sculpture, Keith!
19 months ago

Keith Burton replied to Stephan Fey:

Thanks Stephan.......I'm pleased you think so!
19 months ago

Roger (Grisly) said:

A wonderful piece of art that looks better empty than full in my opinion, Keith
This is a wonderful scenic location for it, and you have captured it perfectly, beneath a cloudy but interesting sky and some rather nice light., I like this!
19 months ago

Keith Burton replied to Roger (Grisly):

Thank you so much Roger.......I also think it looks better empty (especially in silhouette form), but I suppose it only fulfils it's purpose when it gets full :-))

It was pretty dull and miserable at the time I took this, so I thought black and white was appropriate. The sun did come out for a while though.

Have a good weekend my friend.
19 months ago

Amelia said:

I really like the backdrop here, Keith. The sculpture stands out do well against the stormy water.
19 months ago