This sign on a lovely wrought-iron fountain in Fearrington Village caught my eye.  It is carefully and grammatically worded.  Someone clearly took a lot of time to come up with “please do not play on, or throw gravel in, the fountain”.  Imagine if a committee had to come up with a wording for this message!  The fountain would have been filled in with gravel years ago waiting for everyone to agree.

But I digress.  This was a night-shot, with very low light.  In order to play that up, I used Simply B&W to add grain.  I will never stop thinking with longing about the old days of Tri-X film.  I don’t miss working in a darkroom though.  Actually yes I do, but I don’t seriously want to go back to those days.  Fortunately, I can still do B&W photography with digital effects.  And no toxic fumes.

– the Daily Grunge