Discussion around March 2026's Theme: Metal, Metallic (page 1 of 7)

This is where we share stories (or post extra photos) around March’s theme Metal, Metallic.

Back to the March 2026 contest: HERE



The Ghan (train connecting Adelaide to Darwin), at dawn.

Hello

Congrats on the double win! 🙂

Another metal statue—the surfer of Lacanau.



Cat

Hi there,

Metal that protects our belongings... useful metal in some way!!

A Canadair CL 415 from the Civil Security taking off on a mission from its Campo dell'Oro base in Ajaccio.



And its "helper," the Beechcraft for Liaison and Command of the Civil Security (same site).



Puma2A

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As a follow-up to my photo posted on the contest page:



Garabit Viaduct: 3,619 tons of wrought iron + 41 t. of steel + 23 T. of cast iron.

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Hi Alain, Just a heads-up about the contest—you labeled your photo as number 3.

P.S.: I actually think this one’s prettier 😁

Watch out for the contest—you named your photo number 3.

Hi Bruno,

No worries, "2" and "1" will come one of these days.

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This is where we share stories (or post extra photos) around March’s theme Metal, Metallic.

Back to the March 2026 contest: HERE



The Ghan (train connecting Adelaide to Darwin), at dawn.

I’m giving this photo 3 points 😊

Double congratulations Xavier on your 1st and 2nd places on the podium! 🤩 Like Bruno, I’m giving this photo 3 points—I love it! 😊

The metal engravers of the Tunis medina:

This one is working on a copper piece for a hookah—I stayed a while watching him work; he’s really fast.

Unfortunately, young people no longer want to do this kind of work, and these traditional crafts are disappearing.









This one works with silver-plated metal:



The result:

Metal studs enhance Tunisian wooden doors:

Shall we dig in? Tonight, it's raclette...😛

Where's the plov?



Catherine

The "Flamingo," a large abstract red steel sculpture by Alexander Calder, located in Chicago’s Federal Plaza—it’s striking and impossible to miss.

In the city I love so much: the façade of the Centre Pompidou...



hgb

Hello

This theme is tough 😉 Not sure I’ve got much in stock.

Still, it immediately made me think of the gleaming jeepneys you see in the Philippines—kind of repurposed buses made from jeeps left behind by the American military, with super metallic bodies 🙂

Tough theme, wink. Not sure I have much in stock.

Not that difficult after all!

While waiting for your discoveries, here’s a bit of trivia in map form (can’t help myself!)



and main iron ore deposits in Australia

I agree with you (and Bruno), the train photo is gorgeous!

I also really love the Unamilanese statue 😉

Could this possibly count as metal? (I doubt it, but hey, I’m giving it a shot 😉 ...because I’ve searched a lot but didn’t find many metallic photos (decent ones, at that) in my folders 🤪, though I do have a few 😇).

Hi Muriel,

On the rarity of metallic photos... While browsing—if one can say that—with a selective eye through the few archives I have left, I realize that metal isn’t so rare after all.



A metallic collection in a Piedmontese farm courtyard.

Catherine