Grey Day = Brilliant Find

As seems to have become something of a Sunday tradition, this morning’s constitutional presented, along the home straight, the most excellent find of a flattened ‘roadkill’ can upon a section of the painted ‘double black lines’, as here photographically depicted.
Note how the grey, black & yellow colours of the can’s branded livery so closely replicate those of the road surface & its markings, in particular the visible slivers, scratches, of the yellow upon both, a most delightful coincidence.
Also, as the viewer might appreciate, the patched nature of the tarmac road surface adds another compositional element to the overall subtly-toned & textured monochrome of the picture plane & furthermore lends an 'historical', narrative element to the scene…


which area might then assume greater compositional weight if one employs a slight shift in position from which to photograph:



Whilst back on the road, I must also acknowledge this recent & very wonderful post on Jazz Green’s Artist’s Journal, on the subject of road repairs & (re)painted yellow lines, lavishly illustrated with extensive photographic evidence of such, a veritable cornucopia of intriguing patching, layering, textural incident & subtle colour variations, a most succinct survey courtesy of Jazz’s keen eye for such features & details, with the added bonus of being accompanied by her usual eloquent text: a rewarding visit is much recommended.