Stills

Not the sort of playground that I remember. The noir element is there but I wonder whether the bright lights on the roof and from the street lamp don't ameliorate it somewhat. When I first opened the picture the impact was stronger than it has been on subsequent visits and now I have a slight sensation of it drifting down to the right. I also now have the feeling that this viewpoint is somewhat of a compromise between being closer or further away. But it does go a long way to justifying the title!
 

I'm with Rex on this. The lighting on the roof makes the background look like some form of metalwork and the whole thing looks industrial.

I bet a colour version would look nothing like as interesting.
 

Yes, chemical plant, indeed. There's something about that, though; those cheeseburgers just aren't right. I don't see the golden arches hanging this on the walls.

I love how black you have made the sky, and the duotoning works well here. I think I might like to see a bit more of this, although the distortion suggests you were already shooting with a wide angle lens.
 

In fact it is a "Micky-D's" fast food joint; as many of these fastfood places now have added these children playgrounds to keep the kids amused. They are very colorful plastic and have intesteresting hues at night as well with the artifical lighting. Thus I almost went with color for this image and still may do a color version as well. But I do like my B&W version very much:- )

To John's point, coming back to this image, I now find my self sliding off the right as well. I made this image with wide angle (nice catch Matt) up close, but used a leveling bubble to try to keep my horizonals "right". I do think that I need to adjust the tonality to visually off set the "tilt".
 

It's fascinating to see one of these playgrounds this way. Has a bit of science fiction feeling to me, and that "coil" coming up from the right looks like some kind of strange wormy creature. I agree with Matt that I'd like to see a little more.
 

It certainly does slope a little off to the right. Effective piece of lighting in the rear adds some depth and the light pole some height. I'd prefer the light pole much further to the right so it does not bisect the attraction behind so harshly. It may also bring the viewer back in to the photo given the angle of its head.