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Month: January 2010
Park Slope Brownstones & Streets
Wide sidewalks for pedestrians.
Park Slope
I recently took a second look at the photos I had taken in Oct. of 2007, during a trip I took to New York and Ct. Sometimes walking away from the work and getting a fresh look later helps, although two years may be too far of a walk away to get a fresh look. I originally posted very few photos from that trip. Now that I have had a second look I think I will, from time to time, post some of those images.
Theme of the Day: Pigs
A couple of years ago the Pike Place Market celebrated its 100th anniversary. One of the ways in which they celebrated was to allow many artists to take a pig and do what they wanted with it, within certain guidelines, shall we say. The pigs were planted/displayed around the core downtown business area. You could pick up a map, which I did, to locate all of the pigs. I spent a couple of hours one morning, armed with my camera and pig map, photographing as many pigs as I could stand. Here is a sampling of my adventure that morning.
Can pigs fly?
Seen on a roof top on Alameda Street.
Gasworks Park
Gasworks Park, on Lake Union in Seattle, is a unique place. This is a view of a few of the hardware pieces left behind.
Cactus and More
A few more film images from the Conservatory scanned into PC.
1955 Plymouth
I spotted this car at a rest stop on our drive from Seattle to Portland two weeks ago. The car was spotless inside and out. I talked with the owner and he said he takes it out on Sundays just to drive, with no destination in mind.
Hydrangea
I think these two flowers are hydrangeas?? Again, scanned into the PC from a film print. I’ve tried to articulate a difference between shooting film vs digital. There are probably many differences, but one that strikes me is that film images sometimes have a softness about them. I guess with Photoshop anything can be altered to look like anything. Outside of the act of editing I think this softness is something that strikes me. I guess the same point has been made between vinyl recordings and digital; the vinyl recordings have a ‘softness’ to them, if I were to choose one word to explain the difference.
Conservatory Flowers
A few more scanned images from the Volunteer Park Conservatory.
Winter Street
A few weeks ago I posted photos of this street when the trees were full of foliage. Looks a bit barren now that Winter has come.
Conservatory Flowers
Thought I would post some non-winter images today and perhaps for the next
couple of days. These images were taken on my Minolta X-700 ( that is all I can
remember) and scanned into PC. Location: Volunteer Park Conservatory.
Friday Assortment
Just a few images from the Pike Place Market. Although I have never eaten eggplant I always love it when I see the color eggplant used on trim on houses.
Market
We were walking through the Pike Place Market this morning and I was reminded of the images I had shot early one Spring morning. Something to brighten the dull shades of Winter.
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