I contend
Saturday, 16 January 2016
Light and no-light is not the same as light and shadow.
Musings
Photo day
Tuesday, 29 December 2015
Here are assorted photos from our Piedmont Park and BotGarden wander today. Lake Clara Meer is in flood; our favorite water’s-edge stroll is under about 15 cm of lake.
These 2016 daffodils are here a year early. Those are brilliant red camellias in the background, but this is their regular time to bloom, or only a bit early.
I love this aggressive moss garden on the shake roof at the Japanese garden.
In one of the “hot houses,” I arrived just after the foggers shut off. Ethereal.
I was a bit surprised to find the honey bees are also around, not just the untimely early flowers.
Not-ornament
Friday, 18 December 2015
You can see the frog sitting on the lilypad amidst the bullrushes. What you can’t see is that this not-an-ornament is the topper for a set of wind chimes. Love the remnants of green paint.
Unexpected still lifes
Monday, 7 December 2015
Quite a patio setup for a sunny weekday afternoon, I thought. Then remembered last weekend our neighborhood hosted a tour of homes. This must have been one that was open.
Some time later I came across something that caught my eye on the parking lot, looked closely enough to ID it…then went on. And turned back to get a photo. Is part of the backstory that this is outside a fitness facility?
Okay, a pretty. I enjoyed walking through the mist from the fountain because the sun was hotter than I anticipated. This one wasn’t unexpected, so the title fibs.
Story lines
Friday, 13 November 2015
Precooked shrimp skewers as floral display….
Also unpurchased: ancho chile liqueur. (Gee, why?)
Very realistic in life, these waterlilies, but somehow the camera captured them as…impressionistic.
There’s a short story or novella in each image in this trio.
TTiLBAaN*
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Today’s theme is light, both artificial and natural.
Walking the neighborhood yesterday, I noticed a truck with two work-dudes and a load of new streetlamps. After dark I could tell they had stopped in front of our house, although I didn’t spot them here. The new lights are marked LED and the light is less golden and more bright-white. I’ll take a while to get used to them.
Here’s afternoon sunlight coming through the cut-glass window insert into the shower…only a little bit of prismatic effect.
* I am out of title ideas…idling on titling? (Okay, clue to title: examine first sentence.Yeah: weak.)
“you’ll see”
Monday, 5 October 2015
Pretty compelling golden light coming across the Hudson. This is just inland from where Captain Sullenberger’s Flight 1549 drifted to after the emergency landing. That was 2009. The view is from the High Line; this is the south end, the first part that opened. Also in 2009.
Moments
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Cryptographically complex token.
The picture is a moment from my day. The phrase is a totally different moment. Other than being part of my consciousness…they are…unconnected.
Architectural bits
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Don’t remember noticing this birdbath before…and I do walk by here several times a week (lately). I promise I did NOT pose the leaves. MaNachur did.
These steps were even more interesting when I was approaching and the sun was full out. Then, camera coming out of pocket, I watched it fade to this.
Thought you, Gentle Reader, might still enjoy it.
Snapshots
Monday, 21 September 2015
I struggled to be happy with today’s crop of images when I went through them to make a selection…4U. Just low pizzazz levels. The only sign of life: this bee—and s/he may be permanently parked on this sprig of lavender. Until gravity takes over. (Never moved, like the other BigBee and the honey bees that were actively buzzing the lavender.)
I do find my eye straying to the contrasting colors of the new and old growth on this Oregon grape…along with the lattice/matrix of the not-wrought-iron fence. Still…it’s a milquetoast photo.
Soooo, snapshots of the day.