Five Signs
Sometimes the purpose of my image title is to push you to look for elements you might not have noticed, and this is one such case. I'm also having something of a…
Sometimes the purpose of my image title is to push you to look for elements you might not have noticed, and this is one such case. I'm also having something of a…
I sat on this for almost one and a half years, because every time I looked at it I thought the idea behind it was stronger than the actual image…
I feel almost as if I just channelled Jim Denham: some snow, a fence, a bleak winter landscape, and a black and white treatment. It's actually quite a beautiful…
This is another item from the Star Wars Angry Birds play set my daughter received for Christmas. This is the Rancor monster, famously appearing in Jabba's cave in Return of…
You might notice sharpness issues if you look closely, but I like this enough anyway to go ahead and use it. In addition to needing to overcome that obstacle,…
Now that is a solid, imposing door, fronting the Federal Reserve Bank of New York which is a fortress-like structure taking up an entire three-sided block bounded by…
Dedicated in 1991, the New York Korean War Veteran's Memorial, commemorating what has often been called "The Forgotten War," predates the one on the National Mall by four years. The…
I get the sense I've spent a lot of time discussing areas and issues in which I am uninspired or in a rut lately. Here is one thing I never…
Sometimes you get lucky. The camera wasn't level, which is an all-too common problem of mine. It seems no matter how I try to remember to address that basic issue…
This is a small stained glass window in St. Mary's Church (aka Immaculate Conception Church] in Yonkers, NY. Unlike most stained glass, this is completely an interior window. One side…
I don't remember it being quite this blue. Everything was more of a murky, desaturated grey. Unfortunately every attempt to color correct this image looked even more wrong. I tried…
Keeping the corner completely in shadow was a choice. I had brighter exposures that I kept out of the merged image to create this look. Is there a point to using…
I feel bad for Ron Weasley. While I think the author and movie makers treated him with respect, it seems some fans and certainly these toy makers do him an…
It's been a few weeks since I posted one of these, and I need to get out and take some more, too. I think I'm running out. In addition, I…
I made such a big deal, in my own mind, anyway, about shooting in fog one morning last month and presenting all the photos shortly thereafter, and in doing so…
The Bethesda Fountain Plaza and Underpass This is an often photographed subject, including the image shown by me last week and previously in infrared here and here. Shooting from the underpass…