Chess Pieces

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This one proved to be more difficult that I’d thought. I liked the shapes of the chess pieces and the contrast between the blacks and the whites. I wanted to arrange the composition so that there was a strong diagonal line. What could be simpler? Well…I hadn’t accounted for the fact that the chessboard was in a play area with lots of kids. I would be ready to take the picture when one (or more) children would come up and move the chess pieces. This happened over and over again. I’d be ready to click the shutter and they’s move the pieces. I’d wait until they left and then move them back and get ready again. Then another child would appear…and the process would repeat. Eventually a long enough gap between children appeared and I took the picture.

Nightscape

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There was a blue moon the other day and my wife was complaining that I hadn’t documented this event photographically – so I decided to do so. Unfortunately, the moon picture (while eminently Facebook worthy) wasn’t really that successful. In any case I’d left it too late and the moon was rather high and I wasn’t able to the the photo of the moon over the lake that I’d wanted. I’d seen some long exposure shots where night was almost turned to day, but with a few almost surrealistic touch that made you think that there was something strange about the picture. Since I was up and had the tripod out I thought I’d give it a try. This is the result.

View from a Hotel Window

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View of the plaza from our hotel window. I usually take pictures at ground level so this higher view is a bit different for me. I liked the concentric circles made by the benches and the paving stones and the way that they’re broken by the gap in the benches; the family; and the object to the top right (it looks like a fallen sign, but is in fact a tilted platform with holes into which you throw bean bags).

Madonna and Child Statue

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Another one from our trip to Washington, D.C./Virginia. My wife and her family wanted to go to Church. I, however, had to stay outside with the dog as we couldn’t take him in and it was far to hot (approaching 100F) to leave him in the car. I’d thought to take him for a walk, but he wasn’t having it. We got to the edge of the car park and he lay down in a patch of shade and didn’t want to go any farther. Eventually I found a nice, shady spot under some trees with a bench or two where we could sit and decided to wait there until the service was over. This Madonna and child statue was also under the trees.

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Folds and Foot.

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Folds.

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Hand and Foot.

Hotel Lobby

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I’m not entirely sure why I like this picture – but I do. Maybe it’s the way that the color of the chair is similar to the color of the lips in the picture? Or maybe it’s the geometrical lines on the wall? Or maybe it’s that the computer screen looks somewhat like a reflection and mirrors the reflections in the sunglasses?