Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Another one taken at the Danbury Fair Mall, Danbury CT. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed a splash of color in the distance. I walked over to it and found a container with some colorful flaking paint. I liked the bright colors and the textures, which gave it a somewhat abstract look.
Taken with a Vivitar 35ES.
I know when I took this (about one year ago in November 2016). I know where I took it (from the window of one of our younger daughter’s friend’s apartment). I also remember the occasion on which I took it. Our daughter was visiting NY and we went into the city to see a show (On Your Feet) returning home via this apartment to pick up her luggage.
What I can’t remember is whether or not I intended this rather psychedelic effect. I took some other pictures at the same time and they’re all fairly conventional shots attempting (unsuccessfully) to get a sharp picture of the rather spectacular view from her window. This one, however, has a much longer shutter speed than the others so it’s possible I was trying to capture the camera movement. I’ll never know for sure.
Whichever it was I quite like the somewhat abstract effect, which (to my mind mind at any rate) captures something of the hustle and bustle of Manhattan.
I was walking past the Church of the Holy Name of Mary when I noticed that the sun had cast a shadow of the cross on top onto the street. I also liked the diagonal lines: the light blue of the crossing and the yellow of center line.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3
I came across a fallen tree in the woods an on it were etched these lines. I have no idea how they’re made – possibly some kind of insect? They reminded me a bit of either the Chinese/Japanese paintings you often see, or perhaps some kind of ancient map with the lines representing roads and rivers. Maybe I should write “Here be Dragons” on it.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.
As is my habit, I was sitting in our living room, looking out over the lake and sipping my coffee when I saw these shadows. The sun was moving behind the house, shining through one of our side windows and casting these shadows of some of my wife’s orchids.
Taken with a Sony A77 II and Minolta Maxxum AF 50mm f1.7 lens.