Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
It wasn’t until I was editing this picture that I noticed the resemblance to a man (somehow it looked more male than female to me) with his arms and legs outstretched. The orange/yellow color reminded me a little of fire so I decided to call this ‘Burning Man’.
It’s actually a slice of dried apple placed on top of a dessert (Apple Tart a la mode) my wife ordered during a recent lunch in New York City.
The previous post featured my favorite black and white pictures for 2016. This one highlights the color pictures. Again in no particular order.
Passing train. In 4th Annual Holiday Train Show at Grand Central.
Yellow flowers. An Impression.
Colorful commercial landscape.
Another year has whizzed by and it’s time to post some of my favorite pictures from 2016 – black and white first. Like last year I’m presenting my ten favorites – in no particular order.
At this point last year I said:
I’ve been trying to find a focus for my photography, which at the moment is all over the place. I had thought that my primary interest was in old buildings. However, in looking at my favorites I was surprised to discover that none of them (black and white or color) contain old buildings. While I’ve taken lots of pictures of old buildings over the year it seems that I don’t consider any of them to be favorites. Just for curiosity I looked back at 2014 favorites and found that the same was true in 2014: pretty much no buildings. Go figure!
The same is pretty much true this year too: A few abstracts; a couple of wildlife pictures; a couple of ‘people’ pictures; a still life; a landscape of sorts. No sign of a focus emerging.
Maybe I’m just interested in a lot of different things rather than being passionate about a single subject.
Moth.
Altar. In Chapel of our Lady Restoration. Restored chapel in Cold Spring, NY
I liked the variety of circles in the picture: the outer rim of the plate; the inner rim of the plate; the ice cream; whatever that thing (maybe a piece of dried apple) is on top of the ice cream; and the tart itself.
I also liked the contrast in textures: the smooth plate; the less smooth ice cream; the even less smooth dried apple (?) and the not at all smooth tart.
Also the contrast in colors: whites; off whites; yellowish brown; reddish brown.
A while back went on a boat ride on the Hudson. It was a big boat, with a band, bars, dancing and food. During a lull in the festivities I was fiddling around with the camera trying to see what would happen if I threw everything out of focus. This is the result. I quite like it: the variety in the colors and the way the blurred areas seem to fan out from the bottom/center of the picture.