Taken with a Panasonic Lumix ZS7 at Scarborough Station, NY. I recall that I was on my way to work, had just parked the car and was walking to the station when I saw these birds on the wires.
Birds on a Wire
Clothespins and Red Shed
We have an old metal shed in our garden. Near to it are some old clothes lines left by the previous owner and which we don’t use. One day I noticed the shadows being left on shed and liked the contrasts of the black shadows and the white(ish) clothespins on the red shed.
Woodpeckers at work
At least I’m assuming that it’s woodpeckers because I can’t imagine what else could create such interesting patterns. I suppose it could be some kind of bug.
Light Patterns
I was standing in the kitchen late one afternoon. The door to the garage was open and low sunlight was streaming in and projecting patterns on the corridor walls. It looked interesting so I grabbed a camera before the light could go away.
Inside Cappello’s Auto Repair
From time to time I become paralyzed. I want to go out and shoot but I can’t think of anything worthy of picture taking. Part of it is laziness. I can’t immediately think of anywhere clever to go so I find excuses not to go out and shoot. It’s too early. The light’s not right. The weather might be bad etc. When I force myself to go out I always enjoy it. There are picture taking opportunities everywhere, even in the most mundane places. I just have to go out somewhere (doesn’t really matter where) and look for the opportunities.
A case in point. I went to my regular automotive service station: Cappello’s Auto Repair in Ossining, NY. As an aside they’re really great. We’ve been using them for about 14 years and I can’t imagine anyone better. Back to the story. I was going into NY city to meet up with some friends. One of my headlights was out and I wanted it to be fixed before I drove back home in the dark. I had also noticed that I was having to top up coolant rather more than normal and suspected a coolant leak somewhere. One of the Cappello brothers (there seem to be a lot of them) said that it would take about 10 minutes to change the light bulb. However, on checking for the coolant leak he figured out that there was a crack in the radiator and it would have to be replaced. After a few calls he determined that fixing everything would take about two hours. As this would still allow me enough time to get into the city I told them to go ahead.
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