Bus Stop No. 17
For 3 weeks in March I rented a prime 135mm F2.0 lens, which made it possible to get some nice bus stop shots from across the street.
For 3 weeks in March I rented a prime 135mm F2.0 lens, which made it possible to get some nice bus stop shots from across the street.
A deserted, gritty/grungy elevated subway platform in Brooklyn at night. I tried about 47 different ways to process this and ended up just going over the top with texture,…
Another image similar to yesterday's, shot from behind and at an angle, of someone who stepped off the curb and just in front of me at the crosswalk. You…
` I mentioned last week that there was a categorical exception to the rule that shots of people from behind are not interesting, that applies to the Crosswalk series. This…
Well, that's what this is, isn't it. A postcard-type photo of the concert hall. Plus it is an example of one type of single image HDR-ish processing, which I promised…
I'm getting a lot of hits from people searching for "E-PL1 and HDR," but the visitors don't seem to find what they're looking for. I tag each photo with…
This is sideways, I think. When Aperture imports photos from my Olympus E-PL1, it doesn't automatically orient them in the proper portrait or landscape mode, the way it does…
As I mentioned yesterday, I usually avoid taking or publishing bus stop shots from behind. The shots published yesterday and today are exceptions that I still found interesting.
For a brief while after I started taking candid shots, I would sometimes get cold feet approaching someone, and end up taking their photo only from behind. I tried…
The Pacific Coast Highway must rank up as one of the most beautiful drives in the world, and this scene at Point Mugu is one of its more spectacular views.
I did not get many chances to make bus stop or crosswalk shots in LA, but at least I caught this one while walking to meet my friends Craig and…
As a rule I don't comment on the subjects of my candid shots - neither what they are doing nor how they look - but I do wish I knew…
I spent only 20-30 minutes around this place and probably have 40-50 shots I could publish.
This is a detail from a sculpture called "Chas' Stainless Steel, Mark Thompson's Airplane Parts, About 1000 Pounds of Stainless Steel Wire, and Gagosian's Beverly Hills Space" which is about…
This is a tree in the park behind the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. That's a small portion of the Frank Gehry designed building in the background.…