Category Archives: Cities This Astoria Water Tower was shot during the Google Plus New York Photowalkers outing in Astoria a few weeks ago. I’ve shot several more film rolls since then and I’m waiting t get most of them back from processing. While I’m certainly not going to limit myself, I do think I am going to devote...   A couple of days ago I announced here that I was starting a new Daily Photo Theme for Google Plus: Plastic Lens Friday. The theme is open to any image taken with a plastic lens, both film and digital, as long as the lens is plastic. So it can be a cheap all-plastic camera, or a umpteen...  This is a storefront in either Long Island City or Astoria.* Google Maps street view indicates that it is or was home to a florist, but it appeared closed when we walked by during the G+ Astoria Photo walk. What ever it is, it certainly is not Saks. In fact, this was at least the second and maybe...  You would think they had never seen a pizza parlor parlor before. The bikers are on 42nd Street, which I was crossing while walking south down 9th Avenue with Dave DiCello last summer. I want to announce a new Google Plus Daily Photo Theme that I am starting: Plastic Lens Friday. The theme is open to any image taken...  The Chelsea Wine Cellar is a liquor store that advertises its wide selection of specialty and boutique wines. I was mostly interested in the neon sign, set off against the health food store awning next door. How was your weekend? I had a nice quiet 2 days with family, and also managed to get out...  One of the reasons I rarely do panoramas isI just never think of them. Another is that they are easy to do, but hard to do well. A third is that more than 98-99% of my images are viewed only on computers, which is a less than ideal way to see a panorama. Yesterday when...  This is the Landmark Theatre in Downtown Syracuse, which just reopened on November 18, 2011 after a major renovation and expansion that cost $16 million. Originally opened in 1928 and known as the Loew’s State Theatre, the lobby of the theater was renovated and restored in 2000. This time they expanded and improved the stage area and...  Two days ago I got my film back from the Google+ Photowalk in Astoria Queens last Saturday, and I noticed a small theme that I had unconsciously developed during the walk. I’ll post the individual images later, but I thought they worked well as a unit. These were shot on a Minolta CLE rangefinder (circa...  It’s the gate that caught my eye. I probably should have also shot the building to the left. The plaque honors William M. Beauchamp for being the “Historian of the Iriquois.” The building is the Central New York Telephone and Telegraph Building, being the first building in Syracuse built to house the telephone company in 1899. It...  It is not unusual to see a box truck with graffiti on it, but this is a somewhat extreme example. It’s like a small piece of traveling Urbex. In this instance, it was parked among office towers at the edge of the Rockefeller Center complex. It is also another example of why I love carrying...  The entire building is quite attractive, to the point where I’m wondering why I did not take a shot that shows it off. Nevertheless, this entrance to Syracuse City Hall is quite attractive in its own right. Tweet  What’s “Behind the Green Door?” Apparently it’s a building filled with sprinklers, if we can believe the sign. And unlike Bob Lussier who first played coy about using the “Behind the Green Door” reference before stooping to do so, I have no such qualms. ;) There’s no such thing as the wrong kind of traffic....  Sometimes I feel foolish all the times I admit that I notice a photographic element only when I review the image at home, and had no sense of it when composing in the field. This is another example. I carefully composed to get the tree in the image, obviously, but also I specifically remember that...  This is, of course, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, shot from behind a toy solder statue and through a row of golden flags being blown by the wind. By the way, if you’re visiting this page on the day it is posted, December 27, 2011, go to the Bing.com home page. It is featuring a photo...  Christmas decorations outside of 1221 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) between 48th and 49th Street, also known as the McGraw-Hill Building, part of the 1960s era expansion of Rockefeller Center. Tweet  Christmas Eve, and I’m very busy, as I’m sure are you. I’ve toyed with taking a blog vacation for the rest of the year, but I think I’m going to post mostly simple images with brief text accompaniment, while working on some big posts like a year-end retrospective and one other somewhat similar item. This...  It’s almost here. Last work day of the year for me. Merry Christmas. Happy Hannukah. Tweet  So this is the same star as yesterday: the star, or snowflake, above 57th Street and Fifth Avenue. This time I’m standing on Fifth Avenue just above 56th Street and looking uptown. I’m not sure why but I had all kinds of trouble getting a black and white image I was happy with. I made...  This truly is facing East, or as near as you can get with Manhattan’s street grid. For as long as I can remember this star (some call it a snowflake) has hovered over the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street every December, and though quite simple, it has always been one of my favorite...  |
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