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Wrapped in scaffolding, before the final facade, framing the architectural interest for Sacramento.
Was the architect playing tic-tac-toe while designing this Seattle skyscraper?
San Francisco arches create a portal to the sky.
Lens-Artists #173 — Interesting Architecture
Heavy, chiseled columns dress up an outdoor shopping mall (originally posted in December 2012).
Tuesday Twice — December 14, 2012
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November 9, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Cityscapes , DSLR | Tags: black and white , buildings , Lens-Artists Challenge , Sacramento , San Francisco , Seattle , Tuesday Twice | 5 Comments
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Silent Sunday
Weekend Sky
(Sunday) Monday Windows
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August 22, 2021 | Categories: Cityscapes , DSLR | Tags: #SilentSunday , black and white , blue , lines , Monday Window , Nevada City , pure , Silent Sunday , solitude , Weekend Sky | 16 Comments
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Do not disturb the invisible occupant.
Pull Up a Seat — 2021 Week 31 — July 30
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July 30, 2021 | Categories: Cityscapes , DSLR | Tags: emptiness , humor , Pull Up a Seat , signs | 8 Comments
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Azalea or rhododendron? “Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come …”
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Six Word Saturday
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June 26, 2021 | Categories: Cityscapes , DSLR , Nature , The Book | Tags: #6WS , #SixWordSaturday , beautiful , fences , FOTD , solarized , Song of Songs | 10 Comments
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Texture on the hiking trail
Texture of light and brick in Sacramento
CFFC — Texture
Which Way Photo Challenge
And what about the elastic texture of time? It flies smoothly when having fun, yet drags roughly when dutifully dogging work.
I’ve not had time to capture or create an image to express this taffy-pull challenge of returning to work, that necessary reality tugging time from photography. And, therein lies the rub of my existential Which Way Photo Challenge: take time to make a living or make time to take a photo.
All hail the end of the COVID-battical!
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April 18, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Cityscapes , DSLR , Nature | Tags: bark , CFFC , close-up , country , hiking , humor , musings , photographers , Sacramento , texture , trails , Which Way Photo | 6 Comments
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Looking into the window of a lighting shop in Sacramento.
Early sun landing on the airport hangar rooftops in Truckee, as seen through the window.
Carol’s Cheerful Selfie Challenge
Becky’s Squares — BrightSquare
Monday Window
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April 11, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Cityscapes , DSLR | Tags: #Selfie Saturday , light , Monday Window , natural light , rooftops , Sacramento , SquareUp , Truckee , windows | 4 Comments
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Texture and spots … lines and dots … brown and dirty … ghostly Bodie, CA.
Monday Windows — March 15
Challenge Your Camera #11: Still Life
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March 15, 2021 | Categories: Cityscapes , DSLR , Places | Tags: #challengeyourcamera , abstracts , Bodie , brown , Monday Window , still life , texture | 8 Comments
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Initially posted in color in April 2014, I just converted the above image into a black and white pencil sketch.
First posted in September 2012 in black and white, this Yosemite view has long been one of my favorites.
Previously in de-saturated color in December 2012, the lines and texture seem to pop better in black and white.
Sundays Stills: Black and White Challenge
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March 14, 2021 | Categories: Art , Cityscapes , DSLR , Landscapes | Tags: #SundayStills , abstracts , birds , black and white , close-up , lines , sculpture , whimsy , Yosemite | 12 Comments
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Signs of life whichever way you please
Which Way Photo Challenge
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February 13, 2021 | Categories: Cityscapes , DSLR , People | Tags: Grass Valley , signs , streets | 2 Comments
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Guardrail fencing zigzags up the walkway ramp over Highway 50
Caught in the chain links
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December 26, 2020 | Categories: Cityscapes , DSLR | Tags: abstracts , black and white , CBWC , edited , El Dorado County , fences , lines | 15 Comments
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Ferris Daze of Summer
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June 19, 2016 | Categories: Activities , Cityscapes , DSLR , People , Play , Seasons | Tags: California , colors , El Dorado County , fair , ferris wheel , Photography , summer | Leave a comment
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April 10, 2014 | Categories: Art , Cityscapes , Nature , Places | Tags: 2014 , bits n pieces , colors , eye , Folsom , sculpture , whimsy | Leave a comment
and made separate from the darkness …
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December 14, 2012 | Categories: Cityscapes , DSLR , The Book | Tags: bits n pieces , boundaries , buildings , darkness , Genesis , Gnosis , light , lines , shadows | 1 Comment
And what is the shutter?
But a poor reflection,
as in a mirror ….
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March 28, 2012 | Categories: Art , Cityscapes , People , Skyscapes | Tags: bits n pieces , clouds , photographers | 1 Comment
“For Three decades, this sculpture stood in the plaza of the World Trade Center. Entitled ‘The Sphere,’ it was conceived by artist Fritz Koenig as a symbol of world peace. It was damaged during the tragic events of September 11, 2001, but endures as an icon of hope and the indestructible spirit of Americans. The Sphere was placed here on March 11, 2002 in memory of all who lost their lives to terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.” (From the plaque at The Sphere’s June 2002 site in Battery Park).
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September 11, 2011 | Categories: Art , Cityscapes | Tags: 9/11 , Battery Park , memorial , NYC , sculpture , Sept. 11 | Leave a comment
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September 11, 2011 | Categories: Cityscapes , Events | Tags: 9/11 , attacks , buildings , memorial , New York City , scars , Sept. 11 | Leave a comment
The gaping dirt,
the mementos,
silent and isolated in the crowded June heat,
weeping for all that had been lost.
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September 10, 2011 | Categories: Cityscapes , Events | Tags: 9/11 , colors , memorial , NYC , Sept. 11 | Leave a comment
Black scars burned into adjacent concrete buildings remained even nine months after the attack. The magnitude of this wound to Manhattan seemed overwhelming.
Shutter’s on the World 