Standard Lighting
Someone let me know if I am trying your patience with some many pictures of the same concrete barrier – it is the one with the paper graffiti affixed. And the light standard is the same as seen in this shot.
Of these two shots I prefer the first one, especially the way the eye follows the curve to the edge of the frame and then doubles back. In the second shot, my eye just kind of falls off the end of the barrier. Having said that, I would have been satisfied with the second one if that was all I had. I kind of like the extra energy from the faintly seen jet contrail.
Paper Graffiti Dissolves
Yesterday I had a shot of this paper graffiti which to me was a new thing. Comments on that post revealed it is a known form of graffiti, and observed previously in this area. The decomposition of such graffiti must be considered by the creator as part of the artistic process, and I suppose sheds light on the concept of transformative art. The picture above was taken yesterday (December 13th) and is a similar view to yesterday’s shot that was taken on November 24th. As you can see, we had no sun yesterday, but the Olympic Peninsula seemed to be in it for much of the day; thank goodness for that distant sun as this would be a really boring shot otherwise!
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Paper Graffiti
More of the barrier to prevent tumbles from the top of the sewage plant buried in Clover Point. At first I thought the graffiti was painted on, but on closer examination of the original image I can see it is paper, adhered to the concrete. I have never seen paper graffiti before.
Ready to Sail
This ship is ready to sail, and so is mine. Today is my last day in a job that I have worked for 19 years and 5 days. Which feels like a very long time, one that passed very quickly.
Next I will be ‘consulting’, working for others and for myself as I was doing 20 and 30 years ago. Perhaps even someone will pay me to take some pictures from time to time, but that seems unlikely.
Hopefully I will continue to find time to post frequently, to get out with my camera and to process images. If I don’t, I will have only myself to blame. 2014 is going to be interesting
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Seeds and Blisters
These grasses are adorning the foundations of the Gonzales Hill Observatory. The photo was taken at the same time as yesterday’s post. The exposure was poor and not interesting to look at to the point that I don’t have a clue why I kept it. But it presented a bit of a challenge to see if I could recover what must have made me take the picture, and this is the result of those efforts.
Down
These stairs descend from the Gonzales Hill Observatory. The photo was taken at the same time as the ones in this post that gives quite a lot of info about the observatory. I revisited the folder and wondered why I had not used this photo before. This treatment is of the jpg original (I didn’t shoot raw in those days).
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