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Archive for the ‘Urban’


Vacancy

Back to New Orleans for another image from the French Quarter. I decided to peek in the windows of a vacant store front, and discovered a world of detail looking through the shop and out the back door…

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Entertainment

An entertainer keeps his audience happy at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans…

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A giant in the mist

I haven’t talked about a Paris photo in a while, so let’s look at this one…

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Local color

A jumble of prickly pear cactus, against a retaining wall in Mesilla, New Mexico…

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Wheels and trusses — old and new

Since my last post about New Orleans had a less than flattering image, I thought that in the spirit of fairness, I should follow up with a picture of a nicer scene. Here’s one that captures old and new — both wheels (steam vs. car) and trusses (paddle wheel structure vs. bridge structure)

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Paris by moonlight

It’s been a while since I blogged about Paris, so here’s a nighttime picture of the city in the moonlight…

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Concertina and Mardi Gras beads

OK, so I’ve talked about my trip to New Orleans, and posted images from the flight home, it’s about time I started posting some images from my time “on the ground.” I thought I’d start with a picture that summarizes my impression of the place…

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Pinhead, redux

OK, I finally figured out my pinhole photography issues (as I suspected, the hole needed to be smaller). Here’s my contribution to Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day:

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Urban reflections

The pup and I wandered downtown this past weekend to take in a museum. But it was a beautiful, sunny day, with not many people around (probably all out on their mountain bikes). So it was a great opportunity for a little work with my ‘510…

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Attention Deficit Theater

So in case you missed all the shouting, Flickr now does video — although they’re calling it “long photos,” since you’re limited to uploading 90 second clips. Whether you call it short video, or long pictures, I think it’s worth tinkering around with — just to see what we can do with the format.

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