I like to shoot unusual angles, especially combinations thereof and a goodSculpture is always very rewarding. Simply add Sun and you get "SHADOWS", which can appear just about anywhere - that is, depending on your ANGLE of view. Now, depending on Your POINT of view, what we have here could be Shadows on Shade - but those who see in Layers might prefer Shadows  ON  Shadows - on scratches, on metal on . . . . .
Next we have that persistant poison that likes to lurk in the shadows or in the Slot
or just about anywhere for that matter !!
And FINAL-ly, the time will come when we all slip into the Shadow ofDeath which, depending on Your point of view just might be . . . . . . THE END

Hard to Believe ? . . . Not in this Town,
where Main Street Decay has been evident for
what seems like forever.

Here's a series of experimental fun shots that even a child could do - shot at night with no flash and on automatic mode using a wide angle lens on an old 3.2 MP Nikon CoolPix 995. No Photoshop work at all, just a few basic adjustments. The effects were created by simply random and varied movements of the wrist, shoulder and waist as the shutter button was pressed. Most of them came out rather well I thought . . . . . .  at least interesting.
 - Best when viewed in order - ENJOY

 Star Rays Momentum  Rotor Blades  Curved Bands  Sharp Tilt  Abstract Variation  Double but Different

  * W O W *  Whooda  Thunkit ! ! !
Ida know - Waz Wheelie Dwunk at da time    
 Just kidding Folks - Here is what I was shooting when I was standing still.

 Radiant Ropes Light Rope Tree  Window Frame

Phantasmagoria ~ Abstract Light

BandsAbstract Light Bands

Took These a Few Nights Ago
 Not Very Good Resolution
  Had to Zoom Way In Max

   *  Tranquil Scene

      *  HIC - CUP

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   *  Browsing

      *  Alert

         *  P*A*N*I*C

 
   HO  HO  HO  ~ HAPPY NEW  YEAR

Here's a few Winter shots

 *  Winter Wood

   *  Snow Texture
     
      *  Snow Tiles

         *  Splash Beads

I intended to post these additional shots
on Saturday but did not get around to it.
I hope that they can be archived accordingly.
  Thanx & Enjoy

 Contemplation

 Look Down & Reflect Up

 Point Down

 Over & Down

 Gargoyle Tattoo

Here's a few shots Looking Down At -

Coming OR Going ? Walk This Way

This Way Out -> Stairs Down

Here's Looking at You Lady Looking Down

Birds Eye View (*) Eagle's View

Close to the Edge > On the Brink

Pretty Pollution in Gasoline Alley

 

After reading the comments to Bearphoto's  post last week of Gillette Castle I have decided to offer some of my shots from the end of June. Just below there is a small ferry across the CT. River and you can see the Castle on top of the hill which is called the seventh sister. The original entrance to the estate is just above the ferry slip and most visitors never even see it and on this day there  was nobody but myself to see the setting sun on the stonework and nobody on the balconies or the porch to see the sunset. I went around the corner under the lattice to the river side where I thought I saw someone in the greenhouse but they must have gone inside and watched me from the narrow window above. It felt like old
Sherlock Holmes was spying on me so I went back down the hill and looked back one more time from the stone arch.

I heard a sound over near the picnic pavilion, which originally was "Grand Central Station" for William Gillette's narrow gauge Railroad that ran around the estate. That train was moved to historic Lake Compounce amusement park, where I rode on it as a child. The station has a large open atrium with beams to support the sky and a view of the bend in the river, as well as a framed view of the castle. There are also hiking trails and picnic areas on the very scenic grounds. If you want more info and history you can check out this web site which unfortunately is lacking in photos.

http://dep.state.ct.us/stateparks/parks/gillettecastle.htm

Hope y'all enjoyed the todays tour

My alltime Favorite Sign Double_2wo's

Bubbles Seldom Stand Still Double_Bubble

1895 Queen Ann Victorian Doorknobs Dbbl_DDoor_Knobbss

I Heart these holes Heart_Holes

Aaahhhhh TEXTURES - one of my favorite subjects to shoot. I like the challange of trying to capture the essence of the
subject in the best possible way, so that the end result allows the viewer to FEEL the textural details with their eyes.
So here's a collection of some of my better views in this catagory - Please share your thoughts and questions.
 Last winter I stumbled upon the skeleton of an old tobacco barn that let enough light inside to get some great shots of natural materials  WOOD and LEAVES along with ferns, twigs, moss and air pockets that combined with the layers, ridges and cracks in the FROZEN_WATER to altogether create an amazing COLLAGE of colors and textures.
 You just cant top a PEACOCK_FEATHER for the vibrance of its display, yet even similiar colored objects will show  CONTRAST with the help of Texture. Even something as dull as CEMENT can be made interesting; and GRAVESTONES  can be endlessly fascinating(Especially in Connecticut). It never ceases to amaze me how some things will  GROW or COLLECT where you would least expect them. LICHEN is plentiful on old stone walls and SHROOMS will "popup" anywhere they can - this one had more texture on the top than underneath.
 We have an large variety of trees in CT, even some "GNARLY_OLDE_BUGGERS"
which can still be put to use the olde fashioned way with PEGS or newer ways to side a BARN, whose PAINT will eventually age and disappear leaving only the KNOT and some abandonded TRAILS.
 Finally, the water recedes and leaves its temporary mark in the SAND as well as a RUSTY memory in time. I hope you enjoyed this tour of TEXTURES .... and I'll bet your gettin hungry eh? Time for a real textural treat of edible art - Relax & Enjoy some ICE_CREAM on me - - Haagen Daz of course*

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This photo was taken inside an abandoned church belfry  in CT. The mechanism at bottom center is what manually controls the playing of the bells up above, where there was way too much pigeon poop to venture and shoot the bells.

This shot is the inside of a cast iron sculpture in front of a library - the letters that were cut out of the walls appear as white and have been welded together as a dark cluster inside the top of the column, silouetted by the white square sky. The amber colored letters are created by natural light shining thru the open cut outs and being reflected onto the rusty metal walls which are about eight feet tall. A  photo of amazingly simple complexity IS THIS MY #1 FAVORITE SHOT  

Future Leaders Hippies Sign Floyds Repair Neon Jester C R A Z Y Neon Bates Motel