When All Else Fails

The colors don't betray the lie.

Taken: 07/13/2011 in Monterey Bay, CA. I was at the Specialized Bicycles dealer event. I hauled my camera around for 3 days without really knowing why. I think I only took a couple good shots the whole time. Sometimes the weather is against you, sometimes it's just fatigue. On this trip I could barely see anything to shoot. Sometimes sunset is like a get out of jail free card.

Ex Bumblers in Crime

Accidentally perched on the same flower, Vincent and Raphael grazed for a moment--avoiding eye contact. In the end, the flower-pasture was not big enough for the two of them. The High Line wasn't big enough.

Taken: 07/16/2011 at the High Line Park, Manhattan, NY. There were a lot of little flower patches and hundreds of bees and bumblebees swarming around. These two landed on the same flower only once in the time I was watching them and after 1 or 2 seconds they took off again. This was the only shot I managed to get off in that moment.

Call it Cowed

Do not be scared. I do not bite. My teeth have left, and rightly, abandoned my gums to the mighty grime.
Similarly I do not smile. This sardonic grin is all I can don. My blue eyes will trace your fear, mascara scaring and scraping the very fillings out of your teeth.

Taken: 08/20/2010 in Kensington, Brooklyn, NY. Part of the mid-night macro shoot, this gnome creeped his way to the front of the line. He only looks partly insane. The grime is an artifact of a hard-life, sitting upon the shelf.

You May

Call me a blue fence hiding the deconstruction. But you may also call me the standard against which all blues are tried.

Passerby, of Street: "How do you like my blue shirt?"
Street (glancing at fence): "You've almost got it, just a few more washes..."

Taken: 06/28/2010 in Midtown Manhattan, NY. Very sunny day, I was just careening past wondering if I could still make something of the day. The fella leaning out his window in the background watched me as I photographed. He was unmoved.

Supporting Goals

The peppercorn is at once fought over and supported--a proxy child.

 Taken: 08/21/2010 in Kensington, Brooklyn, NY. The photo is another of my late night macro shots. The lesson learned this night was the lighting is important. Lighting affects how an image is viewed--where is the darkness, where is the shine, every photo had a totally different character and I was like a kid in a candy store where all the candy looked equally good, but the one that would gain the approval of Mother was kept unknowable.

In The Still Lie

Movement lies to Stillness, "I am adrift in dream."
Silence lies to Noise, "No one can see me."
The City lies to itself, "I am at once two."

Taken: Sometime shortly before 04/20/2010 across the street from Washington Cemetery. The streak of white is of cars on the run. The abandoned, still cars, are parked alongside the cemetery, awaiting their masters' returns.

This photo is one of my favorites and I feel that I will return to it again. It was taken on my Zenit 11 on ISO100 film, developed by hand and scanned in.

Color Corral

With pride, the flowers floor the many sides to silence.

Taken: 04/15/2010 at the now-destroyed Brooklyn College Community Garden in Brooklyn, NY. Unfortunately the many petals here cast their ballots in the wrong election. They were removed with the rest of the greenery. The flowers were a genuine carpet of beauty.

Knowing The Place

Instantly recognizing the need to spruce up even the loveliest of flowers, the spider draws silk across the divide, readies his abode for curtains.

Taken: 08/23/2010 in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. This day was seemingly fun. Today's photo was chosen by picking a day at random from my collection and it happened to be a date from a which a photo had been previously posted.

I really like this image; it works in and out of color. The rain paints it either way.

Movin' Along

Walk on past the partied fault. The parted asphalt. The cans of go-cola will remain untapped.
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On the heels of a good show, the well heeled shoo the streets.

Taken: 06/13/2010 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. The show wasn't bad. The ribs and mash that followed stuck the landing.

Run Amuck

The sweeping birds of the ground have taken to the trees. These peafowl found their legs in the arms of the tree.

Taken: 03/12/11 at Sunrise in Keoladeo Ghana National Park. We had just gotten to the park with our guide and were still waiting for the bicycle shed to open up. But these peafowl were already up in the trees ready to clamor us along.

Footfalls

Newton's Laws as applied to any large city:
1) A city will remain in motion or at rest until it is compelled to stop its flight or rise from its slumber by the force of the people.
2) The force of the people is equal to the population of Massachusetts. F=ma.
3) For every new mile of bike lane there's an equal and opposite clamor to remove it.

Taken: 02/27/2011 on 34th St in Manhattan, NY. I was wondering what it would take to show a NYC sidewalk. Alas, the people were out in fews.

Flowerhenge

Huddled, as children over jacks, the inner petals wait their turn to rose and open. The pie-crust center reveals not-a-word. The outer petals lean away, listening for bees, scooping up rainwater.

Taken: 08/22/2010 in Compost For Brooklyn, in Kensington, Brooklyn, NY. I love this image. It's, as I imagine, the best representation of the Big Bang that we have--the colors and heat bursting into the ether. The explosion is only frozen for a moment on its way to fullness.

Sold On

This orb is the unopened fist of a sunflower (for if one salutes the sun when open, one shakes itself angrily when closed).

Really, the bulb reminds me of Audrey II. That pursed look of "Feed Me!"

Taken: 09/09/2010 in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, NY at Compost for Brooklyn. This image represents my first ever sold photograph. Thank you to the buyer.