Stop and ...

Look Up

Look Down

Letting the Light In

As the leaves fall from the trees the bare limbs show their beauty and play in the light.

Blooms Amidst the Antiques

Pretty barrel of flowers on the edge of the loading dock of an antique shop in Red Bank, NJ

RUBY TUESDAY

Mid Week Blues: Shopping

There is a pretty shopping center near me. It has benches and trees and all the shops are set up with simple or elegant or homey looking fronts.

I wonder if people spend more if they feel like they're not shopping?

The Gap is the least pricey store in the center. That's why I go there mostly to enjoy the scenery.

I included the second shot because I love the shadows of the overhead lights. And hey! $10 T's, what a bargain!!





MID WEEK BLUES

Camera Critters & Shadow Shots: Lunch Time for the Crows

I'm combining CAMERA CRITTERS and SHADOW SHOTS this week.

These crows visit each day. They come as a group and work their way lawn to lawn ending at this house which sits at the end of the road.

They eat their fill and bask in the sun - as does this wonderful tree.

More from the park for SOOC and Shadow Shots

Camera Critters is right below this

A few more shots from the park I featured last week.

This top shot is STRAIGHT OUT OF the CAMERA



The tree decorated the trash can ...




I love lines and shadows so these shots made me happy. That's my big old head in the last shot.




For more SHADOW SHOTS

Have a great Sunday! I'm headed to the Motherland (Brooklyn) for a birthday party.

SOOC and Shadow Shots: Hoop Shadows

This shot is STRAIGHT OUT OF the CAMERA



These SHADOW SHOTS were all found at a local park one day this past week.

Sunday Shots: Straight Out and Shadowed

I thought I'd stay at the marina - see Camera Critters below - and share these for STRAIGHT OUT OF the CAMERA and SHADOW SHOTS

All I did to this one is crop it at the bottom to spare you any more views of bird poop than necessary.



I love the lines in these photos.

SOOC & Shadow Shots - On Sunday

that's a whole lot 'a S

I'm posting for both projects again this week

This shot comes STRAIGHT OUT OF the CAMERA



The SHADOW SHOTS are ...

Me and Siren - I'm trying to teach him to do jazz hands



and of course he's ignoring me and being regal



Siren was on top of the glass table in 'his room' and the sun was pouring in making for some interesting shadows.

Shadow Shots -and- Straight Out Of the Camera - On Sunday

I haven’t posted any photos all week! But I do have a ton of them floating around the hard drive.

I thought I’d do two photo projects this Sunday.

The first project is new to me – SOOC - Straight Out Of the Camera - hosted by Jan.

This is the very FIRST shot taken with my new camera. As you can see I watch nothing but the finest in high brow educational television programming.



For SHADOW SHOTS I have these photos I took Christmas Eve Eve as I sat in the tiny Post Office parking lot waiting for a place to put myself so that I could wait for a place to park.

Taking the camera with me is truly a stress buster. Instead of watching everyone cutting each other off and hogging the only entrance I just sat in the corner and took some photos.

These 3 shots are different perspectives of the old twisted trees that line the far end of the parking lot. They form a barrier between public and private land and are so neglected but they do provide a place for birds and squirrels and other little creatures to live and stay warm. Many of us leave food. If we pushed the PO to clean it up they would most likely tear it all down and put up some awful fence so us bird lovers just shush the others.





Finally I got close enough to the back of the building to be able to park. No one goes back there because it means you have to walk around the building and through the lot to get inside. Shocking! Walking in NJ – surely this can’t be legal! And I have to laugh at the young ones in their sports cars and the big fat asses in their SUVs all waiting for a spot right in front as I make my way, cane and big black walking boot, across the lot. I am in and out and back at my car while they sit there polluting the air with their car exhaust and crappy attitudes.




And I have photos too!

Please visit all the SOOC and SHADOW SHOTS participants. There is some great photography floating round these Internet Tubes.

Happy Sunday

Shadow Shots: The Tree and Rudy

I missed being shadowy last week and I'm so glad to be back ...

In time to wish all my fellow SHADOW SHOOTERS

Happy Holiday
Happy New Year

Here's some shadows thrown around by my little tree and Rudy.



Peace

Shadow Shots: A Skunk In The Basement!? Quick - Get The Camera

Here Mia is using sun and shadow to disguise herself as a skunk.



Although she had pulled down and clawed up all the newspapers I had to stop and take some photos. I love the position of my little finger!! So delicate and ladylike - that's me.



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Shadow Shots: Saturday Morning

My bedroom yesterday morning.



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Shadow Shots: Shopping and more Shopping

Seems like I end up at the grocery far too often, especially with Thanksgiving coming and many hungry people headed to my door.

I found these shadows in the Stop N' Shop parking lot early one morning.

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Shadow Shots

This cane was standing in the hall as the sun was streaming through from another room.






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Happy Sunday

Shadow Shots

I love lines and angles. And I love old weathered wood and rusty rails.

This shot gave me both.



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Hope you have a good Sunday.

Creative Photography & Sepia Scenes

It’s been far too long since I posted for CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY.

And …

Today marks the first day of Mary’s newest photo project SEPIA SCENES.

So …

I decided to combine.

I took this shot this summer at a church fair. I loved the flowers and the shadow of the cross.

I then played a bit with cropping and sepia tone.

Please go by both CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY and SEPIA SCENES.
Check out the cool photographs.
Even better – join in.
All you need is any kind of a camera and an eye.