PHOTOGRAPHER'S DIARY: There are so many ways of inhabiting the past, in New York City especially, so many doorways to slip through, and a moment later I find myself in another time. I'm still pulling from photos created earlier this summer. This one was snapped quickly on a hurried walk crosstown in Manhattan. I was with my daughter and it was beginning to rain, so this journey was especially quick. She almost didn't have to stop as I snapped two images while only half hoping the results would turn out. I don't recall setting up my tripod on the busy sidewalk, so my hunch is the shot is hand held, and the EXIF data tells me I shot it at 1/13th of a second. Amazingly, I see only a tiny bit of vertical movement, and it adds to the effect. Zoom in. Look around. If you've brought a few matches, sit back and light up your Meerschaum.
Today's attack in Mumbai makes escape to another time seem especially appealing. Keep steady. Keep faith.
4 comments:
I had, once more, a fabulous time looking at those wonderful photographs. I loved in particular 'sparkle'.
What a beautiful face that lady has.
I'm so glad you liked "Sparkle," as I confess it is one of my personal favorites.
Hi Ted! Hope you didn’t grow fat on Thanksgiving ;) and survived all the awful news in the media this week... :(
I'm always impressed with these night shots, furthermore hand held; amazing!!
The spider galaxy is also excellent!
Meanwhile Blogtrotter is still in Tunisia, now at the Blue Village! Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend!
GMG - thanks again for your visit and thoughts on what is here. We had a smallish Thanksgiving with our children and some of our daughter's in-laws, but it's too late for me on the "fat" issue. It is enough that I avoided over-eating and have been exercising since last Thursday. Today is snow, and as soon as I'm back from a snow-shoot, I'll visit Tunisia. Thanks again for stopping by.
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