Perforations
Did you notice how I’d drifted away and posted some color photos? That was weird, wasn’t it?
Not get to all personal and stuff (because this isn’t that kind of blog), but things have been just the tiniest bit stressful of late*. And, in the midst of the stress, the photos that I was working on for the blog insisted on being in color. That might be a coincidence. Or, it might not. I really don’t know.
At any rate, for whatever the reason, maybe I’ve gotten that out of my system.
I saw these tanks on my fantastic photography weekend in Roswell, and liked how the shadow of the perforations on the walkway went from being in focus to out of focus as the tank curved away.
Roswell, New Mexico
photographed 4.10.2014
* “tiniest bit” = “very”
Posted on June 14, 2014, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, black and white photography, industrial architecture, melinda green harvey, monochrome, new mexico, one day one image, photo a day, photography, roswell, roswell new mexico. Bookmark the permalink. 9 Comments.
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Personally, I don’t find anything wrong with color, here or anywhere else. It’s good to shake things up a bit every now and then. I like pizza but not every day. Some scenes just demand color and I’m glad you realize that when you see it. The continuity in the blog is not in the black and white photos, but in the quality of the photos.
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Ken – thanks for such a kind comment. The arrival of color on the scene came as a bit of surprise. I tried all of those color shots (except for the pickup) in B&W first and they were just not working.
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Beautiful shot – the shadow is completely engaging. We visited Roswell in February – I didn’t expect to like it as much as I did. I could have been lost for a month out at the airport and adjoining fields with all those airframes and bits of industrial “stuff” all about. Do you have more images from Roswell? Can you point me to them? Glad things are on the mend from stress… bad stuff that stress.
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I felt the same way about Roswell! I met my friend (and fellow blogger) Donna Catterick there for the weekend; we choose it because it was approximately in the middle. We had a great time and took hundreds of photos – mostly in about the same 10 blocks! So, obviously, we need to go back and look at the rest of the town! I have posted quite a few other shots from Roswell – https://melindagreenharvey.com/?s=roswell will get you 4 pages of them.
What made you decide to go to Roswell?
Donna’s blog is here – http://alwaysbackroads.wordpress.com – and her post today is from our trip.
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Melinda – thank you for the links and introduction to Donna’s blog. You both capture the beauty in the urban geometry of life.
We visited New Mexico in February because we wanted to see the sunshine. Living in the PNW February is the cruel month of dark and despair that spring will never come… so we hopped a plane. We had little agenda, just a rental car. We left Taos, drove through a blowing snow storm in the high pass and came down into Roswell. The kitschy alien stuff was the least of the town – it is a rocking little spot with amazing art and industrial happenings. I contribute photos to another blog that has one of my Roswell images: http://5280lensmafia.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/free-hbo/#comments
Take care.
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Your Roswell photo was great!
Donna and were both surprised at the good restaurants we found in Roswell. Our wanderings put us in an industrial area (which you could guess because of the subject matter!) and we found a great BBQ joint that had only been open a short time (“Eleven weeks” was the oddly specific answer we got.) We also found an Italian place that was very good. Everyone we talked to was friendly, too.
My sister lives in Oregon and struggles through every winter; we grew up in Texas so those short days and all the clouds hit her hard. Dark and despair, indeed.
The next time you need a mid-winter escape, I’d suggest Far West Texas – Alpine, Marfa, Fort Davis, Davis Mountains State Park. It’s my favorite part of the state.
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Thanks for the tip. 🙂
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The presence of colour is far less concerning than the absence of rectangles. At least there is one in this photo. If this photo were in colour I might have called you up to see how you are doing.
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Thanks for your concern…I think I was coming down with something, but am OK now.
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