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Daylight Carnival
It says a lot about changing shopping patterns that the Mall parking lot has enough space to host a whole carnival – back in the day when that was the only place to shop, there wouldn’t have been enough room to put even a single merry-go-round in the parking lot.
Which reminds me that our Sears store will be closing soon and I need to go over there and see if I can stealth-photo its growing emptiness…
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.20.2018
Creatures in the night
A couple of weeks after I made this shot, my friend with parking-garage access helped me get this photo. The tower is gone by now, but I suppose that heavy-construction equipment still prowls the site, getting things all level for whatever happens next…
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 10.2.2018
Streetscape
Here’s a collection of rectangles, broken up by an arch, a satellite dish, and one and a half trees.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 5.5.2015
Out with the old
Parts of this hospital have already been torn down, and other parts are well along in that process – all to make way for a new hospital. It’s hard to get a good view of the work site, though. There are tall construction fences (with fabric over them) all around the site. The parking garage that would afford a fantastic view is accessible only with a code number (which I don’t have). I think there may be a way to get to a pedestrian bridge, but that means wandering through the maze of hallways of a place that holds only bad memories. So, I did what anyone with a 28mm Summicron lens would do: I poked that little lens right through the only part of the chain-link fence that didn’t have fabric covering it, cranked up the ISO, braced the camera and myself against the fence, held my breath, and hoped for the best…
(Weirdly, bracing myself, holding my breath, and hoping for the best are all things I have done inside that facility.)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.17.2018
Called on account of rain
I don’t get many opportunities to photograph in the rain (except for that time in Los Angeles with Ehpem when we spent the day in monsoon rains!) so this was a treat!
Burl Huffman Athletic Complex
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.18.18
One Day | One Image 