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People? Again?
Honestly, this has me a little worried. First there was this shot, and then this one. Even yesterday’s alley had a person in it. And now, again with the people.
After all these years of people-free blogging, this is an unexpected departure from my normal shots. I can’t explain it. And you know what else? I’ve even got a few more shots with people….
Navy Pier
Chicago, Illinois
photographed 4.15.2013
Alley, at dusk
I don’t know what street I was on (Benton Place? Lake Street?). It was in Chicago – I remember that much. I might have been heading east. Unless I was going west, or, you know, one of those other directions that streets go.
But it doesn’t matter. What does matter (at least to me) is how attractive this alley was, with construction scaffolding blocking the light from above and a streetlight highlighting the concrete barrier in the foreground. And, way down on the other street, a lone pedestrian in a bigger hurry than me.
the Loop
Chicago, Illinois
photographed 4.13.2013
Red Line bridge is patriotic
You know how this works: you pack up the camera after having taken approximately one billion photographs* at the extremely photogenic and historic cemetery. And you start walking back to catch the train. Then you see “USA” painted on the bridge. You have a brief debate with yourself. Unpack camera and get the shot? Keep walking? (Repeat, rapidly, three times.)
Then you take the shot. You knew how the debate would end. But, still, you had to have it.
along West Irving Park Road
Chicago, Illinois
photographed 4.16.2013
*Editor’s Note: OF COURSE it wasn’t one billion photographs. It was 139. Some people may have a tendency to exaggerate.
“Meow,” said the bridge
Spring’s warm weather was on its own timetable. While it looked warm enough outside, it was a cold, windy day.
I liked Ann Arbor; I’d be willing to go back and look around some more. In my short stay there, I saw some interesting things. Including this graffiti-encrusted railroad bridge, which I think is quite lovely. Plus, it says, “Meow.” How can you NOT like a bridge that meows at you?
Felch Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan
photographed 4.20.2013
PS – This is the 500th post here on One Day | One Image and it seems like a good time to thank everyone who takes the time to stop by, look around, or comment. It’s been fun, and I hope to be around for at least 500 more posts!
PS, part 2: One of my followers (LensScaper, I am looking at you) wondered what this looked like in color. Here at One Day | One Image, we are happy to oblige:
White on white, 6
The calendar led me to believe it might be warm; it was the third week of April, after all. It was not warm; it wasn’t even cool. So my day of photographing rural Michigan devolved into whatever I could shoot in brief forays from the car.
Fortunately, the caretaker’s shack at this cemetery was close by and I was able to get a few shots before my fingers got too cold to work the shutter release. (And, yes, I DID have gloves. But gloves that are really toasty in Texas are mostly just decorative in Michigan.)
This side of the building, the west, had a lot more peeling paint than the other sides. That, plus what I observed that day, make me think that harsh winds from the west occur with some degree of regularity. In that way, it was a lot like home.
Oak Grove Cemetery
Manchester, Michigan
photographed 4.19.2013
