<Back to Index] 07/25/2022 - Market Place [07/26/2022>
This was the first place I officially photographed for the challenge because I had taken some pictures here already.
The shopping center has some architectural elements to it and that is what draws me to it.
Between work and home the camera on hand is usually the smartphone camera so composing with that fixed lens is a different process, so when looking around the globes and spider webs caught my eye. The angle the camera ends up is odd but a composition is possible.
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<07/25/2022] 07/26/2022 - Along Parkway past I-20 [07/27/2022>
This was my second day of taking picture and right from work I turned left and into the industrial area, part of the exercise is to find something to photograph anywhere and I actually did.
Walking along the side of the road to survey what I can see I spotted this drainage pipe, the light and subject had enough to be interesting.
A wide vista is still the likely out come given the fence line and distances, but I found a metal pipe being used as a fence post to help take this picture. You see it is hollow and my cheap litle tripod when extended and legs held together fit in the hole, so the extension plus a timer and luck gave me a higher point of view at least. I'm getting use to a new camera in these earlier sessions.
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<07/26/2022] 07/27/2022 - The Armadillo Hotel [07/28/2022>
Taking a left turn and going along the service road of I-20 from work is a place about four miles out called The Armadillo Hotel. I had seen these unique buildings along I-20 before but the challenge gave me an excuse to go find it. It is actually a managed property with an RV park attached as well, nothing to photograph within those limits but even with the fixed wide angle I still had to get low and angle up to capture this. They are big multilayered structures creating a odd sense of scale.
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<07/27/2022] 07/28/2022 - Cici's Pizza and around 10th & Maple [07/29/2022>
CiCi's Pizza - This is where I ended up eating but the game room had some potential and I managed to capture some of the ambience of that small room.
Along the way to find the tower in the next picture I missed one road and in cutting through another place saw the older building. It is in good shape and still used but this corner caught my eye.
The old Clothe World tower has been around a long time, it was repurposed into an art display with lights in the middle. It is iconic and part of the cityscape.
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<07/28/2022] 07/29/2022 - Unversity & Parkway [07/30/2022>
This water tower is visible a long ways out but up close is massive and hard to photograph. My solution was to try and include the boat as well. Not exactly a great image but shows the process of trying to get a picture just because can stretch acceptable results if needed.
The pigeons stuck around long enough for me to get this shot of them on the roof of the building next to the water tower.
A picture on the wall at a DQ but I also liked the clouds so combined them in a hand held shot. I actually had to practice masking out objects in this one so look too close and you will see the state of my current skill set.
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<07/29/2022] 07/30/2022 - Comanche Trail Park [08/01/2022>
The pocket forest along the draws edge create a pattern of light, I was drawn to that aspect plus liked the strongv vertical element.
The trees all the trail are not my normal subject to take but the pattern of shadows caught my eye.
I got as far as the I-20 bridge and explored underneath, picked a spot to sit and look around to see these spider webs.
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<07/30/2022] 08/01/2022 - Ellen Noel Art Museum [08/02/2022>
Reflection in a pool of water.
One of the art pieces on the grounds with the moon seen through it.
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<08/01/2022] 08/02/2022 - Memorial Garden Park [08/03/2022>
This was my first visit to the park with the more direct afternoon light to work with. The parks walking trail going around a pond of water makes for an amazing place to visit.
The first statue I encountered was this one in its own structure. The park has more spaced through out the trail.
On the structure itself I got this one bird posing for me.
The Music Center Mall is across the street and it flies a large American flag. Around the curve of the trail, under the bridge, I captured this view of it.
A view of the water from the trail.
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