Fast speed setting in my camera captured water jets in mid air. Downtown Roanoke, Virginia.
Category Archives: Close Up
Sneezing!
Where we live, this time of year just about every flat surface outside is covered by a thin layer of yellow “dust” which is actually pine pollen…and for me it means sneezing and watering eyes from time to time. It also means having to wash off the car more frequently (unless it rains to do that for me). The image below is the source of that yellow layer of yuck…but without it we’d not have all the nice green pine trees that make living here so special.
A “Ghost” Train Engineer
Photographed at the NC Museum of Transportation. The “train engineer” shown here checking a part of the steam locomotive he was operating was designed to stand out from the dark train equipment on display. He definitely has a ghostly appearance. I really liked the detail, plus the contrast in subjects.
Spring Day in Stuart
I took these in downtown Stuart, VA. Stuart is a small town, situated in the Blue Ridge Mountains near where we live. I especially liked the picture of the street signs with the flowering tree in the background. Orchard Street seemed appropriate to that scene. Enjoy!
At a funeral…or not
My wife said this photo looked like a coffin at a gravesite, awaiting to be lowered into the ground…with a small bouquet of flowers on top. Actually, it’s the top of a directional sign at a local horticulture and bog garden which I visit from time to time. The sign was pointing the way to a path leading to the bog area with lots of native vegetation, and someone had picked a small bunch of flowers and placed them on top of the sign. It looked nice to me as a possible photo of something different, so I captured what I saw.
Birdbath…no water
One of our neighbors has all sorts of “things” in their yard. Flags, small ornaments, lots of artistically painted items, and this 20-inch long oval, rusty metal birdbath, with a mermaid sitting inside…but with no water…for her or the birds. I’ve passed this thing many days, but one day when I had my camera with me I decided to capture what I saw…close up. I liked the detail. Click the image to see that detail better. Panasonic GX1.
Fill the Frame
This image is interesting in itself, but when placed with the one below that fills the frame, the two tell a better story. I photographed the concrete statue recently in a garden area next to Bachelor’s Hall Plantation in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Knock on the Door
A nice door “knocker” and a nice photo in my opinion. Once again, a photo related to “doors” posted for your visual enjoyment…or not.
What’s this?
Often I see things which I am not sure what they are…or what they do. Here’s an example. I think it’s some sort of valve like a fire hydrant. Regardless of my ignorance about my photo subject, it’s still pretty neat looking and made for a nice composition. You might say that the latter portion of that sentence really means I could not find anything else to photograph so that was it. Yup…that was it.
Patterns and Shadows
Nothing special here…just two images I made recently. The first one is an original cobble-stone street in Danville, Virginia…unused today. The other is…well…just a brick wall with some shadows left by the bush in front. One of the best parts of digital photography is that you can “shoot away” whenever your eye spots something of interest…whether or not anyone else besides you is in fact “interested.”
