Greens from the 'hood, part II (dialup warning)

[JeffR]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear JeffR!

The peeling paint, the stenciled woman, and those hydrangeas!

Wonderful, as are they all...

You live in a most interesting neighborhood!

:hi:

[JeffR]

9. Strange thing is, Peggy, it's sort of a dull neighborhood

but I stepped out with only the 100mm macro, and even when not being utilized for macros, it forces the shooter to concentrate on things our eyes tend to miss in the broader vista of a street or alley or garden. Helps to focus the mind as much as anything, and God knows I'm eager to focus my mind nowadays.

Thanks for your comment.

:hi:

[Celebration]

2. Love them!!

The top one is especially wonderful, to me, and I think what this "green" contest represents. I like all the vertical posts, and the kind of unexpected green beauty within it all. It's honestly refreshing seeing the urban greens after all the landscapes. Even though I love them all, I don't really have a second choice, just that first choice.

[JeffR]

10. Thank you. I was thinking of going the lanscape route

but I wanted to see what greens were in the immediate vicinity. Much appreciate your comments about that particular shot since I was pleased with it myself. Probably something that would get crushed in the contest, but I'm still happy with it.

[regnaD kciN]

3. I'm green with envy...

;-)

Seriously, you could put together an entire "Green" book with those photos.

[JeffR]

11. !

:7

[Mira]

4. You found green everywhere, eh? My favorite I believe is the window.

It's intriguing with the strange white line and the rusty downspout. I like them all, the top one especially, and though the stencilled woman is unsettling to me, someone did an interesting "installation".
Altogether you had a productive and hopefully enjoyable walk about town.

[JeffR]

12. It was a short outing, sadly,

before I had to return to ma saison en enfer. But it was fun to be out staring at things through a camera again.

The white line on the window, BTW, is sensor tape for an alarm system. This is in the back of a commercial building down on the strip. As spruce as many of the storefronts are, things get much more interesting in the alley behind them.

[Mz Pip]

5. You've got a difficult

decision ahead of you! My favs are the peeling paint, the window and the imprisoned geraniums about to bust out to freedom.

BTW what are those green pods? Very strange flora IMHO.

Mz Pip

[Mira]

6. Hydrangea -that's what they are.

I'm not sure if that is before the color sets in or if that is their final color.

[JeffR]

13. Had Mira not weighed in, I would have no idea.

These were appealing because they looked a little forlorn and resigned to winter, though everything around them is thick with high summer vitality.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. My reaction to every photo here was the same -

I wanted to see more. The context within which these images exist.

What holds them, frames them, defines them?

Could you back up and show where these images live? That's what I yearn to see.................................

[JeffR]

14. Mostly the context is unremarkable.

It's a nice neighborhood and it's been home for many years, but it's not a photographer's paradise by any means. Also not a bookstore to be found, nor anywhere to rent a DVD. But after a summer full of rain, it's green as all get out, serendipitously.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

16. I stated it badly -

I wasn't referring to the entire area. Bookstores or DVD rentals weren't what I was thinking of

Mostly, I wanted to see where those shots came from - what framed them. That was the context I meant. Most any photograph can be pretty impressive if you get close enough - the trick is to show where you found the beauty, within where your eye fell on what you ultimately ended photographing.

For instance, the peeling paint. Where was it? What framed it?

[JeffR]

18. Ah, got it.

Here's a very slightly wider shot of that. It's an old garage facing the alley. That portion to the right of the door is a stub of fence.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. JeffR, these are fascinating photos,

both sets. I just love the way you can take pictures of ordinary things and make them look so cool. :thumbsup:

[JeffR]

15. Thanks, Blue. I remember when I finally broke down and got a DSLR

your comment that it would make the ordinary extraordinary. You were so right.

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. The green peeling paint....oh yeah !!!

[JeffR]

19. Thanks!

:hi:

[Maestro]

20. Great stuff!

You definitely have a better eye than me. I too especially like the peeling paint image.