Tourboat on Elliot Bay

This was taken at the same time and place as Harbor - Last Light. This shot is looking toward the south end of the Olympic range. I think the mountain in profile there is named "the Brothers".

Harbor - Last Light

Not sure about this one. All that light on top of the clouds kind of distracts from the main subject which is the ships and the water. I could crop off the top but then the sky would be overly dark. So for now I will leave it as it is.

EDIT 8/30/08:Now I have reworked it a little, not quite as dark and added a BW version. When I shot this standing on the empty pier just north of the Aquarium in Elliot bay, I figured it was throwaway shot. I was using a long lens and had zoomed back to 70mm which didn't give me enough room to get all the ships in the photo. Anyway, it wasn't a complete loss.

St Elmo's Fire - Mt Rainier Sunday Morning

Here is a classic piece of 'bad art' which was actually a high key flat image until it was tortured in post-processing. The St Elmo's Fire around the water tank and trees is the result of pushing the clarity slider to 100% in ACR and then cranking the contrast up in levels to the point where you could see vertical banding in the sky from the sensor at 50% but not too much at this size. Image size reduction covers a multitude of evils.

Two Gulls Looking North

This was taken at the DesMoines Marina about 10am Sunday 8/24/08 with a storm developing, rain arrived about 12:30 PM.

DesMoines Marina Club House

Basement Old Federal Building

This is the basement entrance to the old federal building in Seattle. Not much in the way of security. A chain with padlocks. Don't know what goes on in this building now since the new federal building just across first avenue has been in operation for over a decade. I remember going in this building once for an interview with my draft board in regard to my application for CO status. That was 38 years ago.

Power and Light [again]

Here is a new contribution to my power and light series. I like the architectural chaos evident here. Note that the distortion here is not a fault of the lens, the building really does sag in places and lines don't meet at right angles.

[F]ord with Two Plates

Went to the Thursday farmers market in Burien today. Nothing much happening but found some stuff to shoot in the neighborhood of Old Burien just north of 152nd behind Kirk's Feed Store. The man who owns these trucks pulled up in a 30 year old elcamino and chatted with me about his most exotic truck a '55 GMC 630 cab-over which I will post later.

Seattle Mystery Bookshop

I was standing at the north end of Pioneer Square bracing my camera against a tree or lamppost looking up First Ave when I took this shot.

The Heat

Saint with Roses

This is the second time I have shot this wall. Decided to give it another try. Need to have someone tell me what saint this is, a saint who guards the door to your business. This was taken Thursday August 31st in Old Burien, one of the side streets just off the main drag. I stopped in at several of the shops and chatted with the proprietors. Don't often drive down this street since it is a bottle neck created intentionally by the city 'planners' and the traffic backs up several blocks from the light.

Abstract

I have been running dry on subject matter so I end up shooting stuff like this.

Photo on Demand

This man walked up while I was busy taking photos on 136th and Ambaum, trying to ignore a noisy altercation that was developing between a woman and some of her associates, involving her screaming and yelling and walking out into heavy traffic and truck tires screeching and blue smoke, and then the whole business moved across the street to the 24 hour store and then this man walks up and wants me to take his photo so I said, "stand over there" and took one shot and let him look at it and he was pleased and walked away.

After I got home and looked at the photo it seemed to have some merit, so I am posting it.

Bean Counter - Pike Place

This is a traditional produce stand at the Pike Place market. The vendor was placeing the green beans one at a time which struck me as a rather labor intensive approach.

Off Kingstreet

Winter morning light on third avenue just north of the Kingstreet Station in Seattle.

Six Plates

This was taken from a stairway that leads from Elliot Ave down to Alaskan Way. There is a seafood restaurant at the foot of the stairs.

Blue and Pink - Fourth of July Parade

When I go to a parade (once every decade or two) the people watching are the focus of my attention not the stuff going past on the street. This was taken yesterday in Burien Washington at the Fourth of July parade.

Two Bicycles

The same hot evening up on First Ave near the Market. Lots of people on the street.

Red and Green

More photos from a hot night downtown about sundown near the Market. This one was taken up on First Ave.

Sunday Evening at the Market

It had dropped below 90f when I took this photo about half an hour before sunset. It was still very warm and there wasn't much wind. I could have color corrected this to remove the yellow red cast but I wanted it to look like I saw it.