..they don’t call this the Village Halloween Parade for nothing.. 🙂
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shadows and flags
Louise Nevelson Plaza on Maiden Lane is the first public place to be named after an artist in New York. Nevelson was an eccentric, exotic soul whose work can be found all over the city. Most of her sculpture is “found” art: bits of wood and metal painted black and bound together. This park is all hers: Shadows and Flags, (1977) 40 feet high, is made up of 7 sculptures of Cor-ten steel painted black. (description from wallyg’s flickr)
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..i think they even choreographed their walk to be “thriller-esque” 🙂
..a part of me felt guilty not leveling (straightening) this image, but, oh well..
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cemetery bound
..a train heading for the cemetery at night.. and we were headed for the casino that time, talk about “signs”, eh? good thing we didn’t lose.. 🙂
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..this is where i parked my horse.. 😀
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..in shooting street, you may sometimes encounter someone who really doesn’t want to have his/her photo taken.. what do you do when you encounter someone like that? i personally don’t know what to do.. take this one, for instance.. she was just trying to take a snap of the guy’s dog but he went ballistic on her.. tsk3..
..on to the shot, this was taken by wifey on a picnic in the park, there was a mayoral candidate beside us campaigning while lounging under a tree, talking to locals and giving away stuff..
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..an empty 7 train platform..
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..Sleep, usher dreams
Taint to nightmares from a sunless nether..
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st. louis cathedral
..after dinner, en route to cafe du monde, we passed by the st. louis cathedral and since most of the people were celebrating Southern Decadence on bourbon street, there wasn’t that much people around.. so we stopped by and tried taking a shot of this at night.. i propped the cam at an angle on my slippers and bracketed the shot, thinking that the last and longest exposure was done, i took the camera and boom, i spoiled the shot.. or maybe not.. 😀
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..notice the light blur on the left side of the tallest spire..
..while looking for something to post, i found this one.. subliminally because i had corn soup just a while ago?
..took this while strolling around the garden district, this framing was my wife’s idea.. good, eh? 😀
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..why not take the stairs once in a while..
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..creepy trees and a mansion, i think i see someone peeping out of the window (or maybe not).. 😀
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..i just like how the street lamps here go on and on..
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odd couple
..a not so sober couple on the train.. the girl is the hefty one on the left, and the skinny guy’s the one leaning on her arm..
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..back from new orleans, it was a great place to explore and would certainly try going back again.. did a lot of touristy stuff and stuffed food like crazy.. this here was shot while strolling down bourbon street at night.. i have no idea how it looks like at daytime, but at night, it sure was really wild.. my wife’s gaydar blew up that time because this labor day weekend was the time they celebrated Southern Decadence, so i guess if you’re a single straight male planning to go there on the labor day weekend, i highly suggest you refrain from doing so.. ;D
..here’s one shot i thought of posting for today but wasn’t really a clear capture, but was worth sharing anyways..
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mom n daughter
..a familiar place, i’ve posted from this place already..
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zooming on 45
..it seems i’ve freaked out some of you out there so let’s get back to the usual stuff here.. 😀
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blocked
..i normally take shots in bursts.. and while i was shooting something, this taxi happened to zip in front of me, so i thought about patching them up together (instead of deleting it).. and it didn’t turn out that bad.. lucky me..
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..despite the hot, humid conditions, the half marathon last sunday was a fun run.. the initial hydrating stations were a mess, i think i drank too much gatorade, i wore the wrong shoes (= blisters), and they ran out of medals (boo)..
..i also held back because i was waiting for the wifey’s text message from our predetermined photo op areas and hopefully get in some crazy poses, but due to crazy traffic, and people milling around, she just got some shots of me from the finish line..
..here’s a where’s waldo type of shot..
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..yep, it’s a monday..
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..i did have a good seat when watching this event, too bad there was a big head blocking the view, so i just stood at the back of the crowd and snapped away.. i was lucky enough to get some eye contact from some of the dancers..
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..another salvo from the flickr photo dump that’s going on right now.. 🙂
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..time for another dumpster diving flickr photo dump series.. i’m too sleepy to figure out who they are so enjoy..
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..a follow up to yesterday’s fake tilt..
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tilting taxis
..you’re probably bored from all those parade shots i posted the past few days, well, your prayers have been answered.. i’ve finally finished loading them up to my flickr account.. and it’s time to move on to something else.. up until i decide what to do next, here’s something to ogle at..
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..wanna try this out too? check it out here..
..i want one of these.. would the TSA let me through with this suitcase?
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..this one makes me smile every time i look at it.. it’s perfect for monday.. 🙂
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y
..at the bus stop..
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..what better way to profess your love for each other than to have a photo shoot in the middle of times square.. (why not get a bullhorn while you’re at it) *just kidding*
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..not the sharpest of the lot but i dig the framing.. 🙂
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..can’t quite remember what they were laughing at.. maybe someone tripped..
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..more from the parade, a young don king doppelganger..
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..starting off from my previous posts last week, we’re back to regular programming.. affection towards the NYPD.. now it’s the other way around.. or so it seems.. perspective can play tricks you know.. 🙂
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..did he get her number? ..did she get his number? i’m too nosy..
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..this is a nice way to show gratitude..
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..i’ve been doing a lot of housekeeping and noticed a bunch of photos rotting on my hard drive.. so i’m unloading them on to my flickr account for others to gawk at.. some of them that i find cool enough would end up here.. like this one.. there must be some reason behind the scary demon masks they wore at the puerto rican parade..
Vejigantes or paper mache masks worn during the carnival are the island’s most popular craft. Tangles of menacing horns, fang-toothed leering expression, and bulging eyes of these half-demon, half-animal creations makes these masks frightening, particularly at nighttime. During carnival time, masked revelers roam the streets in their bat-winged costumes either individually or in groups. (more)
..O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
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..as far as the eyes could see.. for me it was all about the foodies..
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trumbull
..this one looks similar to yesterday, but it’s an older bus on a different background.. taken along the yale campus.. and as if i didn’t have too much on my plate already, i went ahead and made a place to house b&w renderings of the images i post here daily..
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brooklyn bus
..the B25 going about it’s usual route..
..i guess you have to be pretty good to play here.. when’s the next air guitar audition going to be?
..pretty disturbing post for a regular day, but since traffic’s pretty slow on a sunday, here goes..
..anybody wanna take a guess at why this guy is dressed like this? 😀
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swirly tourists
..a group of kids boarding their bus on times square..
..positioned the cam overhead, twisted it a bit to get the blur, converted to b&w and allowed some color to bleed through..
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york street
..taken a few blocks away from here..
..that church over there is the St. Peter’s Church, which is believed to be the oldest Anglican church that is still in use in the Western hemisphere..