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2006-09-12T19:59:00.000-04:00

Apologies as ever for the long silence - as usual, one thing led to another, and everything led to me never getting around to posting pictures after that little trip. ^^; Not to fear though, you've not missed a thing. Haven't taken many photos lately, as I've just been going back and forth to work, and the store, and my camera batteries have been doing a lot of dying lately. hmm.

Finally got my North Carolina pictures up today, check them out at my Yahoo photo albums. Unfortunately, more than I'd thought came out kind of blurry - most of them were taken on a very grey morning, in the woods, and the light must've been lower than I thought. But, there are some VERY, very pretty things in there, I'm really happy overall. :)

Only taken a few sporadic ones since then, but will post them here soonish, and if it ever stops raining for five minutes, I have a location in mind to sneak into and shoot before the summer's fully gone...

2006-08-13T00:15:00.000-04:00

going to be out of town for the next few days, so apologies in advance for all the spam comments that'll build up. but when I'm back, there will be bunches of new pictures from the trip. :)

2006-08-11T23:41:00.000-04:00

peeling paint! <3

2006-08-11T23:40:00.000-04:00

oh forced perspective, you are my friend. I kinda hate saying what this really is, as it wrecks the illusion, so enjoy and then continue reading. ...an odd sort of grate over a little drain ditch (the grate being maybe a foot wide).

2006-08-11T23:38:00.000-04:00

and more with the happy compositioning. I did not do this - only found it. :) so I have no idea why they're like that, but, yay.

2006-08-11T23:37:00.000-04:00

every now and again, the world matches the compositions I wanted. part of a wall alongside the paper factory.

2006-08-11T23:35:00.000-04:00

just like the colors and textures here... this is another one that will undoubtedly be layered into a desktop background sometime.

2006-08-10T18:18:00.000-04:00

*has to laugh* Well apparently there's a person behind the spam somewhere - my inbox was filled again today, but with new messages, these ones sounding more human. Three different messages, all generally saying "nice site, great pictures, very informative, keep it up!" etc., all in bad english, all anonymous. And then they repeated. *giggles, rolls eyes, and waits to see if new messages begin appearing after this* Still being deleted, people... just go away, it's not going to work.

2006-08-09T10:36:00.000-04:00

ugh. I hate spammers. If you see any comments about "here are some links I believe will be interested", just ignore it, I'll kill it as soon as I see it. I hate getting crap, but I absolutely refuse to make anyone trying to comment have to put in a string of random numbers and letters. There's no reason *you* all should have to prove you're not machines every time you want to say something. Nor will I disable anonymous comments - for one, spammers get around that easily anyway, but more importantly, I want my places online to be as free and open as possible, friendly and easily reachable by anyone. I'm not going to force someone to make a blogger account just to post comments to my blog. I want to be as encouraging toward feedback and things online as possible.

So, yes, I will stab the spam whenever I see it, ignore if you see it before I do. (And whatever you do, don't click the link - it's probably ad-intensive, and they will make money if you do. grr.)

2006-08-04T22:29:00.000-04:00

love the texture and layers of colors to this... close-up of an old, much-repainted, low railing beside the parking lot. (I promise the store is not actually grungy like this! I just have a predilection for old decaying little things, as I'm sure you're aware by now...)

2006-08-04T22:27:00.000-04:00

close-up of paint peeling on a windowsill. <3

2006-08-04T22:25:00.000-04:00

another close-up of a dumpster... I can't figure out if that pink was actually there, or if it was my camera glitching again, as it's done that sort of thing before. either way, still kinda cool.

2006-08-04T22:10:00.000-04:00

the next set are alongside the paper factory (that's the name of the store, it's not an actual factory by any means!) in town, toward the back of the store. great way to spend a lunch break, taking pictures. ;) this is a close-up of a dumpster, the colors were amazing.

2006-08-04T22:09:00.000-04:00

bits of rubble and remains; butter'n'eggs growing up alongside old cement and what might be aged insulation...

2006-08-04T22:08:00.000-04:00

a corner of the old foundation - I believe near where the ticket window once was, if I remember correctly (by the time I arrived in town, it had long been boarded up, the doors locked...except, of course, the one in back ;).

2006-08-01T22:01:00.000-04:00

a bit of painted flooring, half-buried under gravel and encrouching plants.

2006-08-01T22:00:00.000-04:00

I love the colors and textures and all in this... looks like it was taken in a desert, rather than among the ruins of an old movie theater.

2006-08-01T21:59:00.000-04:00

bits of cement which once made up walls or floors, scattered and coated in moss, surrounded by small yellow bouquets grown in mourning.

2006-08-01T21:56:00.000-04:00

any of you who I know irl have probably seen the photos I took inside an abandoned movie theater in fredonia... a few months after I took those, the building was torn down; I returned to town after the summer break to find only rubble close to the ground. the next series are taken on the place where it used to be...

2006-08-01T21:52:00.000-04:00

close-up of one of the edges of the ferris wheel. always fascinates me, in a creepy sort of way, looking at the wear and rust and things of amusement rides...

2006-08-01T21:51:00.000-04:00

shot of the ferris wheel, taken while in motion while we were on it. really like the little bursts of color dotting the white lines.

2006-07-31T20:35:00.000-04:00

I took a bunch of shots around the ferris wheel, more than anything else... partly because it makes such interesting shapes, partly because, y'know, it's a ferris wheel, it moves slowly enough that you *can* take pictures.

2006-07-31T20:33:00.000-04:00

another shot of hershey... I wanted to capture the shine of her coat, but it didn't really happen. sigh. I'm not used to taking pictures of things that move of their own volition and things.

2006-07-31T20:30:00.000-04:00

such a pretty horse! and such a sweet one. this is Hershey, the one I mentioned on my main blog, that I pet a lot and talked with her owner. again, couldn't get the sort of shot I'd quite wanted... she was a lil too large to fit into the camera's view like I'd wanted. hmm.

2006-07-31T20:29:00.000-04:00

the lil baby goats moved too quickly for me, I'd wanted to get a shot when all three of the ones in the pen had their heads sticking out through the fence, looking in the same direction, but, they moved. This one was the cutest though, she kept coming over and watching me take pictures. (However, continued moving too quickly for me to get a really good shot..)

2006-07-31T20:26:00.000-04:00

THIS IS THE CUTEST LIL BABY BUNNY EVER. He was too adorable. He was doing the cutest little sitting up at the water bowl thing, and kept looking up at meeeeee! ...uhm, yes. This next set is from the Chatauqua County Fair, where Tom and I spent an afternoon.

2006-07-30T21:11:00.000-04:00

yet another shot, but with extra glowingness. <3

2006-07-30T20:41:00.000-04:00

close-up! AND! you can see the sparkles! I'm not even sure what they really are, but in the petals of some flowers (day and oriental lilies, among others), if you look closely and have the right light, there's this sparkling sort of.. crunchy texture there, like if you pinch it with your fingernail it leaves a mark. but it shimmers and I've always loved it, and hadn't gotten a proper photo of that aspect before. now, I have. *happydance*

2006-07-30T20:37:00.000-04:00

I can't decide if I like the composition here or not, but, I adore the colors and light and position of the flowers. these daylilies have been so wonderful, a handful of flowers every day for weeks. <3

2006-07-30T20:31:00.000-04:00

oh. oh I win. this next set came out so incredibly beautifully. I am so in love. I knew I had to get shots of these daylilies in the evening sunlight, and I did, and they came out so beautifully.

2006-07-30T20:30:00.000-04:00

I *love* these tiny little vines. they kind of drape themselves along the bottom of the first set of steps. they're not, of course, *supposed* to be there, but they look incredibly pretty there to me.

2006-07-30T20:28:00.000-04:00

leaves of one of the random plants growing around our back porch, against the cement back steps. and evening light. <333

2006-07-27T13:33:00.000-04:00

the curtains muted this rather prettily, and the composition lent by the highlights on the open window was nice.

2006-07-27T13:32:00.000-04:00

light and shadows showing on and through curtains.

2006-07-27T13:31:00.000-04:00

mmm the green makes it so creepy. yay.

2006-07-27T13:29:00.000-04:00

though the angle wasn't what I wanted, it made kind of a nice composition, and the colors! I love the colors. so much. (I say things like this a lot, don't I? hmm.)

2006-07-26T21:54:00.000-04:00

another close-up, contrasting the colors of the pipe-thing with the brick. yay colors.

2006-07-26T21:53:00.000-04:00

close-up of.. whatever it is that is. love the tones of old rust and things.

2006-07-26T21:51:00.000-04:00

I just liked the smooth circles and almost cartoonish orange things inside..whatever this is. Something to do with the gas, we think.

2006-07-26T21:12:00.000-04:00

oh, late afternoon light. <3

2006-07-26T21:10:00.000-04:00

the front of the apt. is sopretty. we don't usually use this door, as it leads to a rather tangled entryway with another door, but it's really pretty, with the brick and white and green and blue.

2006-07-26T21:08:00.000-04:00

I love this. the colors are sopretty. as is the composition and angle and things. (and I like making bouquets, I really do. <3)

2006-07-26T21:07:00.000-04:00

something about this, I very much like, I think it's the contrast of a neutral room and the color within the frame of the window. our apt. :)

2006-07-23T18:34:00.000-04:00

close-up of hostas in bloom - incredibly happy with this one as well, love it when my digital actually focuses and blurs the way I want it to. and detail makes me happy.

2006-07-23T18:33:00.000-04:00

gladiolas! which I didn't even know we had out back until they suddenly bloomed. a nice surprise though, they're a very vibrant red - and made for a fantastic photo. love how happily the composition worked here.

2006-07-23T18:32:00.000-04:00

shadows of grass and plants and things falling across the sidewalk off our back porch.

2006-07-22T21:51:00.000-04:00

this... I am so in love with this. this came out so perfect and so beautiful. I love I love. one of the daylilies growing beside our back porch. the lighting, the shadow, the contrast, the colors, everything about this is so pretty. (couldn't decide on a good cropping though, did a bit but not quite sure I'm content with it.)

2006-07-22T21:48:00.000-04:00

more of the brick, some different hues in this, and I like the composition better. (keep an eye out for these to be layered into desktop backgrounds sometime...)

2006-07-22T21:47:00.000-04:00

close-up of some of the brick - love the cracking and the burnt and the falling apart, such fantastic patterns and textures.

2006-07-22T21:46:00.000-04:00

another shot on the old incinerator; wanted to get another shot of that little vine, showing the way it's climbing out away from the wall.

2006-07-21T20:21:00.000-04:00

I am also insanely happy with this shot - moss and a small vine growing out of a bit of crumbling, scorched brick alongside the old incinerator beside our apartment.

2006-07-21T20:20:00.000-04:00

This, is one of my new absolute favorites. I was walking around from the front to the back of our apartment, and saw this, and was so struck by the colors and the angle of the flowers and everything. Pretty darn perfect; I love how vivid everything is.

2006-07-21T20:18:00.001-04:00

THIS. LOOKS. EVEN. AWESOMER. I am so happy with this shot, I really really am. Oak leaves and their shadows on the oak tree's trunk. Light and shadow in this are amazing. I love.

2006-07-21T20:18:00.000-04:00

THIS. LOOKS. AWESOME. <333

2006-07-21T20:17:00.000-04:00

maple leaves, out near the front of the apartments.

2006-07-19T20:49:00.000-04:00

wanted a shot of the pathway leading from the parking lot up into the wooded area, just a pretty little path from the top, and the lighting was really great. love the symmetry of the branch and its shadow, the blue of the pavement and orange of the dirt.

2006-07-19T20:48:00.000-04:00

just liked the lighting here. come to think of it, I should've changed this to black and white, it might look nice that way. hmm.

2006-07-19T20:45:00.000-04:00

not sure that I'd noticed it then, but there's a really fantastic mirroring of the split root shape in that plant. spots of lighting are also nice.

2006-07-19T20:42:00.000-04:00

spotted this juxtaposition a few weeks ago, and fell in love with it instantly. this is back in a small patch of woods between the apartments and nearby plaza, on the top of a small hill, with a nice view of nearby parking lots.

2006-07-19T20:40:00.000-04:00

queen anne's lace, growing beside the middlesex parking lot. love the lighting and contrast in this, I went out later in the afternoon purposely, one of my favourite light-times.

2006-07-19T20:38:00.000-04:00

daylily, blooming beside one of the other apartment buildings.

2006-07-12T13:35:00.000-04:00

part of a tall pillar tombstone, shadows from the tree blending with the carved images of leaves.

2006-07-12T13:33:00.001-04:00

the back of the previous stone, which is what I first saw of it, the urn shape hidden by motionless drapery.

2006-07-12T13:33:00.000-04:00

extreme close-up of the stone wreath, covered in old lichen.

2006-07-12T13:32:00.000-04:00

close-up of the fallen urn sculpture, a plant growing behind it, which I thought blended nicely, both with the stone around it and the organic shape of the drapery on the urn.

2006-07-12T13:31:00.000-04:00

close-up of the urn on the previous tombstone.

2006-07-12T13:30:00.000-04:00

a large gravestone sculpture, a draped urn at the head of a cross covered in a stone wreath of roses...

2006-07-12T13:28:00.000-04:00

this set was taken in forest hill cemetary in fredonia, back in june. this urn-shaped sculpture seems to have fallen from somewhere, as it was leaning against another large sculpture.

2006-07-12T12:51:00.000-04:00

Actually, it occurs to me I should put up a link here for the pictures I posted from my travels toward the end of May:

my Yahoo! photo albums

Included are shots from Long Island (Caumsett and Planters Field), and Disney World in Florida - my first trip there. There are plenty that aren't quite up to my usual standard of what I post here, but, there are also plenty that came out really, really pretty.

2006-07-12T12:48:00.000-04:00

I think I'll come back, heh. Graduating college ate my existence completely for a month or so, and since then, travelling and settling in to my new apartment with Tom has taken up time. Finally landed a job, however, and actually took a few new pictures.

I've decided I'm going to skip the rest of my backlog, it's simply too much and I know I'll never catch up. From here on, things are posted as they're taken, within a few days or so.

As always, feel free to comment, etc.; hope you enjoy!

2005-12-17T12:45:00.000-05:00

oh good lord, it has been forever since I updated this.. my apologies, schoolwork and finals and things got a little overwhelming.

make that a lot overwhelming.

and now I've gone and left my external drive with all my files in my dorm room..and it occurs to me I think I'd forgotten to put my photo files on it anyway.

sooo.. haitus here until about mid-january, my apologies further.

2005-11-20T01:58:00.000-05:00

apologies, but another slight haitus.. home for a week on thanksgiving break, my computer's a good two hours away. *sniffle* so, nothing new here for a bit, however..

will soon (like tonight-ish) begin posting (albiet a little sporadically at first) the novel I'm attempting to hash out for this year's nanowrimo on a blog here: http://anandas2005nanowrimo.blogspot.com
(wasn't as sure of the title as I am now, thus the stupid addy. ^^; )

so go check that out, if you need something to fill the time you'd usually spend here. just, y'know, keep in mind that I'm trying to write 50,000 words in a month, so the quality's pretty rough still. be kind?

2005-11-15T13:32:00.000-05:00

little dark, but I like it that way, adds a nice mood to things. buildings peeking out beyond trees in the park.

2005-11-15T13:30:00.001-05:00

realise the colours aren't quite true to life, could have tweaked a little more in photoshop, but..I kinda like the tones in it this way, kept it.

2005-11-15T13:30:00.000-05:00

again, not sure which I like better.. this one's nice, though the colour's easier to understand. think I like both for different reasons.

2005-11-15T13:29:00.000-05:00

pipe cover and new and old leaves. not sure why it caught my eye, but it did and I like.

2005-11-15T13:24:00.000-05:00

hmm. silly program decided to switch the order of two of the pics down there, I've no idea why. *shrug* no difference really I s'pose... anyway. tried this one a few different ways, think this's the best. rocks and brush and things.

2005-11-15T13:23:00.000-05:00

another pretty perfect shot. :) really, really love this... it was such a perfect day for taking pictures around the park that day.

2005-11-15T13:21:00.000-05:00

the bridge again.. think this shot is pretty perfect. purposely didn't up the contrast much in photoshop (it was low initially due to the large amount of light that day), like the slight aged feeling it lends to this.

2005-11-15T13:20:00.000-05:00

ducks by the pond.

2005-11-15T13:19:00.000-05:00

buildings reflected in a pond. looove this one.

2005-11-15T13:18:00.000-05:00

ivy-covered bridge in central park. it was ridiculously perfect, so pretty, have a few different shots. <3

2005-11-15T13:17:00.001-05:00

fenced-off area by the large rocks in central park. like the contrast of elements in this.

2005-11-15T13:17:00.000-05:00

(apologies again for my absence, been incredibly busy again. bleh.) tree and big rocks and buildings in the background, in central park

2005-11-10T17:43:00.000-05:00

polar bear! ..this is the last of the shots from within the zoo, the next batch are from central park in general. really, really love the colours and low contrast and subdued light in this, makes for a gorgeous cohesive photo overall.

2005-11-10T17:41:00.000-05:00

log and pond and plants and things. really, really love this one, the detail in everything, as well as the composition and value range. happy.

2005-11-10T17:39:00.000-05:00

this, I really like.. closer-up on part of the pondlet in the previous shots.

2005-11-10T17:38:00.000-05:00

yet, I personally like the visual confusion that this has, and the value range that comes out.

2005-11-10T17:37:00.000-05:00

another case where I'm not sure if the coloured version is the better of the two or not, so you get both.. the colour's a lot easier to understand, anyway, and it's pretty.

2005-11-10T17:36:00.000-05:00

flower. ^_^ forget what these are called.. mom, feel free to comment, I'm sure you've told me before. ^^;

2005-11-10T17:35:00.000-05:00

actually this wound up being a pretty well set-up shot.. though I'm posting it for amusement really. the monkey'd started walking out onto the rocks near where the ducks were..and the swans got pissy and came over to glare at him. it was pretty great.

2005-11-10T17:31:00.000-05:00

the entire duck family. <3

2005-11-10T17:30:00.000-05:00

BABY DUCKLINGS!!! *dies all over at the cute* composition here's nice as well, I really love this one, with the mommy duck all keeping an eye on the babies and things.

2005-11-10T17:29:00.000-05:00

liiiizard. love how this came out, the light in there was low so I was lucky to get something this clear.. but the limited colours and rich lighting are awesome.

2005-11-10T17:28:00.001-05:00

monkey monkey. with pretty colours. like the overall colours in the shot as well.

2005-11-10T17:28:00.000-05:00

ok rather.. *this* was my favourite bird, with the prettiest colours ever. tried a million times but it kept moving too much, this's about the best I've got. some nice lines in this shot though anyway.

2005-11-10T17:26:00.000-05:00

apologies for the shortness of the last update, had forgotten to resize more pictures.. ^^; but now I've got more ram for my comp so dealing with programs is much happier yay. \0/ anyway.. trees and branches and vines and things in the bird-area. loove.

2005-11-07T23:17:00.000-05:00

this one is also amazing, though I hadn't realised just how good it would be when I took it. I was frustrated by how dingy the glass was, I knew the monkeys would look really great in black and white, but the window and the bar there kept getting in my way... finally, I took this, and-- well, as megs has pointed out, it looks like a photo of immigrants from a past century on ellis island. *giggles* not what was intended, but fair enough. I just love the aged look it wound up with, and the expression on their faces..there's a very strong emotion to this photo that I had no idea I was capturing. (yay happy accidents.)

2005-11-07T23:13:00.000-05:00

this one...I really, really like. the tree seems to be glowing, and while that's probably a bit more blatant than I'd thought it would be when I took it..I really love the way this looks, all ethereal and things. (and now it's reminding me of "fern gully". loved that movie. ^^; )

2005-11-06T18:23:00.000-05:00

and one more, just cos. it looks sogood. I love these shots.