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September First through the Seventh

09.08.2021 by Peter J. Crowley // 7 Comments

New images from a tough few days.

Sept 1st a weed, a very pretty weed cut by accident put in my Heineken vase. This “weed” has provided me with a new bloom most days over the last two weeks. It doesn’t know that we humans think it is an invasive weed.  Myself I think it is pretty and wonder about what or who may be an invasive species?

A photo bombing moth on my bark image. I did not see it then while I adjusted the camera contrast to make another sans moth. I didn’t even see it on first review. Cunning little moth. 

On the seventh of September this roofs triangle came together. Perhaps a year or more I have watched and pondered this image. Diagonal wires often in the way or the light was wrong, but on the 7th the wires pulled tighter I guess from the most recent wind storm. Light, time of day and time of year and I have my triangles. If you have been fortunate or trapped in a discussion of photography, art and composition you know how I feel about triangles in seeing, creating.

Back to Sept first one from a two minute session a very fine two minutes. Perhaps I should add another? 

Molly’s Gate in a creative way. Molly was my intern, driving force in the publishing of my second book, Another Door Entered. We would walk, I would talk about composition and shooting film. She saw this and knew there was something there.  During her hours with me the gate always had the wrong light. We shot post processed still no magic or story. I was pretty sure it was morning light needed to tell a tale. Well apparently early afternoon light in the beginning of Sept. was jut what She/We wanted.

Color and a breeze on Sept 6th. The variegation with the approach of Autumn applied the color variations. But where are the triangles, motion and what role does the negative space play? Triangles are apparent throughout  the leaf’s with a left to right focus drop off providing a gentle movement. Aperture, distance and angle of view paint the negative space.

Another from my September 6th stroll a couple hours after my most recent hospital release. Image made and seen always seeing as an artist creating verbal images to communicate my emotions.

Color just vibrant color, simple, warm, waning afternoon summer light on Sept. sixth. Light is my pen to write stories to you with my emotions. This pen has many thoughts expressed through tonality.

This man stopped to ask about my building landlord as he seeks a home. Of course I would have to photograph him before divulging this data. I’m happy, he’s happy and I bet he’s still blessing me and talking. Humanity adds the color to life even when composted in Sepia toned B+W.       

 

 

peace.

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Categories // B+W Fine Art, Close to home, Emotion, Fall, Olympia Wa., The Present, Thurston County, Uncategorized, Washington Tags // Ambiance, B+W Fine Art Photography, Color Fine Art photography, Flowers, Olympia, Seasons, Simplicity, Street Photography

Late Fall around the block

12.10.2020 by Peter J. Crowley // 5 Comments

November and December the walks shorter and less frequent raindrops and lack of light. The same blocks seeking and finding something new.

Each day, each stroll I study this new to me digital world. I have had a Nikon Diggie since 2009 but never really embraced it till March when Jeff  a friend in Maine bought me a D-200 a more professional machine then my first. I have now moved to a D-7000 merely ten years behind the latest. Ha Ha. Here I come 21st century. I still don’t use auto exp. Auto Focus my eyes are not so good I have learned to tell it where to focus. I guess I use AF manually. lol

Impressionistic look November 15th, 2020

Overcast color saturates and separates for more abstraction on November 4th, 2020

November 8th,2020December  10th, 2020

   December 5th, 2020

December 5th, 2020

November 11th, 2020 another fence I have been shooting for the last year. I have four seasons but I lack morning light. This time of year around 8:45 am when the variables align I will go back. The variables being 50 degrees, Sun, low pain level. It could be a while.

December 5th, 2020 a good productive day it seems. An one half hour stroll. 

Questions, comments appreciated just a tad bored these day. Look around the galleries here plenty of images from 1971- 2020.

peace

Categories // Abstract, Color Fine Art, Community, Fall, Flowers, Nature, Nikon, Olympia Wa., Washington Tags // Abstraction, B+W Fine Art Photography, Color Fine Art photography, Flowers, Humanity, Olympia

Autumn in my small circle

10.20.2020 by Peter J. Crowley // 4 Comments

October 20th 2020. I have been seeing photos of fall in New England missing my home first sixty four years. There is foliage out here but not the same expansive waves of color. Around my block there are few hard wood trees. But many fall flowers in my 10 block world. Each day the same blocks seeking a highlight. 

Childhood always a highlight! 

Simple ground cover looking down to find a small world of color. 

October’s Vibrancy resides in flowers, bushes and in my rectangle.

So much color for a B+W photographer. Seeing small with a desire to have the image printed very large. 

Rain drops backlit on my lettuce. 

At the outer  edge of my waking world there is the silly walk zone.

October 20th the Pumpkin  tree is ready to harvest. October 20th after the rain.

More shades of red October 17th jump forward from negative space. My yard fall flowers dance through negative space September 19th Vibrant I love vibrant September 19th. On the 19th of September the light was quite spectacular.

October 20th even a bit of color from a pine. 

 

Winter skies filled with rain will limit my strolls. I will find other subjects to shoot.

 

peace

Categories // Autumn, Circles., Color Fine Art, Fall, Flowers, Negative Space, Nikon, Olympia Wa., Street Photography, Uncategorized, Washington Tags // Color Fine Art, Olympia, Simplicity

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