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Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge

5/31/2014

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Starting in Dumbo a group of fellow photographers and I walked over the Brooklyn Bridge and then into lower Manhattan. The weather was clear and the sky and clouds beautiful. Check out a few of my photographs from that fun day.
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Our beautiful Brooklyn Bridge.

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Everyone likes to see the Lightjacker at work. Well here is your chance to see it a few times in this blog post.

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Just sooooo close!!

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The wonderful Manhattan Bridge.

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They look so relaxed....probably not NY'ers.

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Nice form and shadow does this reader have.

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Speaking of form and shadow.....it looks like I need a good body waxing, or perhaps a touch of fertilizer.

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You must click on this one to see it a bit better.

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Our beautiful Flag waves atop the Brooklyn Bridge.

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A creative view through some cable on the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Artist working on the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Artist
selling.

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There are certainly lots of padlocks in all colors and sizes, many with writing on them, along the Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian walkway. Apparently tourists put them there and throw the key into the water, to demonstrate an unbreakable love for something or someone. But the romantic gesture has city officials saying it is damaging the bridge somehow, and they certainly create much work to remove. Is it damaging the bridge?? Either way this trend appears to be happening in other places around the world. It was first noticed on the Brooklyn Bridge around 2010.


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Overdressed but very cool, not thermally cool that is, just cool.

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Finally off the grand old 
bridge and in Manhattan.

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Great bench, superb shadows, and you know who.

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All the flowers in all of these boxes lie in one direction as you can see in this one. Some great winds may have been the cause, or perhaps the flower comber only combed in one direction?
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One man's trash is another's photo subject.

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The End. Hope you enjoyed. Now go to sleep.

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The Luck of the Lightjacker.

5/17/2014

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Life loving lightjackers are certainly fortunate to be passionate about the art of photography.
Photography is great because it can include, well, just about anything and everything we may come across in life. The photographer's lucky benefit is that instead of just looking, drooling, and leaving, he or she gets to bring some goodies home from the candy store....to enjoy, keep, eat, 
stack, paint, juggle, give away, whatever....and that is very cool. If you are not a photographer, no worries, because lightjackers are happy to show you what you missed, or what you would love to see again, perhaps from an alternate viewpoint. So come on in, have a piece of candy.

the Lightjacker
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East Village NYC

5/5/2014

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I had a nice walk in Manhattan through the East Village with a group of lightjackers this weekend. Here are a few of my photos from that enjoyable day.
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I love the trees of springtime with their light green leaves that are small and spaced enough to create a verdant vale which colors yet reveals the subject behind it.
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"Two Faced"
Thank you Photoshop.

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Soft and hard, light and dark, opposites attract.

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I love "family", don't you?
When I first saw these little watering cans only form and color stood out...then I noticed what I was missing, the story.

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Cool Old Motor Home.


How did they find a parking space for this monster in Manhattan?




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Cool Old Motor Home in perhaps a more interesting detailed view and composition. How do you feel about that?


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Here is what this image's original raw file revealed. Now check below.

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It is pretty wild to see what details you can extract with a bit of work in Lightroom and Photoshop. Hidden gems revealed... much fun. Do you see the familiar Cool Old Motor Home across the street?
By the way, the F and 21 in the sign to the right were actually part of text saying "Store For Rent" and "212-753- etc. phone number"- any takers? If so, the clue to its NYC location is present in the photo.

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Here are a couple of photos of an old Cadillac parked on the street. It was pretty beat up and some parts were falling off. However, it still survives and is, indeed, a Cadillac.

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Once again this is the raw file photograph right out of the camera. No post processing, no color or contrast, no art, no life. This old classic deserves more. Photo below kicked it up a bit...your style may vary, the creative possibilities are endless, exciting, and fun.

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STILL CLASSY!

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I needed a model for the next series of photos, so I asked my beautiful fellow photographers for assistance. They were very willing to help and voila, I had my model and was quite ecstatic.
Of course as you can see, one petal was missing. :-)

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I'm on the fence about this one :}

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My beautiful little somewhat dried yet still aromatic rose was a wonderful model as you can plainly see.
I was so appreciative of its beauty that I stuck the bottom of its stem into a pocket of the camera-bag hanging on my back, allowing it to project proudly and clearly upwards for the world to admire. Unfortunately shortly afterwards in an eatery, while standing on line, some horrific roughian banged into me crushing the little beauty, knocking off all but a couple of its fragile dried petals and sending it crashing onto the floor.
I hope you appreciate the little rose's charm, beauty, and now its sacrifice. Be not sad however, for it lives on, in our hearts.
(If and when I regain my composure I will, perhaps, post more photographs of my session with the little flower.)   ;)

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