Crab and Surf

A simple beach image, a crab in the surf.

Egret on Boardwalk

On the boardwalk to Dreissen Beach there is often an egret that either sits on the railing or wades through the wetlands that the boardwalk crosses.

Reeds, Red Leaves

I have always been amused by people who can quote the proper names for birds, flowers, trees, bushes. My titles are much simpler, like the above, I don't know what type of reeds or leaves are in the photograph, I just know I like how they fit together.

Trust

A couple falls asleep in each other's arms in Central Park on a beautiful fall afternoon. So comfortable with each other that they can fall asleep together while sitting on a rock.

Autumn Haiku

Stare down at the pool
trees and leaves filled with colors
reflect back at you

Mid November in Central Park and there are still leaves on the trees. The leaves are changing colors and soon will fall and the park will be barren till spring. The day is beautiful, the temperature abnormally warm for that time of year and the park is crowded with New Yorkers and tourists enjoying one of the last nice fall days before winter comes.

This is the image that goes with the previous post.

Street Musician Central Park

An unusually mild day in November in New York and because of it many New Yorkers come to Central Park to enjoy the weather. Central Park has many bridges which cross over the paths through the park, and in the tunnels underneath you are likely to find a street musician playing his music and trying to earn some money. I guess the acoustics in these tunnels are better and that's why the musicians play there.

Rockerfeller Center

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Originally uploaded by fauselr.

Does anything express power more than this? The statue of Atlas holding the world in front of Rockerfeller Center.

two chairs, Outside of New York Public Library

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Originally uploaded by fauselr.

A simple composition, just two folding chairs and some fallen yellow leaves. But there is a loneliness to the two chairs and the yellow leaves indicate the time of year, Autumn in New York.

Chrysler Building

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Originally uploaded by fauselr.

In my view the most beautiful skyscraper in the world. The class of the city, Art Deco at its finest. New York is filled with amazing buildings, the Citicorp Building, The Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, The Flatiron Building, the Woolworth Building, the list goes on and on. But this leads the pack.

Stranger in a Strange Land

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Originally uploaded by fauselr.

I lived in New York City or around it for over half my life. I moved away about 17 years ago but have been back at least two or three times a year. But I feel out of place there now, where I felt very comfortable before, I feel uncomfortable now. The crowds, the noise, the traffice, are all things that seem to me to be things you have to endure to live there, while before they were what made the city vibrant. This picture was taken in Central Park, one of if not the most beautiful parks in the world.

sunset, Gates Pass Road, Tucson

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Originally uploaded by fauselr.

Tucson is surrounded by mountains, and the mountains are covered with cacti. Gates Pass Road in the Saguaro National Park is beautiful, winding through the mountains with many scenic viewing points. We stopped and waited for the sun to set, though there weren't many clouds in the sky, we were still rewarded with a beautiful sky.

3 dead musicians

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Originally uploaded by fauselr.

From one of the movie sets at Old Tucson Studios. Maybe used for the movie 3 Amigos which was filmed there. The repetitive arches, the railing, the three musicians dressed alike, all patterns that attract the eye to a picture.

sunset Driessen Beach

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Originally uploaded by fauselr.

On barrier islands the sun bleeds over from its setting in the west and paints the east sky with glorious color.

interior agave

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Originally uploaded by fauselr.

This reminds me of a Georgia O'Keefe painting. While in Tucson, went to the University of Arizona's Museum of Art, where rather strangely since she is probably the most famous artist who lived in Arizona, they had no pictures by her on display, and only owned one which they used in a poster to advertise their museum. Their photography museum was nice though.

wagon wheel

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Originally uploaded by fauselr.

In Tombstone, a town that exists, as far as I can tell, to separate tourists from their dollars, was this wagon wheel on a wagon that I guess was suppose to look very old. The town itself consisted of a main street which supposedly looked like it did back when the Earps and Holliday roamed it. The stores on the street were there to sell the tourists t-shirts, and other knicknacks that proved you had been to Tombstone. A perfect tourist trap, but it had some interesting photo opps.

Dianne's shadow

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Originally uploaded by fauselr.

A simple composition, bright color and a shadow. One of the things that attracts me when I am looking for a photograph is shadows, also of course bright colors. This photograph satisfies both conditions.