Passing through the Doors of Change

Due to unexpected happenings and the addition of new responsibilities, I need to streamline my online adventures, much as I love all of them. While I plan to continue my photography, I can no longer keep up with a daily photograph posting.

Thanks to all of you who have visited The Daily Shoot, and many thanks to those of you who spent extra time writing comments. They were all greatly appreciated.

I plan to continue posting on my other blog, Seeded Earth Photography. You are more than welcome to visit me there, and I will continue to visit your photoblogs to see what you all are shooting. I enjoyed meeting you all — a great bunch of photographers.

39. Candle(light)

So I had to stretch the theme a bit here. No, there is no candle “light” exactly, but this is kind of a neat candelabra.  I’m doing a subtle substitution.

BTW, I consider myself a pretty decent speller, but the word ‘candelabra’ had my totally stumped. Was it “d-l-e” or “d-a-l” or “d-e-l”? So if nothing else, at least I know how to spell a new word.

As for the candelabra, it’s a rather ancient fixture–15th century or so. And another photograph from the Cloisters in NYC.

333. Tower

In the early 1900s a few of the city planners in Chicago thought it would be advantageous to connect North Michigan Avenue with South Michigan Avenue via a bridge across the Chicago River. It took three years (1917-20) to complete the project, but they didn’t simply create a bridge, they created an architectural masterpiece.

Evidently this bridge is an engineering wonder, but my reference on the Michigan Avenue Bridge described it in engineering terminology and I cannot begin to explain why it is such a feat. I did come away with one fact I find impressive though. Evidently the bridge, a double-decker affair, is so well balanced it only takes two 108-horsepower motors to open and close each 3,750-ton extension. That is efficient! I motor across the lake in a fishing boat that has a bigger engine!

413. Construction

The building in the forefront is one of Chicago’s more well known buildings, the Wrigley Building–yep, Wrigley as in the gum people and the past owners of Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs. The building in the background? That’s what is under construction, though sorry to say I can’t identify it for you.

141. Hangs on a Wall

When I saw the row of chairs all hanging on this wall of a hardware store, I remembered this theme. We did a u-turn in the road, and came back for a photo.

44. Chains

Another photo op for a theme. Chains. I’ve been looking for chains, and finally saw these. Decided to get a close-up shot.

302. Steeple

I saw this church steeple just above the tree line on the bluffs. It overlooks the small town of Sister Bay in Door County, Wisconsin.

445. Star

Love the shape of this plant. If I were shooting it again, I’d be a bit more careful with the depth of field, and get the bottom leaf sharper, but I was mostly attracted to the splindly star shape in the center.

244. Public Transportation

A different sort of public transportation, by a horse, of course.

If you are looking for transportation to take you on an excursion through New York City’s Central Park, one of your choices are these carriages pulled by horses. They seem out of place to me–I think I might prefer the little carts powered by bicycle if I needed more transportation than my feet could  provide–but they appear to be popular, especially with families with older children.

119. Gatherings

This seems to be a popular place for people to gather around the lunch hour. It is the inside courtyard, and sculpture garden of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City. When they designed the courtyard, even the tree species and size were planned.  There is plenty of space and seating to enjoy an outdoor snack, or just enjoy the summer sun.