Thought I'd share a straight forward shot for a change. A Night Visit is a very old photo, just slightly re-cropped this morning but otherwise essentially untouched since taken over three years ago. I must say I'm greatly encouraged that I can still recall exactly where I took it. Can't name the town, but it was outside a fast food place, just after evening had fallen. I guess it was ambient light from the restaurant reflecting off the white petals that made it possible to capture this flower. I was very new to photography then and wasn't even aware yet how night shots differ from day ones, much less yet figured out how to use the flash or night setting. I figured back then that if I could see it, the camera would record it. In this case, I lucked out and that was true.

Now here's a silly one, yet I also enjoy it's textures and movement, Bug Eyed Monster:

Back in my long ago youth (1950's) space aliens in those wonderful pulp sci-fi magazines were often referred to as BME's, short for Bug Eyed Monsters. And the sort of faded colors in this photo echo the colors of the illustrations in those pulp 'zines. The original for this photo, like "A Night Visit," is also over three years old. And I can also recall exactly where I was standing when I took it. I.e., on the grounds of our retirement community in what was then largely a grouping of potted cacti at the foot of the ramp up to our B-Lounge meeting space.

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