PESCADERO LOFTS

"Pescadero Lofts" (6-17-18 057) is in that batch of pix I've been posting from the past couple of days. Taken on a hazy but really nice day. This was the last of 57 (yeah, that many) photos I took that day. The retirement community I live in is just past this housing for the homeless, across a large open parking field. I frequently run into and chat with residents of Pescadero Lofts on my walks. BTW, I initially toned down the lime green wall of that other little building but that actually unbalanced the pic somehow. And that bright green is the actual color. So I'm leaving it. Ultimately, for all that the haze effected the focus of this photo and the other pix in this batch, I'm glad it was a far less sunny day. I'd never have gotten so many somewhat decent shots. Just imagine how bright sunlight would have bloomed off all the white on this building! (Yeah, as I've said before here, there are probably ways to work with that if I were not only to read again, but remember what my camera manual says. But, ICK, I'm a lazy photog -- I just wanna take the pic already! Don't wanna be fussing at camera settings! :-D)

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THE FLINTSTONE'S LIVING ROOM

First, let me give proper credit for the nickname for these stone benches -- The Flintstone's Living Room (6-17-18 054) -- my friend Inger gave them this name, not me. I often sit to one side of them on my walker and watch the variety of Isla Vista life ride and walk by, and/or take pix and/or write. BTW, this photo is in that batch of pix I took for a friend, that I mentioned in my post of yesterday. As I said in that post, I didn't fuss much before taking it and it was a hazy day (which I've not worked too hard to change the effect of). And for all that, many of the pix came out better than those I've tried to take in the past with lots of forethought and in better light. Methinks (as I've said here before) it's too much thinking that actually gets in the way of my producing pix with which I'm happier. :-)

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CATCH & RELEASE

"Catch & Release" (5-13-18 032) is one of 57 (!) new pix I took about a week ago. I've been saying here how maybe taking new pix is what I needed to do to get out of this kinda, sorta photography slump. As much fun as it is working on one or more of the thousands of old pix I have, there's nothing like new ones to spur me on. What it took to get me to snap new ones, though, was a comment by a friend. She said she couldn't really imagine what I see on my long walks other than sidewalks and maybe some flat green lawns. Well, I took that as a challenge (:-D) and when I next went walking wound up taking 57 pix. Among them, this one. It's of one of my favorite trees to sit under and rest and/or write. Unusual for my pix, I only had to crop it a wee bit. But I did do a lot of fussing with the color/contrast. Also unusual, I didn't take much time or care to "making art" with any of the 57 pix (e.g., fussing and moving around to frame the pic just right, or not taking some I could tell would be too burned out by even the hazy sunlight). And surprisingly, some of the pix turned out better than most I really "work" at before snapping. I'll probably post more here from this batch in the future.

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