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Week 52, December 29, 2024 – January 4, 2025 – Quintessential Seattle

January 4th, 2025

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“Last Light’s Shimmer”

January 2nd, 2025

Tagged 2024, 24.10.07, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, bay, boats, Elliot Bay, ferris wheel, lake, neon lights, ocean, Oct24, October, pier, Pier 57, Puget Sound, Seattle Great Wheel, Seattle Trip Oct24, Seattle WA, ships, Sony, sunset, TOP 3, TOP 3 ARCHITECTURE, tourist, water, Week 52 2024, wharf

nature & neon

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We took a sunset boat ride out into Elliot Bay on our second to last day in Seattle. The colors in the sky were spectacular, and they mixed so well in with the colors on Pier 57. I hadn’t brought my wider lens, so I’m a bit sad that it’s so tight to the edges, but I love the colors!

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“Sunset Lights”

January 1st, 2025

Tagged 2024, 24.10.06, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, bay, Elliot Bay, ferris wheel, lake, light trails, long exposure, moon, ocean, Oct24, October, pier, planet, Puget Sound, Seattle Great Wheel, Seattle Trip Oct24, Seattle WA, Sony, sunset, TOP 3, TOP 3 ARCHITECTURE, Venus, water, Week 52 2024

serendipity

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This might be my most serendipitous shot from our Seattle trip in October. Sarah and I were walking back to our VRBO that evening; Sarah wanted to look at a chocolate shop, but as we passed Union Street, the moon caught my eye. My feet were tired and I didn’t have my tripod with me, so this was taken with my Sony propped on top of a circular railing over the 3 story drop onto Post Alley. I probably took more than a dozen photos in my attempt to capture the scene; the ferris wheel would stop rotating, someone else would bump the railing, or I wasn’t standing perfectly still … but in the end I captured this 4 second exposure and only later discovered that it included Venus!

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Week 48, December 1-7, 2024 – Art in Seattle

December 7th, 2024

“Metallic Drop”

December 7th, 2024

Tagged 2024, 24.10.05, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, abstract architecture, architecture, black & white, clouds, Frank Ghery, Museum of Pop Culture, Oct24, October, Seattle Space Needle, Seattle Trip Oct24, Seattle WA, Sony, TOP 3, TOP 3 ABSTRACT, Week 48 2024

THE image

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If someone asked me what my favorite image is from any given trip, I might have difficulty pointing to a singular image. But for the Seattle trip in October, this is “The Image”; I’m not even sure why. I simply love this photo – the entire trip was a photographic adventure, but this image stands above all the others in my mind.

Week 46, November 17-23, 2024 – monochrome travels 1

November 23rd, 2024

$Twisted Refractions$

“Modern Art”

November 17th, 2024

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“Chicago Views”

May 8th, 2024

rusty window

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Maybe it’s just me, but seeing the Sears/Willis Tower poking out from a scene was THE Chicago moment growing up. For a few years, my family lived on the south side, and it was a contest among the siblings to see who could see the skyline, specifically the Sears Tower, first when we would drive into the city.

On a recent photo walk, I found this little “window” created by the L tracks, the incredible rusty exterior contrasting with the sky, the Willis Tower, and the Merchandise Mart. I had to hop in between traffic on 2 different occasions to get this exposure correct; the afternoon sky was quite the contrast compared with the shadowed steel. This photo is one of my Top 3 favorite recent Chicago photos.

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