Just scratching the surface here. There's a lot.
Zoom with image stabilization is really neat.
I like to get details like this.
And humble details like this, left over from July 4th, no doubt.
I continue to examine the old Citizen's Tower/Omni as remodeling continues.
Then I moved on, to more downtown stuff. Next time.
I always find things downtown.
Work progresses on this reconditioned bank. It won't be a bank this time. The city bought it.
Great alleys downtown!
At least, there will be one less ruin.
I can't resist the funky alley stuff. Gauges and meters and fire escapes and whatnot. More next time.
Yeah, right after Christmas let's just jump back into ruins and wrecks.
It just now occurs to me that I could use a macro lens and never run out of material. I could take just one subject, and zoom in and zoom in closer, and closer, until we are looking at an alien landscape. Next year I think I will try that.
Consider this light fixture. I took a lot of photos at this location but I could have taken just as many photos exploring this light fixture at various scales and from various points of view. Since I don't see myself driving to small towns anymore, or doing much traveling at all anymore, devoting this blog to detailed examinations of just one thing or one small area, might be a good direction for the future. I'm out of photos when I finish this installment, so I might try this new approach next time.
What a great idea!
At least I did something somewhat seasonal. In fact, right after I got my Christmas pics I stopped at a location I visited when my wife was with me. I had a better camera this time. I am still unable to visit small towns in the area. It's painful to even think of doing that solo.
It's all I can do to drive around Lubbock with an empty seat next to me. At any rate, we stopped here years ago and I decided to visit again in the interest of retracing steps.
I would say that I felt almost comfortably numb and more than a little empty. But it wasn't painful.
I picked a nice, bleak, day for this as well. It was a day to match my mood.
I'll finish this next time.
Zoom with image stabilization is really neat.
I like to get details like this.
And humble details like this, left over from July 4th, no doubt.
I continue to examine the old Citizen's Tower/Omni as remodeling continues.
Then I moved on, to more downtown stuff. Next time.
