My Amateur Art & Photo Blog

I always like collections of objects that fill the frame and a visit to my local grocery store on this day and fresh these tomatoes caught my eye. Tomatoes - Yes they are a fruit T aken with the  Canon PowerShot SX230HS , no post processing.

I was given a rude reminder that it is still very much the early days of Spring in the Boston area the other day while on a photo walk the sunshowers catching me off guard. Trellis pattern Taken with the  LG Optimus Elite , No post processing.

One of the major advantages of Daylight Savings is of course the extra hours of sunlight in the evening. I decided to take advantage of that, grabbed my camera and head out on a  local bus to anywhere and see what  opportunities  present themselves. Transport - MBTA Bus This was shot on a local area bus heading in to Boston on the evening of March 26th. I had to wait a couple of stops for the bus to empty before taking this shot of the empty seats in front of me. Taken with t he  Pentax SMCP-M 50mm f2  mounted to my Pentax k200d DLSR.

Mums It may seem ironic to post a photo of Mums on my Dad's birthday but there it is. Taken with the  Canon PowerShot SX230HS  in portrait mode to try to give some selective focusing and depth to the frame, flash did not fire. No post processing .

Dental Molding Having been sick and extremely busy at work I feel I like I am phoning it in with today's photograph of some the crown molding work around our living room.  This was one of the features however that sold us on our house which we thought has great character. Taken with the  Canon PowerShot SX230HS  in portrait mode, flash did not fire. P ost processing for aspect and tone correction.

Storm Cloud Fail As the weekend rolled in so did the storm clouds with the lightning and thunder roaring above. In am attempt to capture the event I grabbed my Canon P&S and started shooting and it wasn't until later did I realize the camera had focused on the screen not the clouds, fail! Taken with the Canon PowerShot SX230HS in landscape mode no camera flash, no post processing other than cropping for aspect.

Route To The Top It can sometimes feel like a long uphill struggle, many flights of stairs to climb to get to the top but we will persevere! I like the irregular framing of this shot although it is very similar to another I posted earlier this year. Note to self I must try to be more creative. Taken with the LG Optimus Elite , no post processing.

Paving Stones If there's nothing of interest catching your eye, look down. Today's shot is of paving stones in Harvard Square. Taken with the LG Optimus Elite , tone adjusted in post processing.

Once was blinds The window blinds in our apartment have seen better days, and the sun they fail to block out is forever reflecting of the extremely shiny lenovo laptop screen. Taken with the Canon PowerShot SX230HS , no post processing .

Escalator Not exactly capturing Earth Day here, but this man made device certainly makes a lot of peoples lives easier each day. Taken with the Canon PowerShot SX230HS with on camera flash, no post processing .

Memorial Hall Another fine spring day here in Cambridge MA led to the wife and I going for walk through the various streets of our local neighborhood. Quite the walk but such a great day for it, although it was a little hot in that mid-afternoon sun. I can only imagine what the Boston Marathon runners are going to go through on Monday. Taken with the LG Rumor touch camera phone, sharpened in post processing.

Another Tile Pattern Patterns seem to be the theme in a lot of my posts recently, so why break the pattern with today's posting. You don't want to know where this was taken. Taken with the iPod Touch camera, no post processing .

Tiled Floor Not too exciting a post for today, the patterned floor of the T station is captured here while I await the delayed north bound red line train. Taken with the iPod Touch camera, no post processing .

Reliable Sprinkler Alarm I thought I'd contract yesterday's patterns on the ground with today's patterns on this wall which plays host to a fire alarm. Taken with the Canon PowerShot SX230HS , tone corrected and cropped for squaring in post processing .

Up or Down? Is this staircase winding down or crawling up? I like the repeating pattern here, just wish their were more than 6 stories in this Boston office building for the pattern to continue off in to the distance. Taken with the Canon PowerShot SX230 HS in Portrait mode in an attempt to keep the stairs in the distance out of focus. No post processing.