This week, we’re continuing the series in which we’re looking for photos taken from a specific perspective. We’re working with photos taken from below, but I’ve spread this over two weeks. This week, I’m hoping to find photos taken from below, but at a low angle—no need to put a kink in your neck.
My feature photo today is the catenary structures and wires at New Haven train station. It was taken while changing trains from the Hartford Line that gets me from my home to New Haven and then to the New Haven Line which takes me into New York’s Grand Central station.
So, anything photographed from below, but not too far below will work for today. If you want to see where this series is heading, take a look at the home page. If you want to help, leave a note in the comments about some other perspectives I should include.
OK, let’s take a look at the photos I’ve gathered this weeks’ prompt. And remember, if you have some ideas, leave it in a comment. Otherwise, we’ll run out the string on this series next week and I’ll have to think up something else.
One pocket of siding left. Move the ladders and get back up there.Fitting the siding to an oval window was a challenge.The crow chased the hawk to the lights over the basketball courtThe Windsor Locks Canal crosses Stony Brook in that viaduct. I’ve seen it a hundred times, but I never cease to be amazed.inside the Moynahan Train Hall in New York CityTrain crossing and trash-to-energy plant. These are cool things (to me).Our first stop at the Big-ELooking up at Clark Hall. Morgantown is hills and hills and more hillsMartin Hall on left. Woodburn Hall. Windows left of center, 2nd fl – Scientific German. Far left 2nd fl – Poetry. Top fl, center – CriminologyThe street entrance to the theater. The space between the two sets of doors is the “Weahter Lobby” where you would have originally purchased tickets. The exterior doors were not part of the theater.My moment at center stage ar the Warner Theater (during a tour)CT ANG C-130 heading to BDL over our neighborhoodCH-47 Chinook heading for the Army National Guard base at BDL.If you look close, the bunny is eating one of those long leaves.The new flags seem to feel right at homeKindle and Paperback available on Amazon
Good morning I do always admire your photos they are consistently good. I thought about what you said about subjects and I wondered if you have done times of day/night. For example: Dawn, morning, midday, early afternoon , late afternoon, evening, dusk, night, starlight, just a thought there could be a few weeks worth there. Apologies if you’ve already done this subject. 💜
Thanks Willow. I like that idea. Cee was doing this challenge for so long before I took over, she might have done that (but I don’t know). I’m going to stick that in my idea folder (which is near the bottom). Thanks again!
Thanks Wayne. The rabbit munching is only slightly uphill, but there are people who insist on a bunny (my wife is in that group ;-). The theater was a fun visit, and one of the very few outings I had during the height of Covid.
Fitting siding to an oval window? Yikes. If I were walking under the Moynahan ceiling, I’d be hard pressed to watch where I was walking; I’d be looking up for sure. The theater is a gem! It’s good to be reminded to look up.
That was the first time I was in the train hall after it opened, and I was having a hard time focusing on the path ahead. The theater tour was a fun outing for me. During February 2020 – still the worst part of Covid, but they restarted tours and I jumped on the chance.
I am on team theatre. Fitting around the oval window must have been fun or does the window surround make it easy?
These are good examples and I hope I understand and can an adequate post.
The siding came in big cardboard boxes. I used a pieces to make templates. I was able to practice since I had to make the surround molding. The theater tour was a real treat.
Love the train hall photo, Dan. At first, I thought it was an airport ceiling, so perhaps transportation hubs have a certain commonality of design. At least it feels that way. And your bunny-eating-grass photo made me smile. I planted cat grass just for Hoshi this year (so she stays away from everything else) and she munches away at it, just like Mr. Hoppy.
How about photos of everyone’s hobbies for one of the CFFC weeks? Photos of bikes, of trails, of a pile of books, a painting they created, etc. A way to get to know your readers better?
I’m glad you liked these, Mary. Also glad you had some success with the grass. We tried that once and our first male pulled it our, knocked over the container and spread the dirt far and wide.
I like your idea about featuring hobbies. If I add it to the list, I hope you’ll join us that week.
I love the train station photos especially the train tracks and train-crossing signs. Beautiful perspective. That building across from the tracks look like part of ship (I know it is not…just my imagination…lol).
Wonderful photo of the grandeur of Martin Hall and Woodburn Hall.
Of course the critters are amazing, nice capture of the bunny having a bit of breakfast/lunch salad.
Ideas? – photos from a side angle (your photo of the oval window inspired this idea); photos with lines to highlight perspective of distance i.e. lanes on a road/highway; photos from through a window or door or any type of frame thingy.
I’m glad you like these, Suzette. I should have included the library in Duluth, MN – that actually does look like an ore boat.
Photos from the side is a good suggestion to add to this series, Next week is photos with a vanishing point, so I can tack “from the side” and “Framed by something” on to the end – Thanks!
Naturally, I’m rooting for Willow’s idea of times of day. You know how I love your sunrise/sunset photos. Have you done photos of surfaces: smooth, rough, corrugated, etc.? Or photos of roads/streets/pathways? Or photos of bark? Or photos of animal noses? Or photos of hands? Or….
I love the new Train Hall. I’m sure you remember Penn Station. This is the replacement, at least for AMTRAK trains. I think New Jersey Transit and LIRR still use Penn. That hawk is huge. He comes around every now and then, hoping to snag one of the critters we feed. We can’t do anything to hurt it, and it isn’t particularly scared of us.
Is it a Red-tailed Hawk? I didn’t think so but, it’s hard to tell from that angel. I think it’s cool it’s not too skittish and you get to observe it longer and take some good images of it too. What a gift!
The photo inside the Moynahan Train hall is amazing! But so is the inside of the theater. And, you’re right. The flags to look right a home. Great photos, as always, Dan.
Thanks Jan. I love that train hall. They converted the main NYC Post Office into a train station. It’s sits directly across 8th Ave from Penn Station, so the tracks always went under the building. Those flags have only been up for two weeks, but it feels like they’ve always been there.
They did a great job renovating that theater, Kerfe. I was happy to be able to take the tour.
I was trying to chase the hawk out of our yard – he was trying to catch a squirrel that had run into a small tree. The hawk didn’t seem afraid of me. I’m not sure I can say the same.
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Nice selection of shots Dan. I love the colorful food stalls and the theatre / station interiors. Love the Hawk too. I’ve taken the cue from your Fizzy-Knitting shot and included one of my own 😎👍
Great selection, Dan, …my favourite? I’m glad you asked., .the Moynahan Train Hall, …to be able to look upwards, …survey that beautiful stretch of fan-like ceiling, … simply amazing, ..💫…
Hi Dan, I don’t have any doors for you this week, but I saw this and had the perfect picture for it. Cee would be proud of me. She is the one who taught me how to process my photos in Lightroom and Bridge. Over the Cuppa this week features your and Willow’s reviews as well as a tiny bit about your book. The review will have to wait until next week. I’m loving the book, though! :) xxx
She had her Tips pages, and her photographs were such good examples of how to approach a subject. You must have experienced her loss more than most of us, but I miss her presence.
I do miss her. After about a year or so she no longer wanted to continue the phone calls. She started with several of us, then it dwindled down to just me. I was honored to be allowed into her inner circle. In spite of how much she shared online, she was a very private person, and I was blessed to know her. I think about her often.
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Funny how much you can see if you just look a little ways up – and your captions really add to your images: the bunny sucking back a leaf like it was spagetti (I would never have noticed that) and your turn as a star centre stage. And now I’m craving corn dogs…
The crowd around here likes bunnies, so even though he was only up a little hill, it fit. Looking up/down and all around reveals a lot. Your photos are excellent.
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