Day 9 - Wet

#rainyday #wet #pavers #refections #monochrome #iphoneography #blackandwhitephotography

Day 8 - Leave a Light On

Leica Q2 Monochrom 1/200s, f4, ISO 800, 28mm

Day 4 - Now Playing

So good.
#photooftheday #leicaq2monochrom #jimi #jimihendrix #projectturntable #sonos #blackandwhite #monochrome

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Tulip Time

One of our backyard tulips after this afternoon’s rain. Black & white or color, what’s your favorite?

Unarmed Truth - Day 74

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." Martin Luther King, Jr. Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964.

Arcade - Day 71

Monticello Arcade Norfolk Virginia. Designed by Neff & Thompson in the Beaux Arts Classical style, the Monticello Arcade was built in 1907 and is one of only two shopping arcades in Virginia. It features elaborate terra cotta decorative elements, and, at the time it was built, the center skylight was one of the country's largest. One of my favorite buildings in Norfolk and a must see for architecture and historic building fans.

Hanging Out - Day 61

Day 43 - A rose is a rose is a rose

"A rose is a rose is a rose" even without color.

Day 33 - Shadow

Happy that Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow but I certainly saw mine.

Day 32 - CFL Go Bye Bye

GE announced today that it no longer make or sell compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) lightbulbs in the US. The company will shift its focus on making the newest and most energy-efficient lightbulbs, LEDs.

Day 30 - Spoon

Not a lot to say about this picture of a spoon except to look very closely.

Day 29 - Checkers

The checkerboard pattern of pavers outside of the historic Seaboard Building at Slover Library in Norfolk, Virginia.

Day 26 - Happy Birthday American Caesar

Today marks the 136th birthday of General Douglas MacArthur. On my way to and from work I walk by the memorial bearing his name. Like most heroes and great leaders, he was a complex person. William Manchester's biography entitled American Caesar suggests that "MacArthur was an analogue of Julius Caesar, a proposition he supports by noting their great intellect, brilliant strategic generalship, political ambition, magnanimity as conquerors, and shared tragic flaw of hubris."

One of my favorite management quotes from the great general is "You are remembered for the rules you break."

Day 21 - End of the Line

The Tide light rail at the EVMC/Ft Norfolk station.

Day 8 - Collective Memory

Artist Luisa Adelfio talks about creating Slover Library's first art exhibit. From an article at Hampton Roads.com The exhibit, “Collective Memory,” is a forest of paper scrolls, wound into columns and covered with passages from the epic poem “The Odyssey.” The exhibit, with some columns as tall as 12 feet, will be on display until mid-January.

Putto

Putti proliferate in popular culture: on buildings, in decorative arts, on greeting cards - a popular purveyor of love. But in Art through the ages, the putto has been a curious little figure, often reflecting philosophy, theology and literature of the time. The putto in Renaissance art was a winged or wingless, male child figure.

This little guy was on the bedside table at the 1890 Caroline House we stayed in tonight. iPhone 6, Camera+ app

Monochromatic - Day 147 #CY365

Tulips in monochrome. Canon 7D, 1/15 sec @ f/8.0, ISO 800, 100mm macro.

Beauty - Day 142 #CY365

A rose in black and white, unexpected beauty. 1/400 sec @ f/5.0, ISO 800.

Play - Day 130 #CY365

Our grand-dog Digby expects a new toy every time we visit and we never disappoint. Here he is today playing with his new toy. Olympus OM-D E-M1, 1/40 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 1600. Converted to black and white using Silver Efex Pro.

Resourcefulness - Day 129 #CY365

Being resourceful, I put an old Hurst T-Handle from my 1973 Mustang Mach I to good use. Meet the ultimate in performance mice, the Logitech-Hurst Darkfield T-Handle. Canon 5D Mark II, 1/160 sec @ f/8.0, ISO 800 photographed in a light tent with two LED Litepanels for illumination.