Fixer-Upper

Bristol, Connecticut

More Red

Bristol, Connecticut

Faded to pink.

Ready and Waiting

Bristol, Connecticut

A small park just off Main Street.

Coming and Going

Bristol, Connecticut

Taxi and City Tree

New York, New York

Taxis and Dalmatian

New York, New York

Art on a hospital campus.

Elephant

New York, New York

Indian restaurant.

Fallen Soldier

New York, New York

And pedestrians just walk on by.

Makeup

New York, New York

Electronic screen advertising media keep getting more ubiquitous.

Almost Halloween

New York, New York

Union Square Park, 10/26/18

Black and Beige

New York, New York

Reflections

New York, New York

Just a reminder that if you click on a picture here you'll get a larger and more legible version. This one really needs the extra size to see what's going on.

Three Saints in Two Cities

Bristol, Connecticut

Terryville, Connecticut

RED!

New York, New York

Walking Past the Giants

New York, New York

These oversize, street level ad images seem to be a current fad around the city.

Taking a Call

New York, New York

It seems as though the only time people on the sidewalks of New York aren't talking on their cell phones is when they're taking pictures with them.

RAIN BOOTS!

New York, New York

Praetorian Guard

New York, New York

It's unclear why just a few hydrants in New York get protective posts while all the rest are left unprotected from random car accidents or sloppy delivery trucks.

SMALL PLATES

New York, New York

Sidewalk Sales

New York, New York

Bus Stop

New York, New York

Norman

New York, New York

Weeds, Hydrant, and Scooter

Torrington, Connecticut

This morning I was out experimenting with multi-exposure "panoramas" for stitching for increased resolution. But I didn't pass up this shot.

Ads Under the Construction Scaffolding

New York, New York

There's construction everywhere around mid-town. Cranes up in the sky, scaffolding covering the sidewalk every few blocks whichever direction you walk. The advertising continues nevertheless.

Red and Black

New York, New York

An old-fashioned printed-paper poster looks almost quaint now, with so much of mid-town street advertising moved to digital panels. My first thought about the poster was that it must have a Halloween connection since I shot it (with a borrowed Leica M10-P and 35mm Summilux Apo) on the Sunday morning of my Leica/Digital-Platinum workshop at Penumbra, first weekend this past October. A search just now shows me that it's actually advertising a TV show entering its eighth season. Oh well, I haven't watched television in years so I'm out of the loop on that.

For anyone who might be curious, any of the NYC pictures I've been posting these past weeks that are in 2:3 aspect ratio instead of my usual 4:3, were made with the digital Leica during an hour or so of twilight Saturday and a couple hours of early daylight Sunday morning of the workshop weekend.

POST NO BILLS

New York, New York

Sidewalk and Walkway

New York, New York

Street Advertising

New York, New York

Vacant Lot Weed

New York, New York

It amazes me that you can still encounter vacant lots in the heart of mid-town. The weed is pretty amazing too.

116

New York, New York

Evening on Park Avenue.

Early Morning on Madison Avenue

New York, New York

The surprising thing was that only one of the three was taking a cell phone snap.

Along Minerva Street

Derby, Connecticut

Running Second Avenue

New York, New York

Autumn Color

Bethlehem, Connecticut (Long Meadow Pond)

The fall colors are very subdued this year and that has its own special charm.

Torrington, Connecticut (Burr Pond State Park)

Reflections

New York, New York

Two ground-level retail spaces getting ready for new tenants.

Your Outfit

Bristol, Connecticut

This Product Contains Nicotine

Derby, Connecticut

She doesn't look happy.

Drain Pipe

Derby, Connecticut

I don't have any idea what the tag says, but I kind of like the style. The elements of the scene seem to fit together. The drainpipe had to come first. Was the graffiti done just now, with the weeds in place, or has it been there for a while with the weeds growing up to match? Just a few weeks ago there was a plastic mini-billboard here. It might have been covering the tag, or that might have been sprayed after the advertisement was removed.

WARNING

Derby, Connecticut

Or maybe the giant will just crush you.

Locked Out

New York, New York

It took a moment before I realized these folks were locked out of their car, trying to unlock the driver's door with a strip of metal.