Location: Barcelona, 2006

This picture, as promised, was taken under the overpass. I liked the colours and the lonely chair. Who would come and sit there? What would they be contemplating? So many questions.

Location: Barcelona, 2006

This picture, as promised, was taken under the overpass. I liked the colours and the lonely chair. Who would come and sit there? What would they be contemplating? So many questions.

We were there in 2006. My wife became very sick and was bed-bound. I asked the concierge to point me to the more derelict parts of the city. Sometimes the best places to take pictures. He suggested somewhere close to the downtown area we had already visited. Nah. Been there, done that. Worse than that, I said. He sighed and suggested a different area.

I looked at the map. It was not there. He smiled and said, no, not on the map. But if you go past the map, you will see this area. Not for tourists.

I took the subway to the end of the line and started walking back. People left me alone. It was a Sunday, and the streets were deserted. The few that were out were a bit amused at what I was doing.

This picture was taken under an overpass. There was a lot of graffiti on the overpass, and some of the buildings. That will be next week’s picture. Then, this chair overturned with a pair of boots nearby. Could not help but think someone had been vaporised.

Place: Barcelona

Story: We were there in 2006. Janet became very sick and was bed-bound. I asked the concierge to point me to the more derelict parts of the city. Sometimes the best places to take pictures. He suggested somewhere close to the downtown area we had already visited. Nah. Been there, done that. Worse than that, I said. He sighed and suggested a different area.

I looked at the map. It was not there. He smiled and said, no, not on the map. But if you go past the map, you will see this area. Not for tourists.

I took the subway to the end of the line and started walking back.  People left me alone. It was a Sunday, and the streets were deserted. The few that were out were a bit amused at what I was doing.

This picture was taken under an overpass. There was a lot of graffiti on the overpass, and some of the buildings. That will be next week’s picture. Then, this chair overturned with a pair of boots nearby. Could not help but think someone had been vaporised.

Top of a cactus. Picture was taken at the Allen Gardens in Toronto.

First you guess as to what this is. I will update it sometime next week with a full description.

Not a banana cream pie. However tempting that is.

Gita got it right. This is the top of a cactus. Picture was taken at the Allen Gardens in Toronto.

Man Made – Man Polluted

This picture was taken in the ravine located at St Clair and Mount Pleasant in Toronto.

Someone abandoned a computer monitor at the bottom left corner. Parts of the monitor moved the next day further downstream.

This ravine is part of an extensive system that makes up this city. Parts of it are man-enhanced as is this part. The trick, of course, is to tell where the water line is. Short of putting an arrow, I can do little to help with that. The refelction of the overhanging trees should help.

Location: Ravine at St Clair and Mount Pleasant, Toronto.

Someone abandoned a computer monitor at the bottom left corner. Parts of the monitor moved the next day further downstream.

This ravine is part of an extensive system that makes up this city. Parts of it are man-enhanced as is this part. The trick, of course, is to tell where the water line is. Short of putting an arrow, I can do little to help with that. The reflection of the overhanging trees should help.

Soho, New York

Graffiti appears in all places and is usually a sign of neglect and dereliction. The area was not derelict, or neglected. The building to either side are newly renovated. I took several shots of this building, setting up a tripod to make sure there was no hand jitter. After the third shot, this couple showed up, the guy basically ordering the girl to sit in the frame so he could take her picture. A very strange situation.

Stuff like this happens all the time. People either do not understand why you are taking a picture, or want to get in on the act. Too funny.

Date: 2007

Location: Soho District, New York City

Graffiti appears in all places and is usually a sign of neglect and dereliction. The area was not derelict, or neglected. The building to either side are newly renovated. I took several shots of this building, setting up a tripod to make sure there was no hand jitter. After the third shot, this couple showed up, the guy basically ordering the girl to sit in the frame so he could take her picture. A very strange situation.

Stuff like this happens all the time. People either do not understand why you are taking a picture, or want to get in on the act. I was pondering a picture when we were traveling in Barcelona. I set up the camera and was deciding whether to take the picture or not. Deciding finally that I could not do justice to the subject with the camera I was using. This was an old film camera. The kind of thing that makes you look more professional than you actually are. I heard this woman behind me suddenly cry out that she wanted to take a picture of the building as well because I was. Too funny.

Barn on farmland outside Toronto will be demolished to make way for single family homes. Very sad

Looking in from the outside