2007-10-31

Adelaide

Looking down on Adelaide, South Australia, from the hills.

2007-10-30

Fallon

Next to the old high school.

Fallon, Nevada.

2007-10-29

San Francisco

Waiting between planes at the San Francisco International Airport.

2007-10-28

Sydney

Spending a day at the Opera House.

2007-10-25

Starts with "G"...

Starts with "G"... ends with "U C K". It's a Garbage Truck.

For post #404, I felt the need to go looking for something a little older. Fittingly, Lightroom had lost track of the original file.

2007-10-24

Hwy 50

There's more than one reason why Nat King Cole never sang about Highway 50.

'The Loneliest Road', Nevada.

2007-10-23

Wobble

One of my favourite images from Australia, taken from the train between M`lbun and Adeliade.

I knew what would happen when I submitted this to my photography club, and I'm pleased to say that it finished in a three-way tie for the lowest ranked image in the Intermediate category.

2007-10-22

Broken Ground

A near-infrared look at the roadbed in an abandoned landslide area.

'Sunken City', San Pedro, California

2007-10-20

Santiago's Arcade #2

A new look at the atrium in BCE Place, designed by Santiago Calatrava and the location for the World Press Photo exhibit when it visits Toronto.

This is post #400. It's revisiting an old photo that I posted here on February 3, 2005.
I was standing in the same spot, but everything else has changed.

I started this blog on October 3, 2004, and posted three photos that day. One each was of my two dogs, and the third was a photo of a dragonfly that I took for my mother.

My first real lesson in photography was when I learned that a photograph can be the only chance to preserve something.

2007-10-18

Urban Erosion

The 'Sunken City' landslide area has made some hoodoos of its own.

Sunken City, San Pedro, California

2007-10-17

Hoodoos and Rain

Bryce Canyon in an afternoon thunderstorm.

Utah

2007-10-15

Suburban Nevada

A Suburban shadow in the desert.

I-80 outside of Fallon, Nevada.

2007-10-14

Reflection

Another "classic" photo that I'm including because I think it's pretty.
The 110ND filter has a warmth that I like.

Edwards Gardens

2007-10-12

Weathering

I used to labour to climb the switchbacks and stairs of this path when I was a kid growing up in Don Mills.
It's since been replaced by a gentle path that makes up in practicality what it lacks in character.

Why is it that things were so much more interesting back then?

Edwards Gardens

2007-10-11

Hydraulics

Keith's right, "Hydraulics" is also a fun word to say.

Edwards Gardens

2007-10-10

Hoisting

"Hoisting" is one of those words that's just fun to say.

Crane detail.

2007-10-09

Kitty

A frisky but camera-shy kitten at Chet's Automotive.

Cheyenne, Wyoming.

2007-10-06

Tree and Clouds

Overlooking Bryce's main amphitheater as the storms move in.

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

2007-10-05

Out the Window

I enjoy shooting from a moving car.
It always leaves a little up to chance.

Just South of Mid North South Australia.

2007-10-04

Exteriorization

"Exteriorization is the ability of the thetan to leave the body and exist independent of the flesh."

Scientology building, Hollywood.

Scientology, Dianetics and The Bridge
are trademarks and service marks owned by Religious Technology Center.

2007-10-03

Please Feel Secure

A security guard watches over the weekend crowd.

Dundas Square, Toronto.

2007-10-02

The Strip in a Minute

The other city that never sleeps.

Sixty second exposure, f/2.0, iso400.

Las Vegas

2007-10-01

The Strip Ends

Nothing says "class" quite like The Strip in daylight.

Las Vegas

I have broken the links to hundreds and hundreds of photos, which will take a long time to repair. The workaround is to replace "photo.matthewpiers" in the link URL with "matthewpiers.smugmug". Awkward, but only temporary.

This is happening because I have revamped matthewpiers dot com. More of what I write and photograph will be going there, so check it out as well.

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