shiny new metal ducting runs up the side of an old brick apartment building and onto the roof, behind a brick chimney
a small homemade green birdhouse with an orange roof hangs from a leafless tree with dense pruned branches
telephoto #cmountlens #photography
while running errands on this lovely sunny day
2 dead yellow stalks cross with their long dead leaves curling forever on the left
looking up at an old stone statue looking up at the deep blue sky, surrounded by dark leafless tree limbs
looking towards the stone chapel atop a rise in the cemetery. the space between is littered with headstones and memorials, light and shadow, leafless trees and dead grass
looking up at the silhouette of an angel statue in profile, Angel Wing extended on the left
light pours down a wide salty road in the cemetery, overwhelming the old lens and bleeding out into the dark frame. the trees are empty and the grounds yellow and grey.
at least the snow is gone
@ mt. Auburn cemetery
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a brick highrise apartment building behind a huge dirty berm of snow at the edge of a parking lot. the windows gleam with silvery light
three identical brick towers in the distance behind a huge expanse of dirty piled up snow in a salt-dusted parking lot. a small bird is flying to the left of the buildings
a great moat of ice surrounds the towers (not rly)
#cmountlens #photography
a tattered flag on a bright white flagpole seen beneath a large curved tree
a tattered flag on a bright white flagpole seen beneath a large curved tree
close-up crop of all the different strips of a tattered flag flouncing in the breeze
another close-up crop of all the different strips of a tattered flag flouncing in the breeze
a flag in tatters
flying above a small park near the highway
#cmountlens #photography
looking through the glass on the side of a bus stop at the road and cars. some faded graffiti in white is visible, and 2 sheets of paper plastered to the glass that are old and scratched up behind legibility
looking up a snow-covered incline in a cemetery. a line of animal tracks runs down the left side
looking down at a snowy expanse in a cemetery. multiple sets of animal tracks can be seen in the center of the image
tracks in the snow
#cmountlens #photography
two identical old headstones with a green patina around the edge behind a small black iron fence in a very snow-covered cemetery
a carved stone path-marker almost completely buried in bright white snow
white enamel sign on a black cast-iron base reads "SPRUCE AVE" but all signs of the path have been erased by feet of snow. behind it on a slight rise are many old headstones, as far as the eye can see.
#cmountlens #photography
these are round because it's the full image circle projected by the lens onto the sensor. on a 16mm camera, the film gate would effectively crop out everything except a rectangle in the very center
but also: all lenses create round images, ofc. we just..like them square?
a footbridge to the vanishing point, covered in packed snow with the long shadow of one of the wooden handrails running directly down the center
looking down a busway on the ground floor of a cement parking arcade. sunlight on an external wall at the end reflects off windows along the left, and in a large puddle in the foreground on the right
perspectives
#cmountlens #photography
an agitated bluejay stands on a bush covered in half-a-foot of new snow. its crest is blowing in strong wind and it's beak is wide open as it screams into the storm.
storm jay had things to say
we heard it before we saw it, screaming in the snow and hopping from fence to bush and finally to the feeder, where it ate some seeds, screamed again, and then disappeared back into the blizzard
#cmountlens #photography #bluejay
a mountain of snow on top of red bricks. above it is a thicket of woody winter stems filled with house sparrows. above them is public art on top of tall poles: a black and white cow on one and an impressionistic tree on another
a mountain of snow in a bank parking lot. behind it can be seen many more snow berms
multiple snow covered yards are visible. a car or truck of some kind is buried on the right, behind the snow covered handle of a buried snow shovel. a bit of chainlink fence is visible at the bottom, with all of the spaces jammed full of snow.
looking down a long alleyway, filled with snow. garbage and recycling bins line the left side, half buried in snow. the wall visible behind them is plastered with snow. beyond them, a lone windshield wiper sticks up from a heap of snow, hinting at the car below.
long lens
heavy snow
#cmountlens #photography
a black fence and the thick white beside it extends to the vanishing point.
snow collects on a yellow/brown plant on a chainlink fence. dark bushes in the background are also flocked with snow
a white enamel sign reads "yarrow path" but the path has been erased by snow. behind the sign are many aged headstones and memorials, and farther back can be seen another white enamel sign, demarcating nothing except snowy erasure.
a dark road curves away to the left in front of a snow covered cemetery scene. the trees are all limned in snow and one in particular, in the center of the image , seems to be waving its snowy tentacle arms like an undercover cthulu.
a photo taken from the level of two sets of train tracks, meeting at the vanishing point. everything but the dark metal train track is covered in snow
looking up at the front edge of a bus stop. above in white block letters "MT. AUBURN STREET;" below, a series of stalactites going diagonally across the image, actively dripping/growing.
a walk
a respite
2 feet of snow coming. . .
#cmountlens #photography
photo of a large pile of shoveled snow against a backdrop of unshoveled snow completely erasing a set of stairs leading up to a house. to the right of the shoveled snow are two black curved metal armrests hinting at a completely submerged bench.
snow you know
#photography #cmountlens
an evergreen with snow-covered boughs above a snow covered peaked roof
thin snow covered branches in front of more of the same, but backlit. a black metal railing starts bottom right and goes away to the left, as far as the eye can see
a group of geese sleep in the water with their beaks tucked in. an overhanging branch is clotted with snow
sunlight hits a stack of snow on top of a dark leafless branch
it looks like this today
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a distant winter treeline, some barely visible houses, power poles and in the foreground, a blurry traffic light
a thin tree circled by a sinewy vine.
a silhouette of a person and their shadow on a bright frozen pond
a small red squirrel hurriedly grabs some red berries after a much larger grey squirrel got distracted from the same
Arlington reservoir yesterday
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bunches of fluffy strings of seeds on tall dry stalks. the one in focus in the middle looks like a cephalopod in profile
low shot of an icy stepping stone and two small rocks in a fine layer of icy snow
an old weathered watering can in rough scraped yellow paint and rust-red, on a wicker table next to the arm of a white "wicker" chair (its plastic)
++things on or near the front porch because its 20 outside++
second edition #photography #cmountlens
a jumble of old weathered memorials on various burial plots, dominated by a marble statue of a sphynx in the background
a weathered marble plaque on a memorial depicts a women sitting in a chair with her chin in her hand, beside a person in a bed. bright yellow leaves in the blurry background
a strange arrangement of headstones in bright sunlight
mt Auburn cemetery in the fall
#photography #cmountlens
a recently cleaned memorial urn on a plinth against a blurry backdrop of bright yellow fall foliage, backlit. a flare on the left and general lens flaws around the perimeter of the image-circle make the whole picture look like a cross-section of an eyeball, with the lens on the lower left .
in the eye of the beholder
#photography #cmountlens
a bright fall scene at an old cemetery. a person walks right carrying a canvas bag on their shoulder
looking up at a weathered statue that appears (from this angle) to be walking quickly to the right, carrying a bag on its shoulder
places to go people to be
#photography #cmountlens
fall light fights through bright yellow leaves and lays across a large main branch curving upward. the top of a marble cross is visible bottom right
looking up at an old weathered carved stone urn backed by the superbright redorange blur of fall foliage. the "eternal flame" on top of the urn is lit by a shaft of sunlight
fall light at mt. auburn cemetery 2 days ago
#photography #cmountlens
*it's not fisheye. its a lens made in the 60s for a 16mm film gate, much smaller than the sensor in my camera. so im capturing the entire image circle (EVERY lens casts a circular image ofc, our devices crop it...by tradition?)
a stone angel in profile amongst the last of the bright red leaves
3 statues dwarfed by an epic fall tree exploding with yellow leaves in the blurry background
photo of an intersection, with a 96 bus heading towards the camera
another photo of an intersection, with a 96 bus stopped at a light facing the camera and a car pulling out in front of it.
3 dried leaves on a thin purple twig against a blurry bright orange background of fall foliage
bright purple fuzzy flowers all cluster together in the sunlight
tiny white dry flowers on dead sticks
beyond a screen of birch trees, a spray of small orange berries catches the light
blurry road signs crowded on the right one speed limit sign with bright yellow matches tiny bright yellow leaves on a tree in focus in the background
folded striped grey and solid blue umbrellas in an outdoor eating area surrounded by old brick buildings and in the background one tall tree in green and yellow fall colors
a weathered public art object in the shape of a large new England style house on the top of a tall pole is surrounded by fall foliage
the tops of three trees compete in yellows reds and greens against a blue sky, crossed by dark blurry transmission lines in the foreground.
deep red/purple leaves on bountiful display, mostly obscuring a white metal parking sign
looking through multiple layers of treetops in yellow and green to a distant american flag fully extended in a breeze. behind is a huge bank of super white fluffy clouds
bright red yellow and green leaves invade the image from bottom left consuming a distant brick wall
earlier today running errands in Davis square
#city #fall
#photography #cmountlens
a picture of bubbles floating around in front of a huge marble memorial pedestal where people are sitting and holding signs. the most prominent reads "MAGA is FASCISM"
