Random Photos

It's time for another mixed photo post as it's been ages since the last one. Over the past few months I've been collecting photos about scenes and things I saw interesting. My main focus has been on keeping the camera straight and also taking macro photos. The first one still needs practicing as what I see good at the scene turns out to be slanted once I get home and check it on the laptop. Macro is macro, you take several shots and pray that one or two will be ok. I'd say macro is not difficult for me, but occasionally I get some that are out of focus.

This scene is always fascinating me. Obviously the original is not black and white, I made it to be, to make the eye focus on the details. This bookshelf is in the open air, you can borrow books and also leave books on the shelves. It's a good idea but would be great to see people respect these copies more. This is already a trend, I keep seeing it in major cities.

My photo editor is playing pranks on me. The photo was not this dark when I edited it, but once uploaded on PeakD, seems darker. Let's see what it will look like after publishing the post.

Yeah, some really odd shots today, like this one for example. I took this photo at the beginning of the month, when one day was snowing. This beer can was left on the concrete ledge, covered by snow. It was left as you see it on the photo, I did not move it, but I found it interesting, I mean the setup.

This was another odd one. When I first saw it, my first thought was suicide. Don't ask me why as I'm not suicidal, have never been and I hope it stays that way. But when I saw this big rock, I thought of those movies in which people hang a big rock to their neck and jump in the water. Stupid, I know. Now you may ask what on earth this rock serves for and why it is chained to ... whatever it is chained to. Well, this rock is sitting on the sidewalk, stopping cars from being parked there.

Buds are now a thing and I hope to be in the near future, without freezing to death. It's time for nature to wake up. Enough with the gloomy days. I want buds, flowers and blue sky.

Feeding birds is forbidden here, but that does not stop anyone from doing it. This lady was very generous with the pigeons. I don't know what she was eating, most likely a croissant or something similar, but she was kind enough to share it with the birds.

Another one, but I think I like the previous one better.

This is a tree I'm photographing very often, but only during winter, when the leaves have already fallen off. The truth is, I had to make it black and white as it was overcast and without a blue sky, this was the only option. Looks better when the sky is blue though.

My wood obsession kicked in again and here it is, a nice piece. Nice in my eyes I mean as you most likely see something different than me.

Another obsession of mine is this narrowing view. I love it and anytime I have the occasion to take a photo of such view, I can't miss it.

And a last one, black and white stairs and the brick entrance to the fortress.

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