On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 7:02 PM, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I threw this into a DGRIN challenge on smugmug - at least, I think I did... > it was so f'ing confusing I'm not > sure the shot got in... the theme was clarity or diffusion... guess which > one I took :-) > > > http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/6668550_NAGh5/1/426449740_cu6qM/Large > > > Yesterday, while maniacs were storming Walmart and trampling clerks (some > poor clerk was actually stomped to > death by a mob of bargain seekers! ) I took a very empty subway train ride > downtown to a friend's office near > Wall street and then elsewehre to dinner... at 3:30 in the P.m.in New York, > there was almost no one on the train... > Before I took the shot, above, I took this one... yes, I was the only > person in that car of the subway... amazing > considering what day it was. > > http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/6668550_NAGh5/1/426933954_Pd5km/Large > > also interesting (or not) is that the W train is going to be removed from > the system - I'm not sure which > "W" will go first, the really famous one or this little train. > > The w was one of the trains on what we used to call the BMT - It runs down > Broadway underground - The N and R are > to stay in service. But Courtland street station has not been reopened > since 9/11 - though the station is lit... > I just recently, for the first time, took this line downtown... I hoped to > get a shot of the ghost station... it didn't quite work > as I thought it would... but I'm kinda pleased with it... whether I get past > the first tier of the dgrin challenge remains to > be seen -- I really hate the way the forum is set up ... they have some many > bells and whistles it ain't so user friendly. > > comments most definitely appreciated... kinda having a loney weekend
I don't know why I like or dislike certain photos, but I'll tell you this: I like both of these, but the second one is much more satisfying to me. Again, I can't say why in this case, it's just a feeling I get when I look at it. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
