Mother Nature, and still the best.
Shot just now through my window glass, 8:00pm, at f/3.5 for .1282sec, or just over 1/8th of a second exposure.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Cat and Mouse armour from jeffdeboer.com
From his website:
"Jeff de Boer was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1963, the fourth child of Dutch immigrants Andy and Maria de Boer. Being that his father was a professional tin smith, Jeff grew up exposed to the endless possibilities of metal. From the age of five, he knew that he wanted to be an artist."
Amazing.
See the whole collection here:
Frida recommends ClockTower PetServe
Amateur or professional, for fee or for free, we (heart) our animal roommates!
If you have a pet (or even if you don’t) and you need or would like to offer helpful services like walking, feeding, grooming or just hanging out with a new four-legged friend, this is your place to connect.
Hit me up (Contact) and I’ll post your offer or request for services (BuySellTrade) with your email address so you can be contacted directly.
Frida
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Another brick in
A small chapter in the age-old battle between art and commerce was settled a few years ago when “The Wall”, a Soho landmark art installation at 599 Broadway corner of Houston was returned to its rightful place, albeit 18 feet higher.
You can read the entire story here:
Basically this was about a large brick wall in a busy Soho intersection unable to sell advertising space because the art covered the exterior square footage.
From the NYTimes:
“The original owner of 599 Broadway, Charles Tannenbaum, commissioned [the] work as a way of disguising an eyesore — naked joists that once were attached to a neighboring building that had been torn down. As its reputation grew, it became known as “The Gateway to SoHo.”
Installed in 1973, it was taken down for building repairs in 2002 but the reinstallation was blocked by the building owners. A seven year trip through the federal courts (sigh) and everyone agreed to put it back 18 feet higher so sidewalk level advertising could produce a revenue stream projected at $600,000 a year.
You can still see the vestigial sawn-off stubs of the “eyesore joists” that compelled this commission in the first place.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Recession Forecast
There’s always light......
At the end of the tunnel.
With a bit of rain, today.
138th Street Third Avenue Station (to Alexander Avenue at East 138th Street) opened on January 17, 1919.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Just in case, y'know
The computer monitor you are reading uses the RGB “additive color model” to draft the colors you see, it adds red green and blue together in various combinations (RGB duh) to create a wide range of tint and shade. (Tint is any color plus white, shade is any color plus black. Accordingly, seafoam green is a tint of teal while navy is shade of blue, got it?)
From Wikipedia:
”The main purpose of the RGB color model is for the sensing, representation, and display of images in electronic systems, such as televisions and computers.............”
Every color in the RGB color system has a six integer ID and the eyedropper tool in PhotoShop can identify them. What better example than our own Maria’s Tire Shop?..... a retail presentation along Morris at 139th based on the old “too much is not enough!” model.
This is just in case, y’know....... you want to paint your loft to look like Maria’s. lol
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