Wanderings

Yesterday, my good friend, Del, and I hit the streets of Seattle. Our destination de jour was the Smith Tower, but we ended up making a great big loop of downtown, too. I ended up with quite a few pictures that I liked. Nice huh? Rather than one really, really long string of pictures I have broken them into four groups, this one here (the Wanderings), Smith Tower, Arctic Brrr?, and Variations of a Coffee Shop in D.

The pictures below were all taken with the Nikon D80, using my 18-55mm lens. I didn't use any filters, polarizers or cokin gear. I am still trying to figure out my "style" and I don't really know what direction I am going in. Does it matter? Nah, I am still having fun and enjoying the discovery process.

Store Front
The reflections in the window caught my eye.

Phad woon sen

The different colors of this lovely Thai dish were interesting to me. At first, I tried taking the picture from a different angle (facing the wall), but it was too boring, so I shifted my perspective a bit. Much more interesting background now, eh?

Eww.

The gum wall. I never knew it existed... did you? It took me a few minutes to get over my germaphobe ways and subsequent photographic mental block, but I did end up having fun snapping a few pictures here.

And here it is in color...

The Alley

The lighting was tough here. I didn't bring a tripod, and there was no way I would be leaning myself or my precious (clean!) camera on the walls in Pike Place for stability. I intentionally underexposed this shot to be able to have a pretty fast shutter speed. The darkness worked in my favor.