The Seattle Library is a beautiful building and it took all my power to not tilt the camera even the slightest to show more of it. It wouldn’t be in keeping with Straight Up.
Seattle Library
Author: Cam
Fifth Avenue at 32nd Street
While making this image a passerby chucked the remnants of a Super Slurpie into the stinky trash bin near the camera–it splashed out and almost soiled the lens two feet below. Hazards of the process. The Empire State building sneaks in from the bottom left, but I like the bird. This daily post is for Jared, Sandy, and Rebecca (who I hope made her flight safely back to Amsterdam).
Union Square New York
The Metronome sculpture is quite intriguing on the south side of 14th St on Union Square in Manhattan. I love the hand and opted to leave the bicycle handle bar in the frame. (I did have to move a stinky garbage can to make room for the camera).
Chinatown
My roommate works for HSBC. I though he might like this photo from San Francisco’s Chinatown. He didn’t.
Gothic Rocket
Seriously? This was obvious, but incredibly difficult to get directly underneath. Maybe a Raygun laser would have helped.
Rainier Building
My original thought was to photograph straight up from street corners–a public place accessible to all. This changed in Seattle when I sought refuge from the onslaught of rain. Luckily the Rainier Building, mid-block and seemingly perched on a small curving pedestal, came to the rescue. I have no problem photographing from the middle of the block now.