Monthly Archives: September 2010
always as before
– photo by Mitch Waxman All along the Hell Gate Extension tracks which snake across Astoria, one may find spots which are favored by the local flocks of Pigeons for use as a latrine. How or why these spots are … Continue reading
…from the landward side…
– photo by Mitch Waxman from “The Horror at Red Hook” by H.P. Lovecraft That same June evening, without having heard a word from the sea, Malone was desperately busy among the alleys of Red Hook. A sudden stir seemed … Continue reading
involuntary marching
– photo by Mitch Waxman from “the Terrible Old Man” by H.P. Lovecraft The inhabitants of Kingsport say and think many things about the Terrible Old Man which generally keep him safe from the attention of gentlemen like Mr. Ricci … Continue reading
weird perfumes
– photo by Mitch Waxman from the “Shadow over Innsmouth” by H.P. Lovecraft As for the Innsmouth people – the youth hardly knew what to make of them. They were as furtive and seldom seen as animals that live in … Continue reading
Nuts
at the Central Park Zoo – photo by Mitch Waxman There really is nothing to say on this one.
many, and varied
at the Central Park Zoo – photo by Mitch Waxman Curious variation and variegation typifies the avian specie. Its ability to specialize and concurrently speciate around those adaptations is surely one of the great wonders of the world. Would that … Continue reading
presiding dryads
at the Central Park Zoo – photo by Mitch Waxman As you are reading this, a feverish effort by your humble narrator to tuck the household into neat little boxes is under way. Glorious secretions of treasure and exertions of … Continue reading
dusk of the corridor
at the Central Park Zoo – photo by Mitch Waxman Using the same vignette technique discussed yesterday, but this time with a distant focus and lowered POV. Notice how the birds seem to take on gargantuan size, as if they … Continue reading
a chaotic whirl
at the Central Park Zoo – photo by Mitch Waxman It is a difficult proposition, shooting into what is essentially a giant fish tank, which is out doors and in the presence of a crowd. I experimented with extending the … Continue reading
immundane and ethereal
at the Central Park Zoo – photo by Mitch Waxman The inch thick glass precluded transmission of sound, more for the protection of the arctic and subarctic specimens within I would imagine, but I’m sure the call of this penguin … Continue reading
Newtown Pentacle, too 