iPhonography. I began some years ago using a iPhone 5S, often with the Schneider Optics macro lens attachment. Then, iPhone 7 Plus with various add-on lenses by both Ztylus and Moment. Currently, the iPhone 12 Pro Max, sometimes with the Moment macro lens attached. Favorite editing apps include Camera+2, Carbon, Hipstamatic, Instagram and Photos.
Discarded Book
Found in a drainage ditch. Some pages are shredded, all have been wet enough to start bleeding through to the other side of the page. This book is City of Fallen Angels, the 4th installment in the Mortal Instruments series of young adult fantasy novels.
Abandoned
Sunflower
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Mop Head
Bee on Flower
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Mexican Aster with Spider
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Southwestern Cosmos
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Mexican Hat with Indian Blanket
Common Yucca Blossoms
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Morning Glory
The wildflower known as Mexican Hat
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Black-eyed Susan with Spider
Indian Blanket
Nightshade
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Basketflower
Indian Blanket
Bluebonnet
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Bee on Milkweed
Texas stork's bill
Pink bluebonnet
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Smaller flower peeking out from Indian Blanket
Bluebonnet and barbed wire
The wildflower known as Indian Paintbrush
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Interior |
Two anemone |
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Daisy fleabane |
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Sand Beach, Acadia National Park
Balloon in canal The Navigli District, Milan
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From the terrace, Duomo, Milan
Sunflower
Mushrooms
Through the clouds |
Sunset |
Frost on Lamb's Ear
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Wink
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Spider on wildflower Spider on rose petal
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spider again |
Grasshoppers on Rose |
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Bluebonnet
Mueller Lake Park
Ring of Fire Sunset
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Wildflowers
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Horsemint |
The wildflower known as Mexican Hat |
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Daisy Fleabane |
Daisy fleabane |
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The flower below shows the abnormal growth known as fasciation.
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On the left, a normal example of the tiny wildflower known as daisy fleabane. On the right, an example exhibiting fasciation. I had to do a little research! From Wikipedia: "Fasciation... is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants... producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested, or elaborately contorted tissue."
Dandelion Seeds Scarlet Pimpernel
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Fallen roses Poinsettia Petals
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Interior of a Flower Wildflower
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Ice on Lamb's Ear Burned blank invoices
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Sunflower in motion
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milkweed
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Sculling on the River Arno
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Lungarno
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cactus flower
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cat's claw sensitive briar
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Ladybug
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celestial
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old farm implement
large cable spool
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scapegoat
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book
The pages of a rained-on, then dried-up, book.
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sharp
The nails are sharp.
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society
SOC on one rock, IETY on the other.
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fallen flags
These are two tiny flags that were probably used for July 4th decorations -- maybe attached to a kid's bike for the neighborhood parade. Now, in December, they rest, forgotten in the dirt. When I saw them, I thought of cheap patriotism. The kind of patriotism that displays itself only when convenient. I thought of the chicken-hawks -- politicians who, as young men, found ways to avoid serving in the Vietnam War, but having no qualms as older men about sending other young men to Afghanistan or Iraq. Or Kosovo. We have been at War for what, ten years now? People put We Support Our Troops yellow ribbon bumper stickers on their cars. But the only people who have sacrificed for these wars are the military personnel who have served -- and their families and friends who love them. The general public waves little flags on July 4th and then throws them away. |
in the woods
Walking around on a piece of undeveloped property, near a neighborhood, I found this chair and tree stump. |
the old fort
I also found this abandoned kids clubhouse. Or perhaps you would call it a fort. It doesn't have enough room for a homeless person to stretch out, so I do think it was put together by some children. A much better use of their time than xBox.
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Italy
I recently went to Florence, Italy and took very few of the usual "tourist photos." These small statuettes of the Madonna, with flowers and perhaps a candle, set into a nook on the outside of a building, are very common.
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graffiti
Lots of graffiti in Florence. To the left, some extra touches and an opinion added to a part of a large poster advertising an art exhibit. Above, political commentary. To the effect that communists, fascists and (can't translate the word!) are all in the hands of the same multinationals.
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A planter, with a succulent
I'm not sure what kind of succulent this is, but it certainly does make a nice head of hair.
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Dying raccoon
I found this raccoon dying on top of a recently decorated grave. He had apparently collapsed there and scratched out a shallow resting place. This poignant scene reminded me of the brevity of life.
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Abandoned sofa
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A Child's Grave
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All Is All (painted rocks found behind a middle school)
tree
Here a small tree growing in the middle of an old tire. The tire is one of many, all dumped in the woods near an abandoned building. Found on a warm, sunny day.
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tree
Here in central Texas, we call this tree a cedar, even tho it is a type of juniper. Again, we have a tree growing up thru the middle of a tire. How long does it take for a cedar to grow to this size? They are a fast growing tree, but, still! Found on a rare snowy day.
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flattened traffic cone
This flattened traffic cone looks like a candy corn.
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crown of thorns
Barbed wire coiled around fence. Made me think of the Crown of Thorns.
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late afternoon
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again, late afternoon
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A Poetic Relic
A grainy, low-light, no-flash, iPhone photo. I found this abandoned piece of patio furniture, a loveseat, sitting under a cluster of cedars on a still undeveloped piece of property here in my suburban neighborhood. I saw it and wondered: how did it get here? Did the trees, the brush grow up around it? Perhaps a couple sat in in when it was new and enjoyed the sun. Perhaps many, many times. Now, old, worn, crumbling, here it sits in deep, deep shade, empty and forgotten. Where is that couple now? Is one gone, passed into that undiscovered country, and the other sitting in deep, deep shade, alone and forgotten?
A personal favorite.
I found this broken side mirror while walking on a road near a major thoroughfare. The brokenness spoke to me. Even in this shattered state, it reflects the sky. And even in our own brokenness, we can still reveal beauty.
Here, I am looking down at the broken base of a statuette. If you look closely, you can see the feet in the lower left quadrant. I found this in a small wooded area. How long had it been there? Who knows?
Leaves
I took this photo in what passes for winter here in Central Texas. I walked a trail a few days after a heavy rain. The trail winds down a canyon with a creek. It was a mess, and a work crew had not been out there yet to clean it up. Sometimes a mess is more beautiful anyway.
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This mushroom reminds me of Mick Jagger's lips.
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