Day 46: Funny Furry Faces
by cgino

Comment:
OK, THAT is brilliant. I LOVE it. Um, how many cats DO you have? There are a few duplicates in there, right? Maybe I shouldn't let my kids see this -- I'm always telling them that we can't get a kitten because we already have three cats....

50Day46: 51st and 10th
by citymars

Comment:
Great shot, with wonderful detail. As with all of your urban shots, there's so much to look at that I can get engrossed in looking at this photo like I can when I'm reading a story.

There goes the neighborhood indeed! It's funny... our circumstances are so COMPLETELY different, but the something similar is happening here. I was born and brought up and still live in a rural area, part historical, part touristy, part bedroom community for the many employees of the major national park that's right next door. VERY rural ... not a single traffic light or even an incorporated area in my entire county. Now we have people coming over from the Bay Area to retire, or up from LA to get away from the noise, or even up out of the valley to enroll their kids in our good, safe schools, and these are not the kind of people who've lived here for the past hundred years. They don't like old cars, they think 5 acres is an ENORMOUS stretch of land and who could POSSIBLY use any more than that, and (most importantly) they have far, far more money at their disposal than even the wealthier families who were here before they came. So the landscape is changing completely, from big ranches interspersed with little old houses, to one new "planned development" after another. Average home prices have shot up from $100K to $400K or $500K in the space of five years. So yeah. You're in Hell's Kitchen and I'm in hickville but the end result is the same: There goes the neighborhood.

Day-47.jpg
by Ken

Comment:
oh my GOSH. This is fabulous. WOW. I have GOT to try this HDR thing. :)

Day No. 47
by Germaine

Comment:
great 'mood' shot. Ugh, I can smell the smoke.

48day5198
by Pug-H

Comment:
The detail in the wing is so vivid that it looks like it's lit up from within. Gorgeous.

50Day47: River View at Dusk
by citymars

Comment:
feels grim and kind of... sad. I'm not sure why, maybe it's the haze. Nice evocative shot.

White Crane
by Alicia

Comment:
love the detail in the bricks and the vivid colors.

Meet Brooks (Day 47)
by karmat

Comment:
whoo, what a boy! :) I love your description of him, and the photo goes with it perfectly.

day 47 - imperial barbecue
by rachelellen

Comment:
ah, but the guy who looks like Darth Vader with yellow hands is actually the Emperor. If you look carefully you see that he's wearing a hood, not a helmet.

time out in the naughty corner!!
by roz

Comment:
LOVE this. She's a good little actress -- she looks so penitent. Love the light too. One of my favorites of yours!