Old Sign

An old sign at the Post Office.
Taken on December 30th, 2006

Service Box

A service box at the end of my apartment building filled with stuff.
Taken on December 19th, 2006

Wood Steak

A piece of wood on a grill.
Taken on December 19th, 2006

Flat Tire and Flare

A flat tire on a truck parked in front of my apartment.
This is one of the few times I've seen lens flare with this camera.
Taken on December 12th, 2006

Paint on Pavement 1

White paint on pavement.
It looks rather abstract.
Taken on December 12th, 2006

Blue Silicone

Some blue silicone that spilled onto the pavement years ago.
Taken on December 19th, 2006

Graffiti 6

Who? Found this on the back of my apartment building.
Taken on December 15th, 2006

Cable and roots

A cable laying across the roots of a large tree.
Taken on December 6th, 2006

Graffiti 5

Numbers on the side of an apartment building.
Taken on December 6th, 2006

Cable TV

The Cable TV distribution box on the back of an apartment building.
For some reason most of the ones I see are open.
Taken on December 10th, 2006

Safety First

An empty red box on the back of an apartment building that looks like it is supposed to hold a fire extinguisher.
Taken on December 11th, 2006

Graffiti 4

Some graffiti on the side of an apartment building in my complex.
I used the red channel to bring out the colorful graffiti on red brick.
Taken on November 27th, 2006

Broken TV

A broken TV.
Taken on December 11th, 2006

Gas Meter

This is going to be a longer post with several images and some discussion.
Feel free to skip it all and just click for the previous image.

The gas meter for the apartment complex I live in.
I used a cheap plastic auxiliary telephoto lens backwards.
It almost looks like a Holga shot.
The pipes in this picture are just to the left of where the camera is.
Taken on December 10th, 2006

The Apple QuickTake camera is a very simple digital camera. It has a fixed focal length lens and no focus. To make pictures more interesting I have been experimenting with some cheap plastic auxiliary lenses that came in a bag of stuff with another camera. There is a telephoto and a wide angle lens. Removed from their mount and held in front of the QuickTake lens they make interesting pictures. Reversed they make strange pictures. Below are four pictures taken just a little bit back from the picture above. I used a tripod so the cammera did not move between each shot.

Normal as seen by the camera alone.

With the wide angle lens.

With the telephoto lens.

With the telephoto lens Reversed. Using the Telephoto lens like this makes some interesting pictures.

Graffiti 3

Some graffiti on the side of an apartment building in my complex.
Surprisingly the Green channel made this one more interesting.
Taken on November 28th, 2006

Banister

A banister laying in the leaves.
Taken on December 6th, 2006

Wood Trash

Wood trash piled up next to an apartment building in my complex.
It looks like it might be from the recent roof repairs.
Taken on November 28th, 2006

Yellow Arrow

A yellow arrow painted on pavement outside my apartment.
Taken on 2006-12-06

Pipes

Some pipes sticking out of a concrete pad.
Taken on December 2nd, 2006

Graffiti 2

Some graffiti on the side of an apartment building in my complex.
I used the red channel to bring out the colorful graffiti on red brick.
Taken on November 27th, 2006

Shingle

An old shingle left over from when they re-shingled the roof a while ago.
Taken on November 27th, 2006