Rest Stop

Have a busy few weeks ahead so will probably be taking a break from here. And with that a “rest stop” seems reasonably appropriate as a theme. Sitting waiting for (yet another) flight at the airport, seeing if I could find something to shoot without having to move.

No message or story or commentary here. Just graphic elements.


Artsy

Perusing some images and came across this from the lake last summer. Had meant to do something with it but it fill into the pile. Had always intended for this type of treatment as it suits the atmosphere of the shot. Just a pale, cool, low hanging mist.

Quite a departure from the modern urban jungle posts that precede it.


The Renaissance

From one group of towers to another. Previous post had the twisters from Mississauga. Below is the incredible quintet of architecture in downtown Detroit known as GM Renaissance Center. It consists of a central tower surrounded by four smaller siblings. My hotel was directly across from it on the Windsor side. Would have been very cool to see the grounds up close. Amazing, futuristic looking structure so I went with that feeling on this two images.

The first is from my hotel window, with the reflection of the morning sun cast into the water and snaking its way towards me.


The second is a straight on shot from the boardwalk, with an icy cool monochrome to set off the Jetsons-like design of the towers.

Twisted

During a previous trip to Toronto (well, Mississauga… but it sounds better saying “Toronto”) I drove past these really cool condos being constructed near Square One mall.


Kicking myself that I didn’t have my camera with me (fat lot of good it was doing me back at the hotel) I made a mental note to come back and play. Had some time this evening to do just that. With all those lines and curves there are plenty of options but I knew I wanted to grab some abstract details.





Dr. Seuss, anyone?

ADDENDUM: The good folks at Design.org picked up this series of photos on their blog.

Irony?

I don’t know if “Irony” is the right title for this post. “Then and Now” maybe? Regardless, I took this off-the-cuff shot today whilst waiting for my flight. I thought it humorous to see this guy so absorbed in his PDA, with his laptop open beside him, amidst a bank of unoccupied payphones.

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