On the glare - I had a discussion once with someone who does 3D modeling - that majority of the problems they face seem to be getting good glare - and photographers spend a lot of time trying to kill them off. (edit - them being the glare not the 3d modelers)
I had a polariser on for that shot, and actually chose the glare I was getting - it was a shiny, brand new bike - on a summers evening, it's supposed to have some glare! I moved it around so that the words were obscured and revealed the way that I wanted them and tried to remove myself from the reflections as much as possible. Mainly I wanted the 'low rider' to be emphasized.
and yes, I still shoot meters - the patterns still jump out at me - this time because of the red notices within the patterns. Probably not that interesting though...
The Lone star shadow shot is part of an on-going project to shoot the various starts cluttering up Texas. I've been a bit too literal on this
in the past, doing very 'straight on' records of stars so I'm trying to
do something a bit more interesting.
The rest of the star shots so far can be seen here though its really still early days.
i like the hydrant as well...but my favorite is the stop sign. That just awesome in my opinion. Maybe im just a sucker for atmospheric shots, but it's cool. The meter shot is sweet as well. Good job.
I really like the hydrant because of the lighting, detail, and DOF you chose. great image. I also like the Star shadow.
Nice captures. Keep taking walks, but not inside the capitol building!
