Saturday, February 11, 2017

Chilly, Windy Evening on Shades Mountain

On the evening of January 31, Gary and I met in the parking lot of First Church of the Nazarene atop Shades Mountain. The wind makes my little Sony shake around a lot, so getting good images is tough. Maybe I should take that big camera strap off in the wind, since it acts like a sail. During a couple of calm moments, I came away with a shot or two.

Steeple and Stars
(First Church of the Nazarene)

Steeple and Stars






Evening Settles on Samford University

Evening Settles on Samford

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Homewood Neon

We did a little Tuesday night tour of Homewood, Alabama, looking for neon and other things of interest. 

Enjoy the neon:
Open Nails


Whole Dog Market Neon


Dave's Pizza


PT's of SOHO

And a couple of other interesting things: 

Whole Dog Market was NOT open, regardless of what their neon said. Besides, I do NOT think my dog would wash herself, even if she saw others doing it.
Whole Dog Market

The weather was a little chilly for al fresco dining.
Chilly Evening in Homewood

Monday, February 6, 2017

Samford After Sundown

"Samford After Sundown" is the name given to a set of classes offered to the community in the evening, so working adults and others will have an opportunity to further themselves in various areas, including photography. I took several classes there years ago and thoroughly enjoyed them and learned a lot. It is also an appropriate description of a photo outing Gary and I took during January. Enjoy. Click the photo for a closer look in Flickr.

Samford University at Night 4

Samford University at Night 1

Samford University at Night 3

Friday, February 3, 2017

Behind Sloss at Night

Need to catch the blog up with my Flickr stuff, so over the next few days I'll put up some posts from earlier in January.

On January 10, Gary and I went to a little place behind Sloss Furnace and tried to get some shots from a different angle than usual. The wind was whipping around so much it was hard to get any decent long exposures, but a couple came out okay.

Got a jet taking off in the first one.

Behind Sloss at Night

A little different view of part of the Birmingham skyline.

Birmingham from Behind Sloss at Night