It's a small town and on that Friday afternoon before a big holiday things were quiet, but with a distinct promise of activity to come. After a glass of wine, lunch, and a chapter of East of Eden at McGregor's, I set about with my camera. I visited the oldest lighthouse in continuous use in the U.S. and snapped a few shots of the bay and some ducks. Pleasant, but not too interesting.
At the end of the bayside Promanade, however, I found a carnival in wait. The rides sat still and the games hid behind vinyl covers. The food stands had yet to have sizzling vats of fried this and that.
Now, photos of carnivals at night are way fun to take. With all the lights, long exposures can create gorgeous effects. But, it being 5pm in July, and having already explored much of the city in the 85 degree heat with a heavy bag, I wasn't really in the mood to hang around four hours until sufficient night fell. Instead, I went about capturing the carnival in its unnatural stillness.
From there I moved on to the ferris wheel, bumper cars, and more. In tomorrow's post...
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5 comments:
Samurai are awesome, even when they're gigantic mechanized amusement thingies.
I really like the last picture. It's all nubby. And horrah for seeking out a change of pace (and for EAST OF EDEN! Is it changing your life a little bit?).
I thought you'd like that Mr. J. ;)
I like the nubby lights, too, Tdog, which is why I put them in my banner! And East of Eden is a wonderful book. Change my life? maybe. It definitely has shaken up my conceptions of books with that epic quality, plots that span generations. The transitions are so smooth that I'm not questioning the relevancy and connection at all. The writing is subtly, but amazingly, gorgeous.
Not to go off on a tangent, but I read The Winter of Our Discontent a couple months ago. Also wonderful, though in a different way.
I love all the new photos and especially the new banner Beef!
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