{"id":1253,"date":"2009-09-01T21:10:33","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T07:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lundgrenphotos.com\/blog\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2009-10-07T10:19:05","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T20:19:05","slug":"photo-of-the-day-september-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lundgrenphotos.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/09\/01\/photo-of-the-day-september-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO OF THE DAY – September 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLLECTIONS: LAMPPOSTS<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

There are times when I think my head is in the clouds!<\/p>\n

I have this tendency to look up – a lot! Not only as part of my outlook on life, but when I photograph as well. Why always look straight ahead when there is so much to see above? Of course, for me that’s not too hard to do since I am a bit vertically challenged at only 5’2″.<\/p>\n

While I look down a lot as well, and photograph much at ground level or laying on the ground, up provides interest and perspective uncommon to everyday life. Up is good.<\/p>\n

Today’s images aren’t necessarily a reflection of ‘up’, but they are about things that are above us. I have been gathering an assortment of lampposts . . . and it seemed appropriate to put them into a collection and share. These are a few taken recently.<\/p>\n

\"street

street lamps at Gelson's Market<\/p><\/div>\n

\"from

from the Calle Reale Marketplace<\/p><\/div>\n

\"also

also from the Calle Reale Marketplace in Goleta<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Stearn's

Stearn's Wharf lamppost<\/p><\/div>\n

\"from

from the Santa Barbara Train Station<\/p><\/div>\n

\"another

another view of the Santa Barbara Train Station lamppost<\/p><\/div>\n

\"shadows

shadows created by the train station lamppost - looking down is good too!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"from

from the Getty Center<\/p><\/div>\n

\"a

a creative capture in San Diego<\/p><\/div>\n

Why is it that these lampposts capture my attention?<\/p>\n

I cannot answer this one precisely – perhaps it is the shape against a deep blue sky, perhaps it is the contrast of shape against solid, perhaps because most of us take these things for granted, perhaps it is because I am a little weird and like taking photographs of the mundane, the overlooked, the everyday life things – I do the same with doors and windows a street numbers; weather vanes, chimneys and steeples; signs, shadows and other sundry architectural details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COLLECTIONS: LAMPPOSTS<\/p>\n

There are times when I think my head is in the clouds!<\/p>\n

I have this tendency to look up – a lot! Not only as part of my outlook on life, but when I photograph as well. Why always look straight ahead when there is so much to see above? Of course, for […]<\/p>\n

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