“artists are those who can evade the verbose” ― haruki murakami, kafka on the shore

“artists are those who can evade the verbose” ― haruki murakami, kafka on the shore

“break on through to the other side” – the doors

do you dare
open the door
or, are you
running?
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – door)
(and for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at 85mm, ISO200, 1/160s at f/6.3 and edited in lightroom cc, and analog efex pro 2 with wet plate filter number nine, break on through*

“lost in the wild
so come to me now
I could use someone like you“
lyrics to psycho by muse
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – muse)
*enough said*

red cooked pig’s tripe with ginger (page 977)
orange sorbet with tokay (page 653)
yellow beans (page 140)
green papaya and peanut salad (page 986-7)
blue eye cutlets with cumin (page 459)
indian inspired spice paste for small birds (page 814)
violet oon’s chilli lobster (page 873)
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – roy g biv)
(and for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)
*shot right now with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at 145mm, ISO6400, f/4 and 1/125s, no edits, no indigo food in index*
“It’s big and it’s bland, full of tension and fear.
They do it over there but we don’t do it here.”
lyrics from “fashion” by david bowie

off season
low season
unseason(able)
off season / in need
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – off season)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at 135mm, ISO200, 1/200s at f/7.1, second hand dreams*
"all the robots descend from the bus" - daft punk is playing in my house, lcd soundsystem
(city of london, window dressing)
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – vivid)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at 200mm, ISO450, 1/125s and f/4, edited in lightroom cc and color efex pro 4, who’s playing in your house?*
vivid on belgianstreets
"we are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side” ― kahlil gibran
(street art, covered passage off denisova, olomouc)
twists and turns
false paths and blind alleys
fate turns
so, when on the way
there really is just one
way
and it is right in front of
you
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – on the way)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO200, 1/60s and f/2.2, edited in lightroom cc, the way is clear”
on the way on belgianstreets
on the way on belgradestreets

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – broken)
*shot with nikon d700 and 85mm f/1.8 lens at ISO200, 1/200s and f/7.1 edited in lightroom cc and photoshop cc with words written in iA Writer Pro, promises promises*
broken on belgianstreets
broken on belgradestreets
“i was enveloped in numbness, and absence of feeling so deep the bottom was lost from view” ― haruki murakami, the wind-up bird chronicle
enveloped in pain
by something that knows
no name
don't give it house room
turn up the
volume
and just
dance
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – enveloped)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 70-200m f/4 lens at 1/250s and f/8, no edits*