Aug 29, 2011

9th street community garden

The community garden on 9th and Ave C is easily my favorite garden in the city. (Unfortunately, the mosquitoes love it too.) I first came across it in October of last year and shared it in this post, which at the time, was one of my favorite posts to put together.

Well, here it is again in black and white film (35mm). I'm amazed the focus on these is OK because I'm really terrible at focusing with my Minolta. I squint and hope for the best.

The garden is still quite lovely without color. Looks like my next reasonable step would be to shoot it in color film. :)

9 comments :

  1. I love love love the chair shot with the bokeh background and the last photo also. I know you were trying to wean yourself off bokeh at one point, but it's too lovely!!! Great to see how beautiful a garden can look in black and white.

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  2. these are beautiful shots (as always!). and thanks so much for your jewelry order, alice! I'll wait another day or two to make sure it arrives after the 1st, and will follow up with a tracking number at that time. hope you have a great day!

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  3. The photos are too cute. Especially love the one with the birdhouse.

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  4. Gorgeous photos, Alice! :) I actually attended a farm dinner here last year by the organization Outstanding in the Field! Check it out here: http://www.four-tines.com/2010/09/feasts-affairs-oustanding-in-field-nyc.html

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  5. Oh my, what a fairytale of a place... hehe your "squint and hope" technique did good!

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  6. such gorgeous images...you should definitely shoot it in colour film ;)

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  7. are you kidding me? this is amazing. so lovely.

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  8. gorgeous, I love the last shot :)

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