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I know one of our readers is tired of South Congress Ave. but during daylight hours, on a Saturday afternoon, the area is hopping with vendors, tourists, Austinites, Typewriter Rodeo people and more tourists. Not so all over Austin where people are mostly in their cars.
It was a balmy, sleepy day yesterday and I swam hard in the morning. I made the mistake, right after lunch, of collapsing onto the couch in the living room to take a quick nap. But I slept too long and woke up groggy and slow moving. I really didn't have the time/energy/desire to spend time exploring a new destination so I defaulted to a visually rich area in order to take a walk and, as I am wont to do, snap a few pictures with a new lens.
Sorry disgruntled reader!
These are the frames I liked in the moment.
7 comments:
Bravo! The lighting of the first image is sublime.
YAY!
If South Congress is where the interesting subjects are, South Congress is the place to go to take pictures. I like them.
People pass off a lot of lousy snapshots as "street photography" but your images are what street photography should be. The middle picture of the woman in the hat is terrific. Talk about a story: the harried waitress in the background and the snooty rich patron at the table! (She's probably a very nice lady).
Lovely. Was just thinking about how weird instagram has become with streetphotos mostly being back of head shots. Then decided to see if you had any new posts. The contrast was wonderful.
I've visited Austin and South Congress often enough to know exactly where you shot the first photo. Given the subject, pose, and lighting, I do wish I had been there instead of you but am thankful you had the grace to share your good fortune.
great images and i also really like the story you reference, not so commonly reprinted now, i think of it many times when i am out walking : )
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