8:46AM, 10/28/2009 - Accidental Tableaux #2

Last Wednesday it drizzled pretty much all day. A little rain isn’t going to keep me from pulling out my trusty G10 and shooting. Rain brings out deeper tones and saturated colors while giving a specularity to things we normally associate as being visually flat, especially root vegetables which are covered with a dusting of earth. I tried Googling it but I can’t find a scientific explanation for why this is. I know it has something to do with the optical nature of H2O. It must be when light passes through or is reflected off a thin film of water. Let me know if you have the answer.

And, that carrot on the ground? It was out of frame until a group of people passed by and someone kicked it into my field of view. Without that carrot, it’s a different shot.

3:00PM 6/24/09

Bin of Bing Cherries, Union Square Market, NYC – 3:00PM, Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Sometimes I just hang around a piece of fruit until it gives me something I can use.

(Random note to self: So much rain. The total New York City rainfall from June 1 – June 24 is 8.65 inches. That’s 5.60 inches above normal so far and we’re not done with June. We’ve had rain 20 of the first 24 days this month… No wonder everything tastes waterlogged. Hey, where’s summer?)