Lunchtime saw a brief sojourn through some new streets which yielded a shot of three buildings I’ve photographed before but at new angles and one of my favorite flower photos to date.  The weather was beautiful, clear and bright, which made it optimal conditions to try out my new polarizing filter.  I’m very pleased with the results.

The top picture, while not having a stellar composition, really pops and the spray painted sign tickles my juvenile side (on Flickr it is titled “Middle School”).  The second is of that church I am so found of but this time looking uptown at it against the Fox 61 building, otherwise known as “Stilts”.  The rose was found thriving above the I-84 underpass among dead grass and concrete.  I love the effect that the filter gave the background, dark and impressionistic.