2006: The Year in Black & White

[priller]

After getting inspired by "Nick Danger", I started looking through my photos from this year. But limiting it to photos I hadn't already posted, whew, that was going to be tough. But I've been messing around with b&w processing a lot lately, so I thought that would make a good theme for my retrospective.

January - Some unfinished highway construction. The three upright supports reminded me of paintings of Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified (although that was not at all in my mind when I took the photo).




February - A church in downtown Austin. Actually in the middle of a lot of buildings, but this angle makes it look as if it were remote.




March - A little statue I picked up in Tulum, Mexico. Just a trinket, but I like the way it looks.




April - My cat Mojito looking out the window at my apartment.




May - An old windmill, somewhere deep in the heart of Texas.




June - Statue at the Blanton museum in Austin.




July - Buffalo at Yellowstone National Park.




August - Sorry for another kitty photo, but I like this one.




September - Believe it or not, I took almost no photos during September, certainly not any that were candidates for b&w. I was incredibly busy with work, with moving to a new apartment with Cindy, etc, etc. So this is a photo I like from from July, when my son Garrett was visiting for a month. Here he is foolin' with the guitar, with the famous cap.




October - Took almost no photos in October, too. This is from the 30th, when Cindy and I finally took a break and had a nice picnic at the lake.




November - My daughter-in-law, Christy, at Thanksgiving.




December - A road-side rest area, near Tyler, TX

[JeffR]

1. Not only did you beat me to it with a B&W set

but your pics are so good I almost didn't post mine. The last one is my definite favorite. But that second cat shot is great, and I don't even like cats.:o

[regnaD kciN]

2. Another really nice set...

I'd single out January, February, May, September, and December. (That rest stop is just so Texas...) Plus, of course, the cat photos, but I'll admit I'm biased toward that subject matter. (August makes me wish I could pet that particular feline, although I'd say I can't tell if that expression reads "Pay attention to me right now!" or "What, you're eating and not giving me anything???" ;-) )

[priller]

3. It's the latter

That's her basic begging for food look.

[Eurobabe]

4. Very nice pictures. Especially love the cats. Where's F GORDON??

Seriously, nice retrospective. I'm still working on mine.

[Maestro]

5. Love the Mojito pics!

Your architectural pics are very good too and the B&W fits perfectly! So much talent in this forum!

[F.Gordon]

6. Two Cat photos ????!!!!!!!

;-)

Another B&W perspective. Very kewl. I'm really diggin' these threads. Seeing how everyone presents the "year in review" kinda' thing. Love your architecture pics.... but always enjoy your peeps pics. And your June... remember that. Awesome photo.