Shot Of The Day: May 22, 2013





QOTD: Not every kind of madness is a calamity.
— Erasmus

Quote from The Hip Pocket Guide To Offbeat Wisdom by William Sauer

Backstory: According to Wikipedia “Paisley was particularly popular during the Summer of Love, heavily identified with psychedelic style…”

Equipment: Nikon D40x / Nikkor 18~55mm f3.5/5.6


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Shot Of The Day: May 21, 2013





QOTD: We think too much and feel too little.
— Charlie Chaplin

Quote from The Hip Pocket Guide To Offbeat Wisdom by William Sauer

Backstory: “Die Spirale” – does the machine enrich life or exacerbate entropy? — TAG

Equipment: Praktica MTL 5 / Zeiss aus Jena (Tessar) 50mm f2.8


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Shot Of The Day: May 20, 2013





QOTD: All you are unable to give possesses you.
— AndrĂ© Gide

Quote from The Hip Pocket Guide To Offbeat Wisdom by William Sauer

Backstory: “For Lydia” – a mask bought at Ellis Island (before Sandy closed it) — TAG

Equipment: Praktica MTL 3 / Pentacon MC 50mm f1.8


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Shot Of The Day: May 19, 2013





QOTD: People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
— Hermann Hesse

Quote from The Hip Pocket Guide To Offbeat Wisdom by William Sauer

Backstory: “Coulrophobia” – an object acquired at New Niks Old Naks, my favorite local antique shop. — TAG



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Shot Of The Day: May 18, 2013





QOTD: We are always the same age inside.
— Gertrude Stein

Quote from The Hip Pocket Guide To Offbeat Wisdom by William Sauer

Backstory: “Green Chevy” – At last a bumper sufficiently oxidized that I don’t appear in it when getting the shot. — TAG

Equipment: Canon EOS Rebel Ti / Canon EF 35~80mm f4-5.6


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Shot Of The Day: May 17, 2013





QOTD: The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
— Jean Paul Sartre

Quote from The Hip Pocket Guide To Offbeat Wisdom by William Sauer

Backstory for “Flower Girl” – A monument located in a very historic Queens cemetery: Lutheran All Faiths in Middle Village. — TAG



Equipment: Praktica MTL 5 / Zeiss aus Jena (Tessar) 50mm f2.8 (Portrait of TAG by Nadja K: Nikon D40x / Nikkor 18~55mm)


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Shot Of The Day: May 16, 2013





QOTD: Adults are obsolete children.
— Doctor Seuss

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Backstory for “Madonna In Repose” – Life is just another Man Ray Moment. — TAG

Equipment: Praktica MTL 3 / Pentacon 50mm f1.8


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Shot Of The Day: May 15, 2013





QOTD: One man’s “magic” is another man’s engineering, “Supernatural” is a null word.
— Robert Heinlein

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Backstory: Foreclosure School has an ominous ring to it.

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Shot Of The Day: May 14, 2013





QOTD: When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.
— Matt Groening

Quote from The Hip Pocket Guide To Offbeat Wisdom by William Sauer

Backstory: It’s a long way from “The War To End All Wars” to Endless War.

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Shot Of The Day: May 13, 2013





QOTD: Thoroughly to know oneself, is above all art, for it is the highest art.
— Theologia Germanica

Quote from The Hip Pocket Guide To Offbeat Wisdom by William Sauer

Backstory: A little bit of Bayern on Staten Island’s North Shore.

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