I’ve been greatly missing my creativity. It seems like it has been on hiatus for a very long time, but now I feel some sparks of it returning. Today, I was sitting with my good friend, Rajesh. He and a fellow coworker of mine, Tim, were talking about something to do with politics. Well, that didn’t interest me in the least, so I just sat there quietly feeling the breeze, enjoying the sunshine, people watching, and listening to the general hum of dozens of voices, even taking in the offensive cigarette smoke that was drifting from a nearby table.
Usually, sometime after 1:00 PM, the sun will make its way from the back side of Hearst Tower and illuminate the courtyard, causing the temperatures to rise rapidly, Today there was a bit of cloud cover, delaying the temperature rise, thankfully.
As Tim and Rajesh went on and on about the politics, I happened to look up, see some interesting clouds above Hearst Tower and thought: I wish I had my camera … but wait, I do have a camera. That cell phone camera again. I reached in the pocket, got it out, and took about 3 photos. I liked this one best. All of them had some blow out in the highlights, but that’s what you get.
Anyway, after playing with this a bit, I converted it to B&W and started having a bit of fun. Eventually, it kind of looked like something that I might read in a Stephen King book or something.
I’m pretty sure that this would not be something that Bank of America would want on their brochures or on their yearly shareholders meeting pamphlet. Anyway, just good clean fun and something fun to do while not discussing politics. 
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Nicely spotted. I would have done the same, if the discussions went into politics, started look in the clouds. Did you notice the tower and the cloud form a cigarette? There’s where the fume came from.
Good that your creative juices are returning, mine are too. (Even though you don’t see much of mine.
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Ha! No, I hadn’t noticed that until you said it. Interesting.
As for your creative juices, I’d say that they have been flowing. I’ve really liked your Lensbaby shots a lot and I don’t care for LB shots!
I’m with you on the politics conversation, I’ll walk away. Isn’t it interesting how we think about our photography.I will almost always have my phone camera with me but very seldom consider it for photography. It’s actually a pretty sophisticated camera, especially compared to what some of the early pioneers had to use.
Nice job Paul, the phone cameras can come in handy.
When I saw this, I immediately thought of Barad-Dur from “The Lord of the Rings”
Hi Paul!
This just goes to show you that a true photographer has an eye for the moment, and will use anything on hand to capture that view. I like the silhouetted tower against that magnificent sky. Not bad for a cell!
Wow! Bonnie! What an unexpected pleasure! Thanks for chiming in.
That photo is certainly a good sign for your creativity flowing (again?). Nicely spotted, reminded me also immediately on one of the the dark towers in Lord of the Rings.
I have to admit, that I most likely couldn’t have stopped myself from getting involved in the discussion on politics, though (sure, depending on the actual topic and the general atmosphere). But I mean, isn’t “politics” just another word for “the things we do with / for / against ourselves”?