I’m starting a new topic – Photo of the week…or day, or hour…like a snapshot in time. I came up with the idea because I have a ton of photos that I love and they don’t necessarily have an elaborate story behind them, but I want to remember their place in my life. I want to separate them from the folder full of 600 other photos from that week.
To start it off, I’m posting the view from my office window. I have been seeing this scenery a lot lately since I have been working so much. It’s not the kind of image that first comes to mind when you think about Costa Rica unless you have lived here among Ticos, outside of the tourist destinations.
In this photo, the rainy season is starting and the storm clouds are rolling in over the Central Valley, blocking my view of the mountains and turning my world into rusty tin roofs, iron gates, and cinderblocks.
I took this photo with my iPhone and played with it using one of my favorite toys, Camera+, the awesome iPhone app.
Even though you put it under the ‘not so fancy’ of Costa Rica, that’s still a beautifully shot photo.
Thanks Ceri. It does have that juxtaposition. Depends on whose eyes are looking at it 🙂
That’s a great photo. I personally love looking at people’s photos and finding out why they play a part in that person’s life. Great idea.
Julia
Thanks Turkeys 🙂
Love this series and I think it’s so important. When I moved to the Philippines ten years ago I only saw photos of beach huts and waves, needless to say I was in for a shock when I landed.
Thanks Ayngelina!
Yup! the real world outside of tourist traps.
I love this app on the iphone. My cousin Katie lives in Marseilles France and first introduced me to it. It turns regular pictures into wonderful art!
It’s one of my favorite toys. When I’m stuck waiting on things (you know how that’s inevitable while trying to do anything in Costa Rica), I pull out this app!
I just visited Costa Rica and it was really beautiful.
I thought you lived in Costa Rica?