Phoenixville's Iron Works Building

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania is a growing town. It's history is based from iron workers. This building was recently renovated and will soon house the tourist and visitor's center. The town has some great events on the first Friday of each month and is home to the theatre that the original "The Blob" was filmed in. If you remember the scene where people are watching a movie then the Blob comes in - everyone runs out screaming and yelling - well this town is where it was shot.

I took a few photos over different days of this building. The rivits in the smokestacks is what attracted me to the building.. plus the angles of the roofline. The few i took with clouds in the sky felt like they were a competition to the crisp lines in the building so this turned out to be my favorite sofar.

Something About Water Fountains

I do not know what it is about water fountains that I like so much. This one is a great shot of a fountain in a museum in golden gate park.

We were on an all-day excursion through the park making as many stops as we can to squeeze in everything exciting in the park into a single day. I had to stop off for a bio break and after I was done, I paused at this fountain. Something about the way the water drops reflected the light. The super-reflective stainless steel - and how it was otherwise clean. While other people were admiring priceless paintings and sculpture, I was taking shots of this waterfountain outside the restrooms. Just another example of how I see the world.

Launch

This is an exciting surprise photo for me. I was walking along the streets of San Fransisco last year and this red bottlecap caught my eye. A few feet from where the bottlecap was on the sidewalk were these pillars that stood four feet from the ground. Although the sides were cement, the tops had the white mosaic tiles. I liked the way the light was hitting the tiles so I quickly grabbed the cap and placed it on the center of the pillar, stood back and snapped a few photos.

I scrambled to meet up with my friends that were touring the city with me, leaving the cap behind. I was not expecting the image to be as exciting as I think it turned out to be. Out of my 633 images of San Fran, this one is one of the top 3 commented on.

It is a year later and I wonder if that cap is still there...