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1956 Cadillac in Asbury Park

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I am guessing on the year.  Please feel free to comment with the correct year if this is not a 1956.  It is a Cadillac & it is beautiful.  It sits in front of the iconic Paramount Theatre & Convention Hall in Asbury Park.

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Self Portrait in chrome

Self Portrait in chrome

I could have shot this Cadillac all day. Besides my reflection, you can also see Asbury Park’s Paramount Theatre / Convention Hall.
Oh, how I miss chrome.

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Reflection in a Cadillac

Reflection in a Cadillac

A simpler black & white might have worked better. Here is a reflection of Asbury Park’s Paramount Convention Hall in the window of a mid 50’s 56? Cadillac limo.

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Hood Ornament

Hood Ornament

The hood ornament – such a tiny automotive embellishment, such a big difference between this Ford and any of the modern, generic cars, trucks & SUV’s on the road today.

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I finally got back into Liberty Humane Society to see my kitties

I finally got back into Liberty Humane Society to see my kitties

Tiger took a nap on my lap when I tried to take his photo.

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Monster Black Bean Burger

Monster Black Bean Burger

Monster steals the bun from my Burger 25 Black Bean Pizza Burger. That bun is coated in delicious garlic butter.
Burger 25 in Brick, NJ

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Monster loves the Mets

Monster loves the Mets

This hat was a little big for Monster.
Taken at Mets spring training, March 24, 2013, Port Saint Lucie, Florida.

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Triple Exposure Flamingo

LL0A0712-2 copyI finally figured out how to get a clean focus on the images from MkIII. Unfortunately, this coincides with my new obsession with multiple exposures & HDR. Too bad I can’t do both at the same time.
Here is a triple exposure with some extra saturation & vibrance courtesy of Lightroom4 (version whichever one just took an hour to download & install).

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Self Portrait – Batman in a Scary Motel

Self Portrait - Batman in a Scary Motel

You cannot see it so well but I am wearing Superman underwear with a Batman shirt. Rebel.
The motel was not scary when I took this. It became scary the next night when a police officer pulled us over to tell us about the suspicious activity in our motel. He would not specify what kind of activity nor he would say whether we were safe. We later saw him patrolling the grounds on foot. We locked the doors & din’t leave again until the sun was up.

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Bad Photoshop – Baseball Edition #1

Bad Photoshop - Baseball Edition #1

You may ask why, but I ask why the Hell not? No one is looking so I might as well.
This is Marlon Byrd at a New York Mets spring training game in Port St Lucie on March 24, 2013.
The best part about his awful partial desaturation is that I didn’t even try to make the line straight.