Zocalo Sparkelers

[fotoflo]

There's some controversy over this one. Jenn and I were out taking pictures at the Zocalo in Mexico City on Christmas Eve and trading around my digital camera. She says I took this one and I think she took it. Who ever clicked the shutter, I'm glad they did. We got lots of great pictures that night but this one is the best - the Zocalo, an ancient

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[tainted_boi]

Hi!
I'm John. I'm also an avid photographer. You have some really nice stuff here.
I hope you don't mind if I add you?

:-)

[fotoflo]

Hi John
glad you like my stuff... go ahead.
do you have any of your work online?
-alex

[remote_planet]

This one I really like though I wasn't sure at first what was going on... was the camera moving? The blurriness of the building seems to give it a really cool texture...

It's like some girls, I suppose, at first sight you're not sure if they look that good, but after a few minutes it gradually dawns on you that they're fucking beautiful... photos are no different sometimes.

Yup

[fotoflo]

Yo
thanks jim. yeah, without a tripod its hard to make things like that sharp (cause of camera motion), but because the sparkelers (and lights of moving traffic) are so bright, they left trails on the ccd (like the super cliche "cars on highway" pictures)

Re: :-)

[tainted_boi]

I do and I don't...all at the sametime.
Althought this sounds weird...lol I post a lot in my LJ, but not all of what I take.
I'm in the process of putting up a website for my work.
So if you want to see some of it, feel free to go through my LJ.
(Photos are marked with LJ cuts)
:D

[pattersonphoto]

Interesting take on the Zocalo. I traveled through Mexico and and enjoyed looking at your pictures of it. I found your journal through behind_the_lens

Please feel free to post any photgraphs to
ahwehcafe, an online community for travel photography or narratives.

thanks

[fotoflo]

glad you liked my work.
Ill post there soon.
-alex