Doors, Gates and B&W Views of Calif.

I love B&W pics. I think they

offer a tad bit of elegance to 

a shot. 

I have a whole series of 

pics I have taken that hangs

above my couch in the livingroom.

With that said, I am thinking of

trading some of those shots out

with newer ones just to give

a new feel to it all.

When I Calif. I loved viewing the 

difference in living there compared

to here. For one we all know that there

is a lack of space in the 

neigbhors of Calif. where in

TN we have so much more space

between homes. I not only loved viewing

how folks take what little space they

have to make it work, to have cute little

sitting areas, and gardens.

But something that caught me

eye was the use of doors and gates. 

With that I will be doing a whole

series of doors and gates to hang in 

my home (like I have the wall space).

Like I have stated before, 

I have to fill all blank space on 

my walls!

Not only do I love the doors

and gates I love the B&W and

I love wood and metal just as

much as I love demin and lace!

Check out my B&W doors and gates.

Love the look of this one above.

It has the elements of wood and metal

that draws me in.

The one below was taken on 

Palomar Mt.

It is the gate that opens to the lodge.

Here we have the wood, metal and 

concrete!

Loved these garage doors.

This one was cool but for

some reason it just don't

get it in B&W.

Cute little doorway to maybe

a hiden garden, or cool

sitting area.

LOVE 

these below.

How neat. Added 

lights to this one.

This was taken in a small area

at the bottom of Palomar Mt.

A totally deserted area with abandoned

bldgs and fields.  I turned around

to get this shot when I noticed

the tennis shoes. 

In TN if you see this tied on 

a phone wire above the road that

is a sign that drugs are sold

in that area. Not sure what

it means in Calif.

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Do you have any cool

doors or gates that call 

to you that you can share?

Now moving from gates to 

just B&W. Some shots just call

to be letting me know they

might look great in color

but they would look amazing

in B&W.

This is the outside fireplace at 

the lodge.

And here it is at another

angle.

As a photographer to get that

great shot I have been known

to lay on the ground....however

as big as this was, I just needed to

lean in.

This was on the mt. on the way up.

A little nook off the road where  you

could fill up with Mt. water if you

wanted. I did stop and taste...

AMAZING.

 

Sitting in front of the fireplace at 

the lodge is this amazing couch like

piece. Sitting there on it I had to 

get this shot.

And it had to be done in 

B&W of course.

There were several places along

the fencing at the lodge like this...

Lights outside the lodge.

The porch at the lodge does not

have your normal metal rails...

instead it uses two great elements

together. Wood and rock.

There were so many cool things

to take in at the lodge and 

being a lodge...

you have to have something

like this!

There is a two seater rocker

and two single ones on 

the porch. They have the

coolest cut in work to the 

wood that made great shots.

And here again...the sitting

area in front of the fireplace outside

called for another type of shot.

The fencing around the 

property not made to really

keep anyone out but to add

the the beauty of the place.

More metal and of course if

it is rusty more the better.

These next two shots called to 

me to be taken...however

once done they just don't have

the impact I thought they would.

Headed down the mt. back 

to Cory and Brit's place.

 

Hoping some of these pics spoke

to you. I had forgotten how much B&W calls 

to me, which in turn reminds me

I need to get out more with my

camera. Out in the wild (haha)

maybe not wild but nature.

Vacation away brought that back

to me.