Thursday, February 18, 2010

Moss (Wall along Hawthorne Blvd.)


Amy (our dog) and I took a walk last Saturday morning to Hesse Park. We walk good together, she stops to sniff, I to snap. I do think I snapped more than she sniffed though.
I think I like the 2nd photo better, but even after squinting (following
Pasadena Adjacent's
advice from a while back) I could not decide. Which one do you like?
PS - The blue beyond the house is the Pacific Ocean. It was a great day for a walk.

14 comments:

Cafe Pasadena said...

Having to take people out for their walks is something us canines put up with. It's a tough job but the alternative is unimaginable.

Anonymous said...

The second one. How charming.

WV: Phitci. It's so phitcing.

Oakland Daily Photo said...

I like the first one better. It's more ambiguous in part because it's in such sharp focus. Without the title you (at least I) don't know what it is. So I look harder and harder taking in the color, texture, planes. It's a photo Rorschach and the mind twirls with the possibilities!

Pat said...

I like the first one, and wow, that's the ocean....finally today our skies are blue, naturally right after I posted a 'gray' Skywatch!

Powell River Books said...

I go for the first one. I like to see the detail of the moss. Our rock wall next to the cabin is covered in many different types of mosses. Some are so flat and black that the look like part of the rock. Others are green, white or yellow. Sorry I haven't been by for a while, but I got to spend almost two weeks up the lake, but that puts me without Internet. - Margy

Cezar and Léia said...

Hmm hard to decide, the second one! :)
Wonderful shots and happy composition!
Hope you and Amy can enjoy more beautiful sunny day during this weekend!
Hugs
Léia

brattcat said...

I like them both. Each has something interesting to offer the viewer.

Lois said...

They are both good, but I think I like the first one better!

PJ said...

I struggle with this all the time - where to focus - and I have to say, surprisingly, the second. I think it makes a difference if you're photographing something up close - then you want to have the foreground in focus - but if it's far away, then I think the foreground out of focus is best. It does look like it was a beauty of a day.

Maya said...

I think I like the second one better, but it's a tough choice! It's good that you have a photowalking companion! :-)

Martina said...

I prefer the first one - but I like moss, so ...

Pasadena Adjacent said...

I like them together.

Linda said...

The first one, because the colours and textures are in such sharp contrast.

Melissa said...

I like them both.. gosh, I remember when Hesse Park was built.. lots of fun memories there.. :o)