Csilla Jaray-Benn

Decaying desert drug store, Brawley, CA.

This was my brother's idea, I think it turned out really well :D

loving the new camera

in Sées, with Orton effect.

Enamel sign

This covers just about everywhere around here..

Taken through the dreaded Ford heated screen hence the wires..

Signing up for "Mommy and Me" tea and etiquette classes

The sign below is of a Cassowary warning drivers in Cape Tribulation not to knock them down. However these warnings weren't enough so somebody altered the top sign (warning drivers of a hump in the road) to show what a Cassowary flattened by a car might look like.

The Cassowary is an endangered ostrich type bird which can be found (dead and alive) in Cape Tribulation, north of Cairns in Far North Queensland in Australia.

I ate here during an extremely busy day of Metra-riding and sightseeing a while ago. thanks to Andrew Huff for telling me about it!

Car plates with an "MD" prefix are issued to medical doctors in Saskatchewan.

Riverside Boulevard & West 68th Street

An aspen grove highlights the hillside.

What used to be classy has now turned seedy.

See the smoke in the background? I walked all the way from the Riviera to here for some photos and when I went back there was thick black smoke pouring out of all the storm drains nearby. Weird. Pentax MX, Kodak TX400 and HC110.

In the Philippines, young boys are not necessarily circumcised at birth. Some times they are circumcised at the age of 7 to 10 years of age.

A friend is redecorating and asked me if I could take some pictures of the local area in B&W with an emphasis on Art Deco architecture and decoration. DC is not really an Art Deco city, but there is a local cinema that has a pretty cool sign in the style. She said she really liked the picture but asked me if I could put the color back in it since the neon pink is such an iconic color for the establishment. I decided to do a selective coloring instead. I think it turned out pretty cool, and actually looks like a scene from Sin City. She's very happy with it, so so am I.

Canon T2i, Tamron 28-75mm (f/2.8) @ 28mm, f/3.5, ISO 800, 1/125s, camera hand held

Located across the road from blackwall tunnel.

Another 66 motel. Illinois, near the Pig Hip.

IR Shot with a Canon Rebel XT converted by LifePixel to Deep B&W Infrared (830nm).

Lensbaby Double-Glass

Vintage neon sign.. Chicago, Il..

Central Park

1340 Central Park Boulevard, Fredericksburg, VA

The original stores of this shopping center were built in 1995. Multiple other portions of the center were built at various times during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

A windy day in Findhorn

This sign was photographed at the Tax Day Tea Party in San Antonio, Texas. The rally boasted an attendance of 13,000. (Source here www.atr.org/people-attended-yesterdays-tax-tea-parties-a3... ) I was extremely moved at this event and was so proud and impressed with all the great signs, peaceful protest, and creativity of regular everyday Americans.

Camera used: Ansco 50

Film used: Lomography Orca 110 format film

...except for that one. abandoned apartments, Detroit

Snowy Owls at Boundary Bay, British Columbia

Edited to add (2/17/12): Since I posted this, I've had discussions with a few photographers who are annoyed by my hard-ass stance on this owl/space/ethics issue. They've told me it's perfectly acceptable for photographers to be out in the marshes, as long as they don't flush the owls. I wanted to find out what the "official" policy was. So, I called the regional office to get their take. The person I spoke with said their policy is that they do not want anyone out there, despite lack of enforcement. The signs are their best effort to discourage this behavior. But, because the land is Provincial, they have no control over that section of habitat itself. The bottom line is -- they do not want photographers in the marshes, for the owls' sake and for the sake of the habitat. They want people to stay on the dike and trail only.

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I'm posting pics of these signs first so I can rant just a bit on this concept. The dike and trail where you view the Snowy Owls is clearly marked with various warnings about staying on the path, avoiding harassment and avoiding approach on the owls. Although there were many birders and photographers respectfully abiding by the postings and putting the owls' well-being above the picture, there were quite a few photographers out in the field/habitat area throughout the day, venturing closer to the owls for their shot.

We chatted with a few who were coming out of the field, trying to impress upon them how important it was to stay out of that area and let the owls rest, away from human intrusion.Two owls were recently brought into a nearby rehabilitation center, emaciated, and I was told it's possible that constant interference is inhibiting their ability to fatten up for their migration home.

One of the photographers with whom we spoke said he knew full well that he wasn't supposed to be out there but he wanted to be close. Others were too far out into the marsh to reach without distressing the owls ourselves. So, it can feel like a bit of a helpless situation -- when you see other photographers approaching too closely, putting the owls on continuous alert, and sometimes flushing the owls -- but not being able to do anything about it for fear of causing the same disturbance.

What those photographers don't realize is that they were also setting a bad example for people out walking who didn't know any better. I heard at least one person say to her husband (who was carrying a point-and-shoot): "why don't you go out there for a closeup shot? Those other photographers are out there."

I hate to be judgmental, but when it comes to wildlife, I do get a bit of a hard edge in making sure people don't harass or harm. I can't for the life of me get into the heads of the people out there with 600mm and 800mm lenses who could have easily stayed on the path and still had some amazing shots. I have a humble little budget 70-300mm and still managed some nice photos from the pathway. The experience itself -- of being with the Snowies -- was actually cooler than getting the photos.

FillMore in Filmore - Utah

A wonderfully ornate warehouse sign on the old premises for T J Boulting & Sons Gas & Electrical Engineers.

The lettering is working in gilded mosaic while at either side stone decorative panels show beasts and devils emerging from stylised trees.

Riding House Street (north of Oxford Street) London.

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Tyler St., Boston, MA

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?

And what did you hear, my darling young one?

I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin'

I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world

I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin'

I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'

I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'

Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter

Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley

And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard

And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, what did you meet my blue-eyed son ?

Who did you meet, my darling young one?

I met a young child beside a dead pony

I met a white man who walked a black dog

I met a young woman whose body was burning

I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow

I met one man who was wounded in love

I met another man who was wounded in hatred

And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard

And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. - From A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall, B. Dylan

Don't think I've seen this before- spotted in Ludlow 2016

At East 22nd and Euclid, Cleveland Ohio. Taken February 1969 by Mentor Sig

Local yard art....perhaps she's just resigned to the quirks of February weather :~)

Includes four sign types: Water Rationing, Air Quality, Security, and Biosecurity. Each sign has texture option of green, orange, yellow, or red alert levels. You can choose from local (just that sign) or simwide texture change to quickly put your city on lockdown or call the all clear!

Includes signs in English or alien text.

Each is only 1 land impact.

I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, you can start any time now, & then I asked is this a sign? & the angel started laughing & I woke up. Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs, but if there's no laughter, I know they're not for me.

Perfect words for this beautiful woman who see's an angel in everyone.