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Lights from Key West - Florida
Photos from July 2012 - ReEdited in Lightroom 5
Nex 5N + Walimex 14mm (21mm)
An old building on White street not far from where we were staying. A long time ago, it was an armory. Taken by Edgar.
"All in all it's just another brick in the wall" Coral rock is widely used in South Florida and the Keys for walls, paving, etc.
A Key West Chicken display in front of El Siboney restaurant. Key West has lots of chickens on the island and there is a city ordinance to protect them!
I want to call him Billy because he sort of looks like a Billy. 'Most people want to see my tats" he told me when I asked for permission to photograph his face.
I think I appreciate Billy and his ilk. They were in great abundance in Key West and I suppose every crowded place. Safety in numbers. I'm a bit shy about asking for permission to photograph faces but I'm getting better and bolder. I need to start carrying some permission slips but most of the Billy's of the world don't want to sign anything. But they do add character to the world and I enjoy having them around.
Image won 3rd place in the St. Louis Camera Club travel photo contest on October 25, 2017: stlcameraclub.com/Competitions/CompetitionResults.aspx
One of the city's more famous places. Here is the Wikipedia article, but Wikipedia warns that the article "reads like a press release or a news article and is largely based on routine coverage or sensationalism." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Tony%27s_Saloon Edgar