Look Closer
Nightlights
Posted by Viewfinder (Bradenton, FL, United States) on 18 August 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.
According to a Wikipedia article I googled up nighttime is...
"The disappearance of sunlight, the primary energy source for life on Earth, has dramatic impacts on the morphology, physiology and behavior of almost every organism. Some animals sleep during the night, while other nocturnal animals including moths and crickets are active during this time. The effects of day and night are not seen in the animal kingdom alone..."
Umm, kinda cold and clinincal textbookish description. I much prefer the way of the poet... Like Allen Toussaint, who once wrote and sang songs about "Southern Nights" as in this snippet.
Southern nights have you ever felt a
Southern night free as a breeze
Not to mention the trees
Whistling tunes that you know and love so
Southern nights just as good even when you
Close your eyes, I apologize
To any one who can truly say
He has found a better way
Out on the Island, our summer "Southern" nights are generously sprinkled with colorful neon, turning ordinary buildings by day into brightly sparkling and inviting nighttime landmarks. Like this place.
Ask any vacationing tourist, transplant, or local. Bright, colorful night lights promise evening fun and even romance for far more than merely the occasional nocturnal moth or cricket. And welcome relief from the sticky daytime heat of summer.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL AT AM3. I am out and probably away from the computer all this week. We are headed to north Georgia to spend Thanksgiving with our son and his wife and her family. I hope everyone who celebrates this holiday has a wonderful day, filled with turkey and gratitude for every blessing. And those who do not, I hope will remember to count their blessings and be thankful. Packing and getting the SUV all set for the drive today; we leave very early Tuesday morning and plan to return sometime Sunday.
Nikon D50
1/60 second
F/4.0
105 mm (35mm equiv.)