Yet, despite the disparate tableaux, these photographs' compositions bear considerable symmetries to one another: the crossed cranes mimic the peak of the barn's roof; the rusting silo's ladder finds similar expression in the cranes' girders; the modern, sterile office building is an ironic counterpoint to the similarly placed tank rich with rusting age; the black&white streaks on the skyscraper's façade are echoed in the corrugated barn doors (and sides) . . . even the undulating hills have equivalent geometries subtly present in the city's roiling sky.
There is another relationship between these two scenes: Houston is easily my least favorite city in the United States, while my soul finds comfort in the peace, quiet and sublime beauty in the region near San Juan Bautista.
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Summer in Houston, #8102
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Details: July 28, 2007; Canon 20D; f/11 @ 1/250 sec; ±0 EV; ISO 800; 17mm.
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Spring on Highway 25, #7101
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Details: March 30, 2010; Canon 20D; f/11 @ 1/800 sec; -1 EV; ISO 400; 100mm.
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I like the background hills, and the barn looks really nice set against them.
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