Improbably Fresh

I spotted this photo on a walk today. I had not expected to find any photos I'd want to take, but I brought the camera anyway. What caught my eye was really the juxtaposition of three or more messages. An empty package of Vivarin was stuffed inside an empty pack of Camels that is declaring "Improbably Fresh!" on the package. Just next to this abandoned nested double is the word LOVES carved into the wooden bench, but upside down in orientation to the wording on the pack. I should add that on the side of the pack, not in view of this photo, are the words "Please Don't Litter."

I picked up the pack almost expecting a third element might be contained within, with perhaps another message. I imagined several possibilities: an empty syringe, crack vial, viagra sample packet, condom rapper? No, just the Vivarin.

I was also struck by the imagery on the reverse side of the pack. A camel is seen standing amidst a swirling blue form that appears to be coming from inside some sort of temple. I presume this is the "Capsule Institute" mentioned below. I tried to enter said institute online as suggested on the pack. I wondered what I might learn there. When I saw that I would have to sign in with my email cooler heads prevailed.

Sadly or perhaps encouragingly on the Camel website gateway I visited an image of a camel was pictured to the side with the words "Break Free."

Clam

I constrained the histogram in itunes and found that it seemed to make the shot look grainier and more saturated.
K10 35mm f2.0

Cone

Spotted while beach combing at low tide in front of the Hotel Del Coronado.
K10 35mm f2.0

Sprite

In flight photo, altered in iphoto to overexpose it.
Pentax K10 with 35mm f2.0

Broken Gourd

I liked the look of this broken gourd or perhaps pumpkin at the farm we visited today. The shell was dried and brittle and the tissue surrounding the seeds resembled a luffa. The saturation has been turned up significantly to make the luffa stuff look more orange. I like the patterns of the dead vines surrounding the gourd. They are organic, but clearly dead, a memory of the growth of last season. The gourd smashed in the center is the fruit of last season now broken, but presenting the seeds for new growth. Taken with the K10 and FA77.

Flameingo

This is a crop of a photo taken with the new FA77. I really have been impressed with it's color rendition.

Alien Encounter