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  1. Papa Tango

    Famous (or almost so) Art Installations

    Scattered throughout everywhere of supposed culture and high civilization are these art totems. In David Koch Theater (Lincoln Center) designed by no less luminaries as Phillip Johnson & John Burgee stands a fragment in glass created as an homage to ballet by Brooklyn artist Dustin Yellin...
  2. Papa Tango

    Something About the Ceiling

  3. Papa Tango

    Doors to Where

    Doors to Where Fujifilm X-T5; FUJINON 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR Post==> PS26beta/Topaz PAI3/Nik7 Color(custom recipe)
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    No Longer in Service

    Disconnected, or No Longer in Service Fujifilm X-T5; FUJINON 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR Post==> PS26beta/Topaz PAI3/Nik7 Silver(custom recipe) Please call the operator for assistance...
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    Double Capturings

    Looks like this guy got caught twice ...
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    Novel Glass

    Flemish Fantasy Nikon D7100; Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Post==> PS24beta/Topaz PAI3/Nik7 Color (Dark Gold; modified) So I always love me some museums and galleries. I have posted quite a few reinvisioned images ripped straight from the walls of art and history--and this one...
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    February 2025

    Another month beckons...
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    The Cups Have It

    The Cups Have It Fujifilm X-T5; TAMRON 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD Situated on the triangle of Arthur Avenue in the Bronx can be found the Prince Coffee House. Years ago someone decided to hang a hundred or more of these cream doodads via chains from the ceiling. Sitting there this is...
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    Reimagined and Curious

    The Puppeteer Nikon D7100; Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Somewhere here and elsewhere, I have this image in glorious color, and rectangular format. While striking, I just don't feel the color. No, medicine is not required. Somehow I now find myself questioning what the hell...
  10. Papa Tango

    Parking Places

    Parking Screw Canon 400D/XTi I think that this is in Memphis. But it might be Nashville. Either place it caught my eye. The different curves, lines, and disjointed geometries cried out "take my picture." So I did, and here it is! Oh, this harkens back to 2010.
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    Egyptian Shades

    Faceoff in Luxor Fujifilm X-T5; FUJINON 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR The things one finds in museums. Taken at the Met, she just called out...
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    Past Reflections--in Statuary

    Depicting Dumas Fujifilm X-T5 (the Sniper); FUJINON 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR Another from my emerging Met Museum series. The original work is by Jean-Baptiset Carpeaux, and executed in terra cotta form in 1873. It is of course, his close friend Alexander Duma. Gift of the Ford...
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    Art and Life

    Untitled Manifested=Clark Realized Fujifilm "XT5 Predator"; TAMRON 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD So really, how often is it that one sees a person appearing to have stepped out of a painting? Is it synchronicity, a 'Bresson Moment', or something else? Don't know, but here at the Met I...
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    NYC Microcosms

    NYC Microcosms Fujifilm "XT5 Predator"; TAMRON 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD If one ever lacks inspiration or subject matter, a visit to one of the world's great cities is in order! I am just back in from a week in NYC, and this image has been chosen as the opening salvo of creative...
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    Coming Out

    Coming Out Fujifilm X-T5; TAMRON 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD He was coming out of the arch. Or who knows, as everything is open to insinuation interpretation.
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    December 2024

    Something for a new day... Plastic Man Fujifilm X-T5; TAMRON 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD So all of these creatures live in Dick's Sporting Goods, and just love to have their photos made! Everything in this image is plastic--from the manequin and his clothes to the seat and flooring...
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    Oily Echoes

    Don't Frack Me Nikon D7100; Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Several years back, the debate over fracking was raging here in NY state. Pennsylvania was going gangbusters, drilling and pumping wherever they could gain a lease. My BIL lives near Trumansburg, and made a comment one...
  18. Papa Tango

    Almost Alive

    Brooding Bantams Fujifilm X-T5; TAMRON 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD Every county fair has a 4H and or FFA component to it. Sadly, these institutions for farm kids are declining for all too many reasons. What gets left behind is half-empty exhibition halls, that have not been updated in...
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    Echoes of Egypt

    Waiting for Anubis Nikon D7100; Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro(OS) HSM|C In the modern world, Americans have had several romances with Egyptian forms as funerary monuments and art. Although elements began appearing at the very beginning of the 19th Century, the first great wave coincided with...
  20. Papa Tango

    Hope for the Future of Cameras

    We often wonder about what will be next in our cameras and lenses. For the most part, it seems like there is even more software. I love my XT because it resembles an old manual camera, but can go full HAL if needed. :unsure: The actual mechanical thing is what is left. Whatever could be...
  21. Papa Tango

    What Lies Within

    What Lies Within Fujifilm X-T5; TAMRON 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD In honor of 'spooky time', I offer this! In the heart of Knoxville TN lies Market Square, and something known as "Artists Alley." Festooned with illustrations and colorful graphics, the alley bears little resembelence...
  22. Papa Tango

    There Be Dragons

    There Be Dragons Fujifilm X-T5; TAMRON 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD Wine Country of the Finger Lakes is an interesting place. Wineries large and small pepper the lakesides everywhere, and use all sorts of tactics to attract visitor attention to their restaurants and tasting rooms. One...
  23. Papa Tango

    Off to the Races!

    Racing with Time Fujifilm X-T5; TAMRON 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD These fine steeds are part of a 1920s wooden carousel in Binghamton, NY. Known as the "Carousel Capital of the World,", the city boasts six different ones, each located in various public parks.
  24. Papa Tango

    Hello?

    Postmodern Telecom Detritus Canon A-1; Canon FD 35-70mm f/2.8-3.5 It's just as well. I didn't have a quarter... 🤡
  25. Papa Tango

    Emblematic

    Sedan Patina Nikon D7100; Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
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