Friday, August 30, 2013

Columbus Circle

There was a cool scene from Taxi Driver where they frame the Senator Palantine during one of his speeches at Columbus Circle in Manhattan, with his arms raised matching the statue, but both heads being cropped out of the picture, to show Travis' disconnect from the rest of the world. But I went by and took a few pictures of the zone for myself. The first two are of the same statue, Columbus, but from different angles:



The specific statue from Taxi Driver:


Sunday, August 25, 2013

Taking Pictures of my Computer Screen


The above picture is of my computer screen as I examine Google Maps. It was late at night and I was trying to get a sense of my morning bike ride. I ride from the white arrow on the right hand side to the whitish patch a half-inch away from the pen's point.

Sometime soon I'll have some better pictures of this area, otherwise known as "The 'Hood".