Yesterday, for the benefit of East Village photo bloggers everywhere, I moved the abandoned bicycle chained to the street sign in front of the formerly-beloved Stage Restaurant on Second Avenue, to allow for unobstructed pictures of the formerly-beloved restaurant.
Today, I passed by there again, only to find this:
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| Parallel again. |
Someone returned it to its former, parallel position!
It makes sense, from an urban planning perspective: it should offer the smallest profile to the flow of foot traffic — but not everything is about traffic flow. Sometimes, unobstructed views for photographers should be considered!
Won't someone please think of the photographers… in the East Village Today?!
#eastvillage #abandoned #bicycles #parallel #secondavenue #stagerestaurant
i hear what you are saying, EVT!
ReplyDeletei occasionally photo record sewer and manhole covers, and sometimes i think i should carry a broom to sweep them clean before photographing them. then again, maybe the street detrius adds to the image?
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Unless my story is about litter, I always clone out the litter in Photoshop — especially the cigarette butts!
DeleteSo the story is you rotated it and someone rotated it back? maybe we can all get along, rotate it when you want to a photograph like that and put it back when you are done so it doesn't block the sidewalk?
ReplyDeleteYes, that's what happened, and yes, I will move the bike back in the future, if I move it for the picture!
DeleteSo the story is you rotated it and someone rotated it back? maybe we can all get along, rotate it when you want to a photograph like that and put it back when you are done so it doesn't block the sidewalk?
ReplyDeleteWhat if it's not abandoned? What if it belongs to someone in that building? Wouldn't that be something?!
Deletecome down every morning, re-assemble your bicycle, and, take off!
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